francisca
I got dice older than you.
AD&D 1e is "D&D" in my mind. I still play it, I don't have trouble finding people to play it, and we have a lot of fun doing so. That is the short answer as to why I still play it.
I use the more granular attack and save charts that Lakofka published in The Dragon, I run side-based initiative, I generally discard the weapon vs. AC tables, and can't remember the last time I bothered with weapon speed (probably the 1980s). So, a lot of the complaining people do about 1e doesn't apply to my game, as I chucked out a lot of the stuff that slowed the game down. I run a pretty lean, quick version of combat. This is very common with the other people I have played with over the decades, but it is anecdotal, your mileage may vary, etc...
One thing I do like about 2e is the way dragons are handled. I prefer that to the way they are presented in 1e.
I use the more granular attack and save charts that Lakofka published in The Dragon, I run side-based initiative, I generally discard the weapon vs. AC tables, and can't remember the last time I bothered with weapon speed (probably the 1980s). So, a lot of the complaining people do about 1e doesn't apply to my game, as I chucked out a lot of the stuff that slowed the game down. I run a pretty lean, quick version of combat. This is very common with the other people I have played with over the decades, but it is anecdotal, your mileage may vary, etc...
One thing I do like about 2e is the way dragons are handled. I prefer that to the way they are presented in 1e.
