See, I feel you, and I didn't look at it for years after TSR faded into the distance. It took me getting into Order of the Stick, of all things, for me to look at Wizards' 3E.
But the more I look at it, the more I feel like nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Original D&D was something that was only fun for me in spite of the system... in spite of the non-sensical magic and magic items rules that had nothing to do with any kind of fantasy I'd ever read or dreamed of, in spite of the "roll the right number or die" mechanics for poison, traps, eye beams, etc., in spite of the paper-thin heroes who died the first time they got into a fight, in spite of the arbitrary limitations on who could hold what kinds of weapons...
I think it's a testament to the power of the imagination that so much fun was milked out of it.
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Re: words to read
on 2009-07-22 02:17 am (UTC)But the more I look at it, the more I feel like nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Original D&D was something that was only fun for me in spite of the system... in spite of the non-sensical magic and magic items rules that had nothing to do with any kind of fantasy I'd ever read or dreamed of, in spite of the "roll the right number or die" mechanics for poison, traps, eye beams, etc., in spite of the paper-thin heroes who died the first time they got into a fight, in spite of the arbitrary limitations on who could hold what kinds of weapons...
I think it's a testament to the power of the imagination that so much fun was milked out of it.