Lianodel

But consider,

gronk

I do enjoy the tactical side of inventory management, but that's only for a specific kind of game, and even then, slot-based inventory works so much smoother.

I imagine that's intentional. :P "Mausritter" means "Mouse Knight." IIRC, it was also inspired by Mouse Guard and Redwall, but is mechanically closer to old-school renaissance games.

In addition to what others have mentioned, Mausritter might fit the bill!

Oh yeah, the thing I appreciate most about 2e were the campaign settings. 3e was also pretty great in that regard, but without quite the variety.

To take the rose-tinted glasses off for a bit... yeah, I would rather play mechanically better games. I might dip into 2e or 3e for a short adventure, but if I want to do a campaign, I'd look elsewhere. There are systems that do old-school D&D better, modern D&D better, and other things entirely. Speaking of Planescape, I was thinking of running something like Blades in the Dark, set in Sigil.

If you're interested in the history of the hobby, it's important, and there are good bits in there, but... yeah. It's extremely messy, sometimes outright broken, and sexist even by the standards of its time and context.

I love 3e, but it was the first edition I played. If you look at it and think, "No, absolutely not," I can't argue with you. :P It's a mess, but it's in my trash pile.

"A love letter to 2e" actually sounds a lot better than anything else I've heard about the revision. :P

Also, I have a soft spot for 3.x, but my potentially controversial opinion is that 1e is the worse edition by far.

I felt aggressively bored when reading the comments about the playtest.

Did they improve DM support? Make CR actually work? Is combat more dynamic and faster-paced? Is character creation still a pain in the ass? Did they flesh out non-combat? Do player abilities still tend to solve problems by just turning off parts of the game? Is there a clear vision for what this even is?

Oh look, it's mostly balance changes to the classes.

I'm not saying they didn't make some changes to fix my issues. I wouldn't know either way, since I can't be bothered to check, since the core audience sure did make it seem like its mostly balance changes to the classes.

Right alongside "Never get involved in a land war in Asia," and "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line."

I think it's been long enough that I forgot I don't like Munchkin, and want to play Munchkin.

Honestly, me neither, but apparently those lyrics were still firmly lodged in my brain. :P I think I'm going to give them another listen, too.

Grew a mustache and a mullet

Got a job at Chick-Fil-A

Citing "artistic differences"

The band broke up in May

And in June reformed without me

And they got a different name

I nuked another grandma's apple pie

And hung my head in shame