Who still plays older versions of D&D?

[Chainsaw Mage]

<completely off-topic rant>Which makes WotC's "Dungeons & Dragons, 3rd edition" actually the 8th different edition of Dungeons & Dragons. That's a bit of an pet peave of mine. I'll admit it's anal, but I just can't stand it. It's ahistorical, deceptive, and non-sensical, and WotC's attempted explanations for the name simply sound silly. The reality is that they wanted to make it sound like it was the successor of 2nd edition AD&D, while dropping the admittedly no-longer needed "Advanced" in the title. Why they couldn't have just called it "The New Revised Dungeons & Dragons" or something to that effect is beyond me.</completely off-topic rant>

Why did WotC call the 2000 edition "Dungeons & Dragons, Third Edition", you ask? In the highlighted portion of your text you answer your own question.

 

[Silver Moon]

My earlier assumption is that all posters to this thread are aware of the Dragonsfoot board, devoted primarily to the out-of-print editions of the game. If not, then please feel free to stop by for a visit:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/

 

[Imperialus]

My group only plays 3.X right now but I'd really like to get my group to try either a Rules Cyclopedia or AD&D 1E game. Not sure which though

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I still have a good portion of my 2^nd Edition material, especially my boxed sets and my prized Forgotten Realms, Mystara, & Spelljamer stuff. Never really got into Birthright, but I really loved the Bloodline & Realm Magic Rules.

Yes, I still play 2^nd Edition, mostly because I have a couple of friends that prefer to hold on to their glory days of roleplaying and can't fathom having the same enjoyment out of a new edition.

 

[Jupp]

Yes, I still play 2^nd Edition, mostly because I have a couple of friends that prefer to hold on to their glory days of roleplaying and can't fathom having the same enjoyment out of a new edition.

Which is probably the motive of our group as well. Never change a running system And since we do not use the phletora of 2e books like those "Everything for...", "Complete" or whatever we do not have any problems with too many rules, so it's a light and fast system to play. And there are too many unforgettable moments tied to 2e in our group.

 

[Wraith Form]

(Does anyone else here get a nagging suspicion that Cowpanzamie is secretly diaglo in disguise? )

 

[diaglo]

It's the "line" of D&D descending from the Basic Set (D&D 2nd ed). It's the stuff along the right-hand side of the attached "family tree."

still don't agree with your family tree.

OD&D(1974) Gygax, Arneson, Kaye
2edD&D Holmes (1977)
1edADnD Gygax (1977)
3edD&D Holmes(1979)
Moldvay/Cook D&D (1981)
Mentzer D&D (1983)
1.5edADnD Gygax (1985)
2edADnD (1989)
Rules Cyclopedia Alliston (1990)
2.5edADnD (the 90's)
2000ed Cook, Tweet, et.al (2000)
4edADnD Kenzer aka Hackmaster
3.11ed for Workgroups Collins (2003)

 

[Odhanan]

play in a game that has been running for 20+ years. We're using the red/blue books (and I am using the Rules Cyclopedia). I am also running two different 3.0 games with no plans on any of those game of switching to 3.5.

I'm really admirative when I read this. This is coolness made RPG.

 

[Cowpanzamie]

Just a comment: it's pretty cool that we have *62* people on enworld playing OOP D&D. And I think it's safe to say that there are others here who play OOP but didn't click on the poll for whatever reason. Sweet!

 

[genshou]

Just a comment: it's pretty cool that we have *62* people on enworld playing OOP D&D. And I think it's safe to say that there are others here who play OOP but didn't click on the poll for whatever reason. Sweet!

Make that 63 (2nd Edition for me! Woohoo! If I lived near diaglo I would give OD&D a try, just for the sake of trying something new).