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<blockquote data-quote="TiQuinn" data-source="post: 9504731" data-attributes="member: 4871">I think most games today try to simplify it but keep it relevant to the mechanics like with Shadowdark, versus the finicky tracking of 2e which feels like a game where you really have to “know” your character sheet. The one advantage of 2e is that it was a much more modular system overall so if you chose not to worry about ration counting or encumbrance, you could still play a satisfying game.I also wouldn’t call it avoiding punishment, or at least that shouldn’t be the goal, but then that was the era we were still inundated with lots of bad Gygaxisms around how games “should work”. Instead, something like missile fire was really very powerful in that edition and could really overwhelm straight melee characters or NPCs. But if you have to count your ammo, you can’t just use that same tactic every combat. You had to replenish your arrows at some point or run out and then the scales could change in the next fight.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TiQuinn, post: 9504731, member: 4871"] I think most games today try to simplify it but keep it relevant to the mechanics like with Shadowdark, versus the finicky tracking of 2e which feels like a game where you really have to “know” your character sheet. The one advantage of 2e is that it was a much more modular system overall so if you chose not to worry about ration counting or encumbrance, you could still play a satisfying game. I also wouldn’t call it avoiding punishment, or at least that shouldn’t be the goal, but then that was the era we were still inundated with lots of bad Gygaxisms around how games “should work”. Instead, something like missile fire was really very powerful in that edition and could really overwhelm straight melee characters or NPCs. But if you have to count your ammo, you can’t just use that same tactic every combat. You had to replenish your arrows at some point or run out and then the scales could change in the next fight. [/QUOTE]

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