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<blockquote data-quote="froggie" data-source="post: 6281249" data-attributes="member: 2936">Why? --at least for meI never left. Sure, I produced maybe 150 books for Pathfinder and 3.X--but my home game was always 1E/0E based. I always found that too many rules/feats/potential for player abuse/skills replacing thinking/other killed the game and made it more of a board game (not edition flaming here--its style of play differences and a matter of preference--all are good) than an old style rpg. I liked fewer rules/house rules better than prescribed solutions. I liked a low power game where everything was vulnerable--and risk for a 10th level guy vs. 10 orcs existed. I don't think that OSR is for everyone. It takes a tremendous amount of experience to DM properly. Its harder to play--you have to majorly interact with each other rather than roll dice. That being said, I prefer it. Death for players is less severe--its actually ok if they die. The risk factor is significantly increased. I can go on for hours I think--but back to writing Sword of Air!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="froggie, post: 6281249, member: 2936"] [b]Why? --at least for me[/b] I never left. Sure, I produced maybe 150 books for Pathfinder and 3.X--but my home game was always 1E/0E based. I always found that too many rules/feats/potential for player abuse/skills replacing thinking/other killed the game and made it more of a board game (not edition flaming here--its style of play differences and a matter of preference--all are good) than an old style rpg. I liked fewer rules/house rules better than prescribed solutions. I liked a low power game where everything was vulnerable--and risk for a 10th level guy vs. 10 orcs existed. I don't think that OSR is for everyone. It takes a tremendous amount of experience to DM properly. Its harder to play--you have to majorly interact with each other rather than roll dice. That being said, I prefer it. Death for players is less severe--its actually ok if they die. The risk factor is significantly increased. I can go on for hours I think--but back to writing Sword of Air! [/QUOTE]

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