rosenkav wrote:I play second edition AD&D - find it a good balance between hardcore AD&D and d20.
fluffmaister wrote:The Eye of the Beholder series was what got me to roleplay in the first place, wanting to replace limited computer possibilities with unlimited roleplayfantasy. I also loved the Baldur's gate series, but I suspect I'll find few compatriot on this forum for that enjoyable game.
rosenkav wrote:It's like when you're talking of your favourite football team I suppose... Despite the Ugly Fat Woman we all despise, in fact, and though I loved the first edition and its products, IMHO the best things in AD&D have been the Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft campaigns - 1987 for FR, 1990 for the latter. In 1987 they began working on the second edition of the rules, and launched them in 1989.I can't determine if the project of the new rules was born before the UFW or after her entrée, but I bet that a lot of projects were under way at that moment... and I'm prone to believe that the 2nd edition rules was one of them, though the 2.5 rules (the totally black with illustration on cover hardbacks) show a more definite departure from the 1st edition instead.I agree with mbassoc's necromantic epilogue tho... I think that the true spirit of those AD&D rules have been completely wiped off by the transition to third edition. D20 is NOT AD&D for me - maybe it's more modern, maybe it's better, but it's completely another game, despite its name.
mbassoc2003 wrote:1st Edition AD&D is the development of the game Gygax, Arneson, Kuntz, Ward and Blume created in the 70's. 2nd Edition AD&D is a cheap commercial rip-off invented by Buck Roger's fat ugly daughter in an attempt to squeeze money out of TSR. 3rd Edition is a bad attempt by Wizards of the Coast to resuscitate a dead horse by further flogging it. What is left is a mangled pulp feeding D20 maggots, and a fond memory kept alive by 30 somethings.