Post #2784032

2026-04-20 17:36 UTC

@frotz@mastodon.sdf.org @thorgrit@tabletop.social I guess officially it goes "OD&D -> Holmes -> B/X -> BECMI -> New Easy to Learn Bla Bla -> Rules Cyclopedia" on that line. I sorta recall a website that had a nice illustration of all the branches but now I cannot find it anymore. 🤷

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@thorgrit@tabletop.social 2026-04-21 04:11

@phf@tabletop.social @frotz@mastodon.sdf.org I get my half remembered info from this channel, an old video (that Martin wants to redo with better presentation) where he describes the 18 different editions (by his count) of D&D https://youtu.be/RgoyqfPoMnw his list: 0E Original 0.5 Edition Holmes Basic 1E Advanced Moldvay B/X BECMI 1.5 Edition 2E Advanced Black Box Easy-to-Master Rules Cyclopedia Classic D&D 2.5 Edition 3E 3.5 Edition 4E Essentials 5E 5.5 Edition I had forgotten some of these (I've never had an opportunity to play anything earlier than 3e, including retroclones, so the TSR stuff doesn't have a foundation in my mind; but that's more accident of never finding myself a group)

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