Which is D&D? 4e or 2e?

[Shroomy]

Sorry, I forgot to mention:

Attack matrices are awesome.

And so is THACO.

Sir, I respectfully disagree, though the games in which they appear are awesome, .

 

[Kishin]

Look, Ironfang, you've clearly already decided on the answer to this question. So why do we have to drag this thread out for a billion pages?

I'm with the guys that say all editions of D&D are D&D.

 

[Fifth Element]

Sir, I respectfully disagree, though the games in which they appear are awesome, .

That's fair. As long as you're on board with the 'D&D is awesome' vibe as a whole, you're all right by me.

 

[Fifth Element]

The 1e MMII is awesome. (Just doing my part )

Darn tootin'. And the cover art is awesome with extra awesome sauce.

 

[Pants]

Well if it doesn't feel like D&D, it has to feel like something, right?

So how do you like playing your anime, video-gamey 3e?

 

[Betote]

I honestly think that 2e players should be called Don, and 4e players Steve.

That's so obvious I wonder why it didn't come up earlier.

 

[Raven Crowking]

So how do you like playing your anime, video-gamey 3e?

anime, video-gamey D&D is awesome.

 

[justanobody]

So what do we call 2e players, since the official company says 4e is D&D?

Considering 1st edition and 2nd edition were AD&D, smart people will call them AD&D players, as that is the game they played.

BECMI/RC/etc players are D&D players as that is the name all other editions carry. (right/wrong/indifferent)

And just because "the official company says 4e is D&D", it does not make them right, just within their legal rights.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

I honestly think that 2e players should be called Don, and 4e players Steve.

That's so obvious I wonder why it didn't come up earlier.

I'm down. However, I consider myself somewhere in the "2.5" era (player's option and all that); can I be "Ruth" when I play that?

 

[malraux]

Look, Ironfang, you've clearly already decided on the answer to this question. So why do we have to drag this thread out for a billion pages?

I'm with the guys that say all editions of D&D are D&D.

Me too. I'd think that for things like this, its the elements which define the set, rather than the set defining the elements.