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<blockquote data-quote="Monayuris" data-source="post: 7992736" data-attributes="member: 6859536">A point I'd like to make...I run B/X as well as retro-clones such as Basic Fantasy and Old School Essentials. I have used AD&amp;D modules, Judges Guild products that predate official TSR releases, and new OSR content that emulates each the content of each of those editions (Swords &amp; Wizardry, OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, etc)I believe that OD&amp;D, B/X, BECMI, AD&amp;D 1E and AD&amp;D 2E were relatively compatible with each other. By your numbers, that represents 20+ years of content that can be used within the same umbrella of a D&amp;D rules set.Since then, there were three major departures in rules in D&amp;D that made such inter-compatibility difficult. The transition from 2E to 3E, the transition from 3E to 4E, and the transition from 4E to 5E.We have went from a long term period of inter-compatibility to several short spans of completely incompatible rule sets. I'd like to see a return to the previous state of matters. There may be edition updates and tweaks, but backwards compatibility should be maintained. I would like to see my current copy of the Players Handbook be usable with new content released 5 years from now, rather than be presented with yet another completely different rule set.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monayuris, post: 7992736, member: 6859536"] A point I'd like to make... I run B/X as well as retro-clones such as Basic Fantasy and Old School Essentials. I have used AD&D modules, Judges Guild products that predate official TSR releases, and new OSR content that emulates each the content of each of those editions (Swords & Wizardry, OSRIC, Labyrinth Lord, etc) I believe that OD&D, B/X, BECMI, AD&D 1E and AD&D 2E were relatively compatible with each other. By your numbers, that represents 20+ years of content that can be used within the same umbrella of a D&D rules set. Since then, there were three major departures in rules in D&D that made such inter-compatibility difficult. The transition from 2E to 3E, the transition from 3E to 4E, and the transition from 4E to 5E. We have went from a long term period of inter-compatibility to several short spans of completely incompatible rule sets. I'd like to see a return to the previous state of matters. There may be edition updates and tweaks, but backwards compatibility should be maintained. I would like to see my current copy of the Players Handbook be usable with new content released 5 years from now, rather than be presented with yet another completely different rule set. [/QUOTE]

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