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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Daniel" data-source="post: 7620671" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>Original/Basic: the logo and the boxed sets (all of 'em) are just so damned iconic. I love boxes. This is my edition of choice for lots of reasons; and among them are the groovy hipster-factor and the fact that I started with the Grand Auld Game.</p><p></p><p>1st edition: the vibe is utterly unique; OD&D might have come first and it might be the more fun game to play, but AD&D gets to define what D&D -is-.</p><p></p><p>2nd edition: I have all the nostalgia for the black-covered reprints from the late 90s; but frankly, both before and after the reprints, 2e had the best color art ever from any edition of D&D. It is the definitive edition for fantasy artwork.</p><p></p><p>3e: when this edition came out, there was just so much excitement for playing D&D. I might not like the rules all that much (although 3.0 without splats is actually surprisingly tolerable with the simple tweak of not adding spell levels to save DCs), but I do remember the heady days leading up the big release right here on EN World. D&D was never more exciting.</p><p></p><p>4e: while again I don't much care for the execution, I at least love the <em>idea</em> of a game which is for all intents and purposes "D&D: Tactics." If I ever want to play a Fire Emblem tabletop campaign, I'm resigned to the fact that I'll have to teach myself this edition.</p><p></p><p>5e: I guess it's cool that people actually play this edition without stigma, and it's kind of the first time that's happened. If 3e was the most exciting D&D, 5e is the most popular and mainstream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack Daniel, post: 7620671, member: 694"] Original/Basic: the logo and the boxed sets (all of 'em) are just so damned iconic. I love boxes. This is my edition of choice for lots of reasons; and among them are the groovy hipster-factor and the fact that I started with the Grand Auld Game. 1st edition: the vibe is utterly unique; OD&D might have come first and it might be the more fun game to play, but AD&D gets to define what D&D -is-. 2nd edition: I have all the nostalgia for the black-covered reprints from the late 90s; but frankly, both before and after the reprints, 2e had the best color art ever from any edition of D&D. It is the definitive edition for fantasy artwork. 3e: when this edition came out, there was just so much excitement for playing D&D. I might not like the rules all that much (although 3.0 without splats is actually surprisingly tolerable with the simple tweak of not adding spell levels to save DCs), but I do remember the heady days leading up the big release right here on EN World. D&D was never more exciting. 4e: while again I don't much care for the execution, I at least love the [I]idea[/I] of a game which is for all intents and purposes "D&D: Tactics." If I ever want to play a Fire Emblem tabletop campaign, I'm resigned to the fact that I'll have to teach myself this edition. 5e: I guess it's cool that people actually play this edition without stigma, and it's kind of the first time that's happened. If 3e was the most exciting D&D, 5e is the most popular and mainstream. [/QUOTE]
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