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<blockquote data-quote="PapersAndPaychecks" data-source="post: 2235802" data-attributes="member: 28854">*nods*&nbsp;You are, of course, entitled to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Better&quot; in the sense of being more entertaining to read?&nbsp; Higher quality prose?&nbsp; Wider use of vocabulary?&nbsp; Less spelling and grammatical errors?&nbsp;In my opinion ( <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) 1e AD&amp;D was preferable to the 3.x offerings in terms of all of the above.&nbsp;&nbsp;Well, let's say that everyone new school or old managed to come up with a better layout and organisation than 1e AD&amp;D.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The production values are certainly better nowadays as well: I can chuck out a .pdf that looks better than 1e did and distribute it for free.&nbsp; 21st century publishing technology has come a long way.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the nub of it:&nbsp; is 3.x a better game?&nbsp;Personally I can't be bothered with it.&nbsp; In the time it takes to create a character or even just write up a stat block in 3.x, let alone resolve a combat, I could done a whole heap of things in 1e that would have resulted in a lot more fun.&nbsp; I don't personally enjoy creating characters or writing stat blocks or resolving three hour combats.&nbsp;However, there are certainly people who do enjoy these activities, and for them I suppose that 3.x must be the ideal game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PapersAndPaychecks, post: 2235802, member: 28854"] *nods* You are, of course, entitled to it. "Better" in the sense of being more entertaining to read? Higher quality prose? Wider use of vocabulary? Less spelling and grammatical errors? In my opinion ( ;) ) 1e AD&D was preferable to the 3.x offerings in terms of all of the above. Well, let's say that [i]everyone[/i] new school or old managed to come up with a better layout and organisation than 1e AD&D. :) The production values are certainly better nowadays as well: I can chuck out a .pdf that looks better than 1e did and distribute it for free. 21st century publishing technology has come a long way. This is the nub of it: is 3.x a better game? Personally I can't be bothered with it. In the time it takes to create a character or even just write up a stat block in 3.x, let alone resolve a combat, I could done a whole heap of things in 1e that would have resulted in a lot more fun. I don't personally enjoy creating characters or writing stat blocks or resolving three hour combats. However, there are certainly people who do enjoy these activities, and for them I suppose that 3.x must be the ideal game. [/QUOTE]

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