Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.dnd
Subject: Re: edition wars
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:35:49 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 16
Message-ID: <vf2pul$cbs8$5@dont-email.me>
References: <vf2kna$9cq3$1@dont-email.me> <vf2p8j$cbs8$3@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 13:35:49 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="69d671ef36ae7d733f4bca1a5cc3aa02";
	logging-data="405384"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18B/q/wDOZx8j1wyRRIhE2FMj1PoJlZE2k="
User-Agent: Pan/0.154 (Izium; 517acf4)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ywqx4rnUUtp2WkR7+T4kDj9cazM=
Bytes: 1692

On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:24:04 -0000 (UTC), David Chmelik wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:06:34 -0000 (UTC), David Chmelik wrote:
>> true editions
>>* original D&D: had Arda (James RR Tolkien) material, so was good *
>>basic D&D (2nd ed., 2e): apparently made some things easier * Advanced
>>D&D (AD&D): many additions/improvements * BX (3e): added levels to basic
>>D&D * BECMI (4e): added levels & immortal characters to basic & expert
>>D&D * Rules Cyclopedia (5e): simply collected BECM ('I' in later boxed
>>set)
> 
> Above was supposed to be the formatting of my original post.  Pan 2
> newsreader seems to have reformatted me, or did people see the
> formatting right?

Problem was word wrap.  Looks fine now, just other posts scroll off side.