Monday, January 9, 2023

The Charms of Old School D&D

Well, D&D 5E / One / Mc D&D is a dumpster fire of epic proportions.

Good. Hopefully we'll see people trying lots of other games, old and new, instead of drinking the Koolaid about "the world's greatest RPG."

On Twitter, someone asked about the charms of older D&D. This is how I see them:

1) Affordable 

2) Manageable rules as player & DM 

3) The oldest RPG, no claims to greatest 

4) Powers that be were gamers, not suits 

5) Established good time, not threatened by other games 

6) No backstory or other ego crutches, PC personality came out during play

Honestly, I'd play or even run old D&D if the stars were right.

Until then, I'm happy to play, blog about, or GM other fare.

Good luck D&D lovers.

Sometimes, things need to fall apart to fall into place.

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