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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 9161077" data-attributes="member: 42040">I must respectfully disagree with that, based on my experience with 2nd edition. Since it was my first edition of D&D, I'm of course biased - and it definitely feels old (because I feel old). Elements of 2e were more literary and folklore-based than 1e, so it felt even older than 1e, oD&D, etc.Let's break it down.The "green" books (Historical Reference Sourcebooks): Vikings, Charlemagne's Paladins, Celts, A Mighty Fortress, The Glory of Rome, Age of Heroes, and The Crusades. These brought real-world (albeit Eurocentric) myths, legends, and history that predate Appendix N writings by centuries. Other campaign settings are based on equally old sources, such as Al-Qadim's connection to Arabian Nights. Look at the Ravenloft campaign setting and its literary (and film) inspirations. Here's a list of just a few off the top of my head. Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolf-Man, Island of Dr. Moreau, Jack the Ripper, Hound of the Baskervilles, and Night of the Living Dead.If anything, 2e's focusing on world building and drawing from real world history and mythology, makes it feel old (even older than D&D). It certainly has a place in the OSR.</blockquote>