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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7158182" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>It's a fact of the game's history that it's been more or less balanced at some times than others. Over 40 years have gone by, in spite of the current edition being '5th' there have arguably been more than 5 editions, they've varied in many ways, balance certainly not least significant among them.</p><p></p><p> I just played it last night. I also run 5e. I'll also play 3.0 or 1e AD&D when I get the chance. I also play run/play Champions! and other hero systems games, ran/played WoD games in the past, run the very occasional old-school Gamma World game, and many others. In some cases, lampshading the flaws of a game account for a large proportion of the fun of playing it.</p><p></p><p>So, while balance is a highly desirable - even necessary, in some minimal degree - quality for a game to possess, it's one of many factors that go into deciding what games to play. Nostalgia, humor, desire to display system mastery, convenience, sunk investment in learning a specific system, lack of other options and/or feeling a need to have a 'fair' chance to dominate play might all be reasons to choose to play a badly-balanced game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7158182, member: 996"] It's a fact of the game's history that it's been more or less balanced at some times than others. Over 40 years have gone by, in spite of the current edition being '5th' there have arguably been more than 5 editions, they've varied in many ways, balance certainly not least significant among them. I just played it last night. I also run 5e. I'll also play 3.0 or 1e AD&D when I get the chance. I also play run/play Champions! and other hero systems games, ran/played WoD games in the past, run the very occasional old-school Gamma World game, and many others. In some cases, lampshading the flaws of a game account for a large proportion of the fun of playing it. So, while balance is a highly desirable - even necessary, in some minimal degree - quality for a game to possess, it's one of many factors that go into deciding what games to play. Nostalgia, humor, desire to display system mastery, convenience, sunk investment in learning a specific system, lack of other options and/or feeling a need to have a 'fair' chance to dominate play might all be reasons to choose to play a badly-balanced game. [/QUOTE]
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