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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 3934386" data-attributes="member: 7394">Yes, but unlike the examples cited, we're talking about a &quot;game&quot; that at it's core is the childhood game &quot;Let's Pretend&quot; with rules, not some piece of technology that actually visibly improves from one generation to the next. I've played 1E games with the right group that were far more enjoyable than any 3E game I've ever played.You can rewrite the rules dozens of times, tweaking this or streamlining that, but that doesn't change the fact that the success or failure of every game depends more on each individual set of players than it does on the refinements of the rules. There is no 16-bit version of D&amp;D (unless you're talking about one of the early video games) and the desire to keep up is fueled primarily by only two things: marketing and organized play. If you don't game at conventions and you avoid marketing whenever possible, and if your group has perfectly enjoyable games with the existing rules, why mess it up by going with what is being touted as the latest and greatrest?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 3934386, member: 7394"] Yes, but unlike the examples cited, we're talking about a "game" that at it's core is the childhood game "Let's Pretend" with rules, not some piece of technology that actually visibly improves from one generation to the next. I've played 1E games with the right group that were far more enjoyable than any 3E game I've ever played. You can rewrite the rules dozens of times, tweaking this or streamlining that, but that doesn't change the fact that the success or failure of every game depends more on each individual set of players than it does on the refinements of the rules. There is no 16-bit version of D&D (unless you're talking about one of the early video games) and the desire to keep up is fueled primarily by only two things: marketing and organized play. If you don't game at conventions and you avoid marketing whenever possible, and if your group has perfectly enjoyable games with the existing rules, why mess it up by going with what is being touted as the latest and greatrest? [/QUOTE]

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