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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4851180" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Forked from: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4850306" target="_blank"> Is OSRIC the new in print "defacto" D&D? </a></p><p></p><p>Some of the recent discussion on D&D versions, official and unofficial, has got me a bit curious, as I haven't paid much attention to the various "clones" before.</p><p></p><p>So, educate me a bit!</p><p></p><p>Original D&D - The first pamphlets and booklets. Are there any serious "edition" differences before the onset of the "Basic Set"? Are there any "clones" of these original booklets?</p><p></p><p>Classic D&D - What others refer to often as BECMI, starting with the "red box" Basic Set. I know there are differences between the various "editions" of the early Basic Sets, but I still view this as one "edition". I know there are "clones" of this edition, but I'm unsure which games these are.</p><p></p><p>1st Edition D&D - Advanced, of course! Again, I know that there are clones of this edition too, but I am unsure which is which. Could Hackmaster be considered a clone of 1e?</p><p></p><p>2nd Edition D&D - Advanced again, of course! Any clones that seem to favor 2e over 1e? Or are the two editions of AD&D too similar?</p><p></p><p>3rd Edition D&D - Including 3.5. There is Pathfinder, of course. I would put OGL variants that, while based on 3.0 or 3.5, stray quite a bit, into a different category (True20, etc)</p><p></p><p>4th Edition D&D - Probably too early for anybody to be making 4e clones, but has someone done this yet?</p><p></p><p>OGL D&D - While the OGL is obviously the 3rd Edition rules, there are several games that attempt to closely "recreate" the D&D experience while cloning and possibly reinventing 3rd Edition into something somewhat different (if that makes any sense). True20, GR's Wizards & Warlocks would fit here, I think. Any others?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 4851180, member: 18182"] Forked from: [url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/showpost.php?postid=4850306] Is OSRIC the new in print "defacto" D&D? [/url] Some of the recent discussion on D&D versions, official and unofficial, has got me a bit curious, as I haven't paid much attention to the various "clones" before. So, educate me a bit! Original D&D - The first pamphlets and booklets. Are there any serious "edition" differences before the onset of the "Basic Set"? Are there any "clones" of these original booklets? Classic D&D - What others refer to often as BECMI, starting with the "red box" Basic Set. I know there are differences between the various "editions" of the early Basic Sets, but I still view this as one "edition". I know there are "clones" of this edition, but I'm unsure which games these are. 1st Edition D&D - Advanced, of course! Again, I know that there are clones of this edition too, but I am unsure which is which. Could Hackmaster be considered a clone of 1e? 2nd Edition D&D - Advanced again, of course! Any clones that seem to favor 2e over 1e? Or are the two editions of AD&D too similar? 3rd Edition D&D - Including 3.5. There is Pathfinder, of course. I would put OGL variants that, while based on 3.0 or 3.5, stray quite a bit, into a different category (True20, etc) 4th Edition D&D - Probably too early for anybody to be making 4e clones, but has someone done this yet? OGL D&D - While the OGL is obviously the 3rd Edition rules, there are several games that attempt to closely "recreate" the D&D experience while cloning and possibly reinventing 3rd Edition into something somewhat different (if that makes any sense). True20, GR's Wizards & Warlocks would fit here, I think. Any others? [/QUOTE]
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