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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7020219" data-attributes="member: 996">No edition of D&amp;D ever 'played like a tactical board game,' it's always been very much an RPG (roll v role debate notwithstanding).&nbsp; Though, if 5e were playing a bit more like a boardgame, right now, it might be doing even better - because, y'know, there was a big surge in boardgame popularity not long ago.... ;PEdit:&nbsp; In the interest of full disclosure (and precision, since it's rapidly becoming one of those threads), I should note that, though I have in fact played every edition of D&amp;D, my familiarity &amp; play experience with the original 1974 game is limited to playing it a few times at conventions in the 80s, and reading the booklets with moderate interest - well, and converting &amp; running Temple of the Frog a few years ago.&nbsp; Then there's BECMI.&nbsp; I started with the Basic set (the c1979 basic set, not the famous Red Box), and didn't play it long (nor remotely 'right') before switching to AD&amp;D.&nbsp; The ECMI and RC, I prettymuch just have hearsay to go on.&nbsp; So couldn't swear to either of them not 'playing like a board game.'&nbsp; Though, a number of actual board games have been spun off from D&amp;D including: Dungeon! (1975), The Great Khan Game (1988),&nbsp; Dragon Strike (1993), &quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game&quot; (2002),&nbsp; Castle Ravenloft (2010), and&nbsp; Lords of Waterdeep (2013).In fact, though I never heard of anyone actually doing it, supposedly 0D&amp;D used a boardgame, Avalon Hill's &quot;Wilderness Survival,&quot; for it's hexcrawling adventures, rather like it used the Wargame, Chainmail, for combat resolution.&nbsp; That's probably the closest D&amp;D's ever come to 'playing like a boardgame.'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7020219, member: 996"] No edition of D&D ever 'played like a tactical board game,' it's always been very much an RPG (roll v role debate notwithstanding). Though, if 5e were playing a bit more like a boardgame, right now, it might be doing even better - because, y'know, there was a big surge in boardgame popularity not long ago.... ;P [i]Edit: In the interest of full disclosure (and precision, since it's rapidly becoming one of those threads), I should note that, though I have in fact played every edition of D&D, my familiarity & play experience with the original 1974 game is limited to playing it a few times at conventions in the 80s, and reading the booklets with moderate interest - well, and converting & running Temple of the Frog a few years ago. Then there's BECMI. I started with the Basic set (the c1979 basic set, not the famous Red Box), and didn't play it long (nor remotely 'right') before switching to AD&D. The ECMI and RC, I prettymuch just have hearsay to go on. So couldn't swear to either of them not 'playing like a board game.' [/i] Though, a number of actual board games have been spun off from D&D including: Dungeon! (1975), The Great Khan Game (1988), Dragon Strike (1993), "Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game" (2002), Castle Ravenloft (2010), and Lords of Waterdeep (2013). In fact, though I never heard of anyone actually doing it, supposedly 0D&D used a boardgame, Avalon Hill's "Wilderness Survival," for it's hexcrawling adventures, rather like it used the Wargame, Chainmail, for combat resolution. That's probably the closest D&D's ever come to 'playing like a boardgame.' [/QUOTE]

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