For grognards, when was the point of no turning back for DnD?

[NwNgger]

You're missing my option.

When DANDINO 3.x came out as AD&D 2E is perfect.

B/X is better though.

 

[luj1]

Classic 1st and 2nd edition D&D is great and has all my favorite settings (Planescape, Dark Sun, Spelljammer, Al-Qadim).

3rd edition is fun too, it's the one I played first and the one my pen and paper groups use the most.

But with 4th they tried to turn combat into some WoW-inspired thing, and 5th edition is just watered down 3rd with added "diversity"

Pretty much. 4ED was the steepest decline.

My favorite is probably 1ED, but 3ED was great too.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

You're missing my option.

When DANDINO 3.x came out as AD&D 2E is perfect.

B/X is better though.

And BECMI is the best.

 

[JamesDixon]

You're missing my option.

When DANDINO 3.x came out as AD&D 2E is perfect.

B/X is better though.

And BECMI is the best.

They're equally as good because it's Real D&D™.

 

[NwNgger]

You're missing my option.

When DANDINO 3.x came out as AD&D 2E is perfect.

B/X is better though.

And BECMI is the best.

I like BECMI but the problem I have with it is that two fifths of it are almost never going to be used. I don't know a single campaign that has progressed into Master and Immortal rules. It's a nice goal to keep in mind. But will take real time years of play to achieve and I've never had a group last that long. Nor do I know any who did either. I think the maximum I've seen is parties getting up to level 10 and starting to dip their toes into owning a castle or something similar. And this is probably the main reason most OSR games are based on B/X as opposed to BECMI. Plus I suspect that once one becomes an immortal being things start to become dreadfully boring. Who poses a real danger to an immortal being who can never die?

 

[Cael]

4th Ed wasn't simply decline. It was a fucking Moon-sized crater in the middle of the Abyssal Plains.

There is no DnD after 3.5.