Which D&D edition do you *really* prefer?

[Stormonu]

Whatever lets me run I6 - Ravenloft and enjoy it. I find moreso whom I'm playing with is more important that the system itself. It's no fun with jerks in any edition.

While I'm currently running Pathfinder, I also find 2E (without Player's Option) and B/X D&D to eminately enjoyable.

 

[Desdichado]

I don't *really* prefer playing D&D at all, actually. But if I do, 3.5 is what I have the most material for and what I'm the most comfortable with.

Honestly, I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to the edition wars, I'm a fairly neutral entity without a strong preference. The new hotness isn't edition warring, its the playstyle wars.

 

[Mallus]

Running? AD&D/2e, hands down. I did run a long 3.5e campaign --CITY!-- which was a blast. But the rules were never really my friend.

Playing? Gee, it's been so long since I played pre-3e D&D, I'd have to give it to 3.5e/Pathfinder. I can manage d20 so long as it's only a single PC.

To this day I've only experienced pre-AD&D through a few modules.

 

[rogueattorney]

When I'm in a foreign country and trying to communicate with the natives, I'll think things out in English first, and then try to say it in the local language.

When I'm playing D&D (or one of the myriad of D&D-ish frpgs) of any other stripe, I think things out in B/X D&D terms first, and then "translate" them to whatever edition I'm playing.

That's not quite true, but it's the best analogy I could come up with. B/X D&D (1981) is the edition I compare all others too; it's the baseline, the norm, the equalizer with all knobs set to the middle. To me, the most "D&D" of all versions of D&D, the D&D platonic ideal.

So, that's my real favorite.

 

[Alarian]

I recently finished running a weekly 2nd edition campaign that started up in 2005 so hands down I will go with 2nd Edition. Although we only played with the core three books, DMG, PHB and the Monstrous Manual. We had a few house rules thrown in but for the most part it was core. That said though, my favorite system would be the near forgotten DragonQuest with our groups heavy modifications.

 

[Agamon]

Honestly, something else. DCC, HackMaster or Savage Worlds preferably.

If you twist my arm, RC is the version of D&D I'd most want to play. There are pluses and minus to all editions of D&D. Hopefully DDN combines the good stuff, then maybe I can choose that.

 

[Herschel]

4E: It's simply the best system.

However, settings (except some FR, I run either grey box or post Spellplague) and when I run modules for home games those are 2E/1E. The 4E modules are missing things like Kordan's Master Maze and random rooms with an Orc and a pie. 3E and especially 4E core published adventures are a little too "sensible" for my tastes.

 

[gamerprinter]

I preferred whichever version was current up to 3.5. So 1e was best when it was the only thing out there. I thought 2e AD&D was better than 1e. I didn't jump onto 3.0, so I don't know much about it, as I went straight to 3.5 after 2e.

Now I prefer Paizo's version of D&D; Pathfinder is the version I like best now.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

priests from 2e,

Best. Priests. Ever.

 

[haakon1]

3.5 is what I like.

AD&D is what I used to love, but no need to go back to it.

The other editions I didn't like early on and never got into. (Basic, I never played at all, having started with AD&D.)