bbarsh wrote:Not me. I hated 2nd edition so much I refuse to even collect anything but the true 1st edition cross over stuff. I've bought and read then sold 3 ed core rules...oh the agony of it all...
radagast wrote:What do you mean "first", "second" and "third" edition?I mean: Woodgrain box and white box are "first edition" or Original Dnd? or is it the same?
bbarsh wrote:I follow the same rule of thumb. AD&D has actual editions and seems to be defined by them. OD&D (wood box, white box, and supplements) are simply all lumped into the OD&D category.(basic) D&D is another animal, too. The basic box and the various box sets that came later are simply later printings of the same game. An argument can be made for later games because the Rules Cyclopedia and Challenger Sets can almost be defined as another edition with (substantial) rules changes. But, by and by, you can play a module as new as Phantom's Wake with the old blue book (holmes) system without any modification.
dathon wrote:Yeah, how to separate all the different versions called D&D in the poll was a challenge. I decided to keep it simple with just OD&D to mean anything named Dungeons and Dragons before 3.0 came out with the same moniker, Dungeons and Dragons, once again; so OD&D here would include woodgrains, white boxes and all the D&D box sets (basic, expert, etc.) along with the modules series (B, X, etc.). By no means a perfect compromise but the best I could come up with when there's a maximum of 10 options. The thing that has surprised me the most so far is that so many people collect all editions, including 3.0/3.5. I didn't think there would be many who collected the most recent iteration. Interesting...