OSR Is there room in modern gaming for the OSR to bring in new gamers?

[Vaalingrade]

Ah, good old edition war rhetoric. Totally germane to an OSR thread.

 

[Sacrosanct]

All those times when people complained how THACO is an inferior mechanic, I never realized they were personally insulting me as an ADnD fan. Who knew?

 

[Micah Sweet]

How many editions do you like? D&D usnt going to appeal to everyone.

If you only like 1 edition though i don't think the problem is D&D but your tastes are very specific.

My favorites are OD&D and 1st/2nd ed. 3/3.5e has a lot of good in it too. Even 4e is a well-designed game I don't happen to care for personally. 5e mostly gets by with stuff I liked cribbed from previous versions, and lore that (until recently) worked  OK if I squinted.

 

[Zardnaar]

My favorites are OD&D and 1st/2nd ed. 3/3.5e has a lot of good in it too. Even 4e is a well-designed game I don't happen to care for personally. 5e mostly gets by with stuff I liked cribbed from previous versions, and lore that (until recently) worked  OK if I squinted.

I like most editions the WotC ones are ear the bottom except for 5E.

OD&D kinda gets a pass as it's very rough but understandable.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I like most editions the WotC ones are ear the bottom except for 5E.

OD&D kinda gets a pass as it's very rough but understandable.

OD&D's evolution as BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia is my preference for that line (and more specifically OSR games based on it).

 

[Zardnaar]

OD&D's evolution as BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia is my preference for that line (and more specifically OSR games based on it).

I liked RC at the time but 36 levels doesn't work imho.

I would probably go with OSE but need to read it I suppose.

 

[Vaalingrade]

All those times when people complained how THACO is an inferior mechanic, I never realized they were personally insulting me as an ADnD fan. Who knew?

We can come back to this when people say THACO was inferior because it was about hitting better by literally being worse at hitting things or something.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I liked RC at the time but 36 levels doesn't work imho.

I woukd probably go with OSE but need to read it I suppose.

My preferred OSR caps at 14.

 

[Zardnaar]

My preferred OSR caps at 14.

That B/X derived. Mine to probably but I could maybe do 20.

36 is to much imho.

 

[Bill Zebub]

While amusingly we both want different things, we both feel like 5e is not for us at all, and are told here by various folks, that we should be happy for what we get.

Funny, in a sad way.

The 'big tent' strikes again.

I haven't seen anybody make a "be happy with what you get" argument. The point I do see, and have made myself, is "if D&D doesn't give you what you want there are scores of other games to choose from."

And then I found Shadowdark and took my own advice. Just in time to dodge the "Weapon Mastery" bullet.