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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4982565" data-attributes="member: 80487">Since old D&amp;D is pretty far from systematic, I find it pretty adaptable. It's still an awkward fit, though, for something far from -- especially more particular than -- the default mishmash. Players' expectations associated with the name add another burden; even increasing the game-mechanical similarity (as I did once by actually using AD&amp;D), I would not bill EPT as &quot;D&amp;D&quot;.Perhaps because I've played a lot of different games, campaign and rules-set tend to develop together in my mind. Settings I've used or played in before tend to be pretty strongly associated with certain rules-sets already. I find it a bit easier to swallow some of the changes in Mongoose RuneQuest because they're presented in the context of Second Age Glorantha. Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms are &quot;AD&amp;D&quot; worlds to me. I don't think of GURPS Traveller as Traveller, but that's at least partly because I don't think of Traveller as the Third Imperium.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4982565, member: 80487"] Since old D&D is pretty far from systematic, I find it pretty adaptable. It's still an awkward fit, though, for something far from -- especially [I]more particular[/I] than -- the default mishmash. Players' expectations associated with the name add another burden; even increasing the game-mechanical similarity (as I did once by actually using AD&D), I would not bill EPT as "D&D". Perhaps because I've played a lot of different games, campaign and rules-set tend to develop together in my mind. Settings I've used or played in before tend to be pretty strongly associated with certain rules-sets already. I find it a bit easier to swallow some of the changes in Mongoose RuneQuest because they're presented in the context of [I]Second Age[/I] Glorantha. Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms are "AD&D" worlds to me. I don't think of GURPS Traveller as Traveller, but that's at least partly because I don't think of Traveller as the Third Imperium. [/QUOTE]

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