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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6661768" data-attributes="member: 22779">You might want to be careful with assumptions.&nbsp; We're of an age and probably have similar experiences.&nbsp; And I can tell you for a fact that balance issues were a hotly discussed topic in various gaming groups and at at least one hobby shop in London, Ontario.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; Then again, it was typically a comparison discussion, like comparing balance in one system with another.&nbsp; But, balance was very much a discussion topic back in the day too.&nbsp; Heck, it's even discussed at some length in the 1e DMG.&nbsp; If you have the entire line of Dragon Magazine at your fingertips, might I suggest hitting up the archives?&nbsp; There are certainly all sorts of balance discussions going on back then as well in the Forum letters and whatnot.For S&amp;G's I went and surfed [MENTION=27780](un)reason[/MENTION]'s excellent Let's Read the Entire Run thread and just skimmed a few of the reviews from the mid-90's.&nbsp; Saw one that mentioned balance and looked it up.&nbsp; This quote is from a letter in Dragon 214 February 1995:Sure sounds like a balance discussion to me.&nbsp; That took me about five minutes to find.&nbsp; I'm sure, with the entirety of Dragon at your fingertips, you'll be able to find more examples.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6661768, member: 22779"] You might want to be careful with assumptions. We're of an age and probably have similar experiences. And I can tell you for a fact that balance issues were a hotly discussed topic in various gaming groups and at at least one hobby shop in London, Ontario. :D Then again, it was typically a comparison discussion, like comparing balance in one system with another. But, balance was very much a discussion topic back in the day too. Heck, it's even discussed at some length in the 1e DMG. If you have the entire line of Dragon Magazine at your fingertips, might I suggest hitting up the archives? There are certainly all sorts of balance discussions going on back then as well in the Forum letters and whatnot. For S&G's I went and surfed [MENTION=27780](un)reason[/MENTION]'s excellent Let's Read the Entire Run thread and just skimmed a few of the reviews from the mid-90's. Saw one that mentioned balance and looked it up. This quote is from a letter in Dragon 214 February 1995: Sure sounds like a balance discussion to me. That took me about five minutes to find. I'm sure, with the entirety of Dragon at your fingertips, you'll be able to find more examples. [/QUOTE]

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