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<blockquote data-quote="Rawwedge" data-source="post: 1746648" data-attributes="member: 13610">I think we have a very similar point of view in this regard.&nbsp; I have very fond memories of 1st edition being about slipping into the identity of a favorite character and bringing that character to life every session.&nbsp; I remeber it being a lot about roleplay and plot development with some fun battles for punctuation.&nbsp; I don't think it had much to do with the edition though.&nbsp; If I played first edition today it would probably feel very different as you've suggested.For me 3rd edition is all about the crunch and an imperfect system that was rushed to market full of flaws.&nbsp; I hate as much as I love in third edition; some things about it are great.&nbsp; I love the way characters are generated and all of the options available there.&nbsp; I hate that there is so much rules creep and that a lot of those rules quickly introduce imbalance into a very fragile foundation. (Don't get me wrong, if forced to choose between 1st and 3rd edition right now, I'd probably pick 3rd.) But again, I think all of that becomes meaningless and insignificant if I am playing in a campaign with people who like the game for the sames reasons I do and like the same style of play I do.&nbsp;IMHO the edition you play isn't nearly as important as the gaming circle you are a part of and wether you allow the rules to serve the campaign you want or you allow the rules to drive the campaign.&nbsp;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :o"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rawwedge, post: 1746648, member: 13610"] I think we have a very similar point of view in this regard. I have very fond memories of 1st edition being about slipping into the identity of a favorite character and bringing that character to life every session. I remeber it being a lot about roleplay and plot development with some fun battles for punctuation. I don't think it had much to do with the edition though. If I played first edition today it would probably feel very different as you've suggested. For me 3rd edition is all about the crunch and an imperfect system that was rushed to market full of flaws. I hate as much as I love in third edition; some things about it are great. I love the way characters are generated and all of the options available there. I hate that there is so much rules creep and that a lot of those rules quickly introduce imbalance into a very fragile foundation. (Don't get me wrong, if forced to choose between 1st and 3rd edition right now, I'd probably pick 3rd.) But again, I think all of that becomes meaningless and insignificant if I am playing in a campaign with people who like the game for the sames reasons I do and like the same style of play I do. IMHO the edition you play isn't nearly as important as the gaming circle you are a part of and wether you allow the rules to serve the campaign you want or you allow the rules to drive the campaign. :o [/QUOTE]

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