D&D (2024) In Interview with GamesRadar, Chris Perkins Discusses New Books

[mamba]

What does edition have to do with ogl?

the edition has nothing to do with it, them supposedly saying the same thing for 12 years and that therefore being trustworthy does

 

[Micah Sweet]

So which edition was the Mentzer Red Box I started with in 1984 (or thereabouts)?

The "B" in BECMI.

 

[Azzy]

The "B" in BECMI.

The "B" is not an "edition"

 

[Hussar]

the edition has nothing to do with it, them supposedly saying the same thing for 12 years and that therefore being trustworthy does

Ahh, banging that drum again. Ok.

 

[Maxperson]

The "B" is not an "edition"

I mean, it's really easy.

Edition 1: OD&D
Edition 2: Holmes Basic(1977)
Edition 3: Moldvay Basic(1981)
Edition 4: Mentzer Basic(1983)
Edition 5: Denning Basic(1991)
Edition 6: Stewart Basic(1994)

Edition 1: AD&D
Edition 2: 2e AD&D
Edition 3: 3e AD&D
Edition 4: 4e AD&D
Edition 5: 5e AD&D

WotC dropped the "AD&D" from print, but since 3e-5e are direct sequential editions of 2e AD&D, they remain versions of AD&D. The half editions are not full editions, so don't alter the AD&D edition numbers. They had the potential to be full editions, but WotC decided not to go that route.

 

[amethal]

I mean, it's really easy.

Edition 1: OD&D
Edition 2: Holmes Basic(1977)
Edition 3: Moldvay Basic(1981)
Edition 4: Mentzer Basic(1983)
Edition 5: Denning Basic(1991)
Edition 6: Stewart Basic(1994)

Edition 1: AD&D
Edition 2: 2e AD&D
Edition 3: 3e AD&D
Edition 4: 4e AD&D
Edition 5: 5e AD&D

WotC dropped the "AD&D" from print, but since 3e-5e are direct sequential editions of 2e AD&D, they remain versions of AD&D. The half editions are not full editions, so don't alter the AD&D edition numbers. They had the potential to be full editions, but WotC decided not to go that route.

So when you said there are clearly only 5 editions of D&D, in the post I quoted earlier, what you actually meant was there are 11 editions of D&D.

Is that clearly 11 editions of D&D, or are the first 6 a matter of opinion?

 

[Cadence]

Re: "Editions"

In the different branches of zoology, are phylogenetic trees doing a nice job of blowing up whatever was left of trying to use just the previous fairly fixed taxonomic levels (class, order, family, genus, species) ?

Is the problem with "edition" that it just isn't adequate for describing things on its own in a room of picky people who know the field?

 

[Parmandur]

Is the problem with "edition" that it just isn't adequate for describing things on its own in a room of picky people who know the field?

That, and it is confusing to newer players when they start doing things like counting how many versions of D&D thwre have been: not useful at all from WotC perspective,and that makes sense.

 

[Parmandur]

So when you said there are clearly only 5 editions of D&D, in the post I quoted earlier, what you actually meant was there are 11 editions of D&D.

Is that clearly 11 editions of D&D, or are the first 6 a matter of opinion?

At least 11: since half-editions aren't a real thing, there are at a minimum 4 more, 5 since he actually missed one Basic edition, and 6 if you reckon 4E Essentials (arguable).

 

[Maxperson]

So when you said there are clearly only 5 editions of D&D, in the post I quoted earlier, what you actually meant was there are 11 editions of D&D.

Is that clearly 11 editions of D&D, or are the first 6 a matter of opinion?

No. When I said 5 editions of AD&D I meant 5 AD&D. When I said basic was a concurrent game I meant it was a concurrent game. There are not 11 editions of AD&D or 11 editions of OD&D/Basic D&D. Someone asked me how many editions of basic there were, so I posted that. Try to keep up.