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If D&D were an eating experience:

- OD&D would be mom's home cookin'. A comforting favorite that is probably more delicious to you than others.

- AD&D would be a full-course meal at a Michelin 3-star rated restaurant, prepared by the master chef. The height of the dining experience, but too complex for many to enjoy.

- Basic would be a happy meal. And the toy would be crap.

- 2nd Ed. would be Krispie Kreme donuts. A mismanaged corporate whore hocking over-sweetened products and spiraling ever downward.

- 3.5E would be 'sample cruising' at Costco. A strange mish-mash of tasty tidbits surrounded by a gluttony of shit you don't need. If you're not careful you can drop your whole paycheck in there.

- 4E would be sucking dick. A completely different kind of oral consumption that some people like but you'll never catch me trying it!

(Yeah, it's Friday and I'm bored at home)

- Wheggi

Pure gold, Wheggi!

Wheggi wrote:If D&D were an eating experience:

- OD&D would be mom's home cookin'. A comforting favorite that is probably more delicious to you than others.

- AD&D would be a full-course meal at a Michelin 3-star rated restaurant, prepared by the master chef. The height of the dining experience, but too complex for many to enjoy.

- Basic would be a happy meal. And the toy would be crap.

No, "Basic" would be Mom deciding to open a "home cookin'" restaurant in town.

And people wonder why this site has the reputation it does

Wheggi wrote:- 4E would be sucking dick. A completely different kind of oral consumption that some people like but you'll never catch me trying it!

Snicker! Snicker!

I'm sitting here at work, snickering quietly at my desk after reading this, it's so off the wall...

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T. Foster wrote:And people wonder why this site has the reputation it does

I try.

Stormcrow wrote: No, "Basic" would be Mom deciding to open a "home cookin'" restaurant in town.

Interesting. I'm curious how you come to your analogy. Mine was obviously implying that BD&D is the 'kiddie' version of D&D, tailored to younger customers and easily accessible to the masses. As I see it, "Mom deciding to open a home cookin' restaurant in town" would be more akin to someone taking their modified OD&D campaign world and publishing it for profit. Carcosa, for example.

- Wheggi

Wheggi wrote:Mine was obviously implying that BD&D is the 'kiddie' version of D&D, tailored to younger customers and easily accessible to the masses.

I think the flaw is assuming that "marketed to kids" equates to a serious difference in substance between OD&D and BD&D. It's like suggesting that, because kids play soccer, soccer is a kid's game.

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blackprinceofmuncie wrote:

Wheggi wrote:Mine was obviously implying that BD&D is the 'kiddie' version of D&D, tailored to younger customers and easily accessible to the masses.

I think the flaw is assuming that "marketed to kids" equates to a serious difference in substance between OD&D and BD&D. It's like suggesting that, because kids play soccer, soccer is a kid's game.

Soccer IS a kids game. Oh, and something people play in other countries where they don't have the NFL. (Wheggi casts "Summon Hostile Europeans and South Americans")

But on a more serious note (if you can call discussing RPGs 'serioius'): I think it would be more like suggesting that BD&D is T-Ball or Bumper Bowl. A simpler version of the 'big guy' game. Saying that 'the toy was crap' was more for comedic effect, becuase in reality the game was packaged very nicely and did what it was supposed to do.

- Wheggi

It's called "football". Nowhere in the world* is there any such game as soccer.

*Except in the place where they play football with their hands.

See? That spell works every time! hahahah

- Wheggi

PapersAndPaychecks wrote:It's called "football". Nowhere in the world* is there any such game as soccer.

*Except in the place where they play football with their hands.

For what it's worth, most Canadians also use "soccer" rather than "football," but then they also play a gridiron game very similar to that played in the US, which probably explains it.

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James Maliszewski wrote:For what it's worth, most Canadians also use "soccer" rather than "football," but then they also play a gridiron game very similar to that played in the US, which probably explains it.

You Canadians are automatically forgiven your little peccadilloes, since you have the wisdom and good taste to be Her Majesty's loyal subjects.

James Maliszewski wrote:

PapersAndPaychecks wrote:It's called "football". Nowhere in the world* is there any such game as soccer.

*Except in the place where they play football with their hands.

For what it's worth, most Canadians also use "soccer" rather than "football," but then they also play a gridiron game very similar to that played in the US, which probably explains it.

Quite a few differences between your football and our football, though.

In fact, this whole thread reminds me of a CFL tee shirt that was popular a couple years ago: "Canadian Football, our balls are bigger."