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Originally posted by BackwardsDag

2nd edition ftw

As a few have said before me, 3 and later are just power gamers, min maxers who HAVE to win. Ask any of the older players, and they will tell you, the sex changed evil wizard...dress, the dumb half orc, the undextrious  halfling, it was the odd charecters that forced your RP up to a new level, these were fun.

 

I played lots of paper, but once everyone started all these monty hall toons, it was just boring...

example- Dorf, why did chop you chop down the door that was holding the monster back?

                 Because it was the only way out?

 

3 edition- Excuse me Dorf, we seem to be trapped.

                 Thats ok, I have several passwall spells just for these occasions.

 

Vanilla and boring, but hey, thats why I liked Cyberpunk better after 3rd came out.

 

In my world AD&D 3rd edition, that dwarf has to do really really starnge things to learn Magic.

There is allways something like houserules.

And if that dwarf learned some sorcery, noboddy in my gameworld would ever name him dwarf again.

Next to that, most XP in the game i DM is rewarded for good roleplaying.

Grant me my 2nd ed AD&D and I'm a happy gal.  Granted there is some cool stuff in the 3.5 book and it's nice with an open game thing in the back, but what's the fun of talking about THAC0 now when even the new players give you a wtf? look?  I mean honestly I learned in 2nd ed, and love it, still get together to play it, and we just figure out ways to translate the new stuff in.

I'm not real good at math, and I'll tell ya what, AD&D is one of the two reasons i made it through high school math.  Changed all stupid story problems to calculate dmg, and I was good to go with em :)  kinda lame I know, but hey whatever worked so i'd never have to take another math class again!!

Started with plain ol' D&D back in the late 80's and early 90's. Stopped playing for a long time then started up again with ver 3 then 3.5. I liked the later additions myself. They gave you much more scope to develop your character. I'm now playing Star Wars Saga RPG because I was told that it's very much like ver 4.0 that will be out in '08. Get ready to pony up with more more money boyz and girlz!!

I only played AD&D second edition. When I went to play DDO, I was confused. I don't like what they did with the game., but I'm just an old fart.

Vote for the ADnD 2nd edition too.

Yes, the Thaco system is a legend! Helps with maths too=)

3 and 3.5 edition is an upgrade of the Power and Skills book from the ADnD 2nd edition. Actually there are many optional rules in the 2nd edition, so if u buy alot of 2nd edition, there is no need to buy the 3rd edition anymore. Moreover, the melee in the 3rd edition is boring, everyone keeps forgetting to reduce their hits.

I am looking forward to 4th edition, at least, that is something new.

I prefer 2nd Edition AD&D also.  I also enjoyed Immortals Rules too!  Nothing like moving a whole plain of existance.

A year ago, I would have answer plain old D&D.

I resist the 1st edition AD&D pretty well.  I give in for the 2nd against my will, but eh, you have to play with friends and all.

3.5 went back to the original D&D on many aspects, and so...eventually I learn to love it.

However, above all...

I prefer Mystara over any other world, no matter how illogical and unbalanced the world is.  FR & DL are acceptable alternative, but I always feel DL too be small...and FR is okay I guess...yet, Greyhawk would also have been okay...

AD&D was great at that time. But, some might argue, AD&D was actually much easier to munchkin your character, D20 is actually a bit more fair and balanced.

T S R      F T W!!!

Wizards of the "pffft" shoulda stuck with their stupid tcgs.

we miss u Gary.

 Ad & d 2nd is the best.  Went from D&D to Ad&D 2 nd edition  and never tried others.  We have 3rd edition books but just cant get into changing.  Can't teach an old dawg new tricks.  Nearly 10 years and counting, every Sunday after church to Midnight playing in player created world with FR gods, creative GM changes alot of info about god lore.

Of course once we bought all the class manuals for all the new kits info we were not ever going to change. 

Every1 should go play pen and paper its the best game ever created!!!!! followed by "Castle Risk" then onto MMO's hehe

I dig 3.5.  You can basically make any kind of character you want, can take whatever feats you want (for the most part), it fully embraced the tactical side of D&