Recent content by Blake1001

I think you're certainly right in that there were clear attempts to achieve some sort of balance in the early days of D&D and AD&D. I just don't believe they saw much success. Game design has come a long way in the intervening years. Today, games that make balance a priority are pretty well...

If you hate 4e and are preparing to dance on it's grave, fine. Put on your dancin' shoes, you've won. But stop and think about it for a moment. D&D was never printed on rice paper. All the D&D, AD&D, and 3.x stuff ever printed is still out there. You can still play it. AD&D had a 12 year...