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<blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 3719618" data-attributes="member: 34865">AD&amp;D and to the same extent D&amp;D* and the various flavors of &quot;basic&quot; D&amp;D prior to the release of the RULES CYCLOPEDIA were, to me, very organic.&nbsp; Things were added to or taken off on individual merit.&nbsp; The mood of the designers affected what fit in the game system: witness Gary admonishing the DM to go after players hammer and tongs in the DUNGEON MASTER'S GUIDE.&nbsp; I do not think any of this is a bad thing.3rd Edition and 3.5 on the other hand seem to me to be more programmed, more designed by committee, with much more minute tolerances.&nbsp; Whether you think this is a good or bad thing is entirely up to you but I greatly disliked it.&nbsp; After a year and a half or so of playing various third edition games I lost patience with it.&nbsp; It never got very enjoyable.The announcment of 4th ed. has left me cold.&nbsp; I won't be giving it a try.&nbsp; Sorry.*=you know, 1974</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thedungeondelver, post: 3719618, member: 34865"] [font=century gothic] [b]AD&D[/b] and to the same extent [b]D&D[/b]* and the various flavors of "basic" [b]D&D[/b] prior to the release of the [b]RULES CYCLOPEDIA[/b] were, to me, very organic. Things were added to or taken off on individual merit. The mood of the designers affected what fit in the game system: witness Gary admonishing the DM to go after players hammer and tongs in the [b]DUNGEON MASTER'S GUIDE[/b]. I do not think any of this is a bad thing. 3rd Edition and 3.5 on the other hand seem to me to be more programmed, more designed by committee, with much more minute tolerances. Whether you think this is a good or bad thing is entirely up to you but I greatly disliked it. After a year and a half or so of playing various third edition games I lost patience with it. It never got very enjoyable. The announcment of 4th ed. has left me cold. I won't be giving it a try. Sorry. [i]*=you know, 1974[/i] [/font] [/QUOTE]

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