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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 4411398" data-attributes="member: 7635">pardon my ulterior motive...Why? This seems to be a reoccurring theme among some older gamers; I tried 2e, then went back to 1e (or moved on to another system, but I want to focus on the former). I never played 1e (I got into the game in '92, and 1e was a distant memory then) but I did get the books later. As interesting as Gygax's prose was, I could never make sense of it. In fact, I'd wager to say that if I didn't know 2e so well, I would have never deciphered or learned the game using those rulebooks!It was never the core mechanics that got me, it was the little things: I couldn't find rules for encumbrance, for example. There were also little things I took for granted that weren't so in 1e (rangers as stealthy, bards as arcane casters, dwarves could be clerics, thief % points, etc). Perhaps if I had played in those days, I would've seen it different. However, I am at a true loss as to what made 1e preferable to 2e (beyond she-who-must-not-be-named and some really bad kit balance). I'd be interested to here why people went back to 1e (or in general, didn't play 2e).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 4411398, member: 7635"] pardon my ulterior motive... Why? This seems to be a reoccurring theme among some older gamers; I tried 2e, then went back to 1e (or moved on to another system, but I want to focus on the former). I never played 1e (I got into the game in '92, and 1e was a distant memory then) but I did get the books later. As interesting as Gygax's prose was, I could never make sense of it. In fact, I'd wager to say that if I didn't know 2e so well, I would have never deciphered or learned the game using those rulebooks! It was never the core mechanics that got me, it was the little things: I couldn't find rules for encumbrance, for example. There were also little things I took for granted that weren't so in 1e (rangers as stealthy, bards as arcane casters, dwarves could be clerics, thief % points, etc). Perhaps if I had played in those days, I would've seen it different. However, I am at a true loss as to what made 1e preferable to 2e (beyond she-who-must-not-be-named and some really bad kit balance). I'd be interested to here why people went back to 1e (or in general, didn't play 2e). [/QUOTE]

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