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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garmorn" data-source="post: 5060804" data-attributes="member: 430">Actually after thinking a while I think trying and failing (but coming real close) is the most likely.  Why?  Simple he had no model or data to work with except what he learned at the games he and his friends played.  There was very little feed back.  He took the closest model he could find (see below) and worked a great system out of it.  If he had waited until he had a game with out flaws it might never have been published. The best of the old military board games never went for a the moment balance because it would prevent a good and realistic game.  It was balanced over the length of the game.  This is the model of most early RPG's.  It fits the war game bias of 1/2e and the loose concept that it is the player that makes the game.  Characters are just tools.  This is very different where later versions and games changed to the character is the center of the game and balance between characters is important in the short and medium range, not the long haul.  (A major shift in the style of play for the majority).Even if he had tried for a 4e approach he had no feed back or information to get a tight balance.</blockquote>