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From: Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: edition wars
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On 10/22/2024 12:36 AM, David Chmelik wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:01:29 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> You can't really hold up 1E and then say 2E is worse because of the
>> system itself.
> 
> People do because removed assassins, monks, etc... if bards, cavaliers,
> druids, rangers, thief-acrobats weren't removed, were significantly
> changed... Dungeon Master Guide (DMG) was significantly shortened,
> removing much good material.  That's why my AD&D DM retained everything
> from AD&D 1e and used what he wanted from 2e.  The point is by removing
> relevant material, it basically became a variant--like mostly a subset
> (smaller part of original with minor changes).  The fact it was a money-
> grab by new CEO (gamers in general hated, because she considered them
> beneath her) after they got rid of the original D&D creators, is well-
> documented.  That doesn't make it bad to play if one allows older
> compatible rules.  Just, on their own, new editions overall got worse.

My best campaigns were in 2e.  I too used the 1e DMG to add certain bits 
back in though.

I have to say the layouts and readability of 2e was better than any 
version before or after it.


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