Edition Wars
Over the past couple of years I observed a somewhat disturbing undercurrent of unpleasantness creep into the hobby. I am also struck by the fact that it is somewhat pointless and that we have been here before, only that the age of social media has brought it into sharp relief. I am of course talking about (the title gives it away a llittle) edition wars. It is a bizarre thing to see people actively engaged in the same hobby, thump each other on social media these days over an edition of a game they play. The game of course is Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D or DnD. This game came out wargaming in the late 60s and through a long process (See Secrets of Blackmoor now available for renting on amazon) became a game known as Dungeons and Dragons. This game has a long and storied history, which I won't go into here, and is now on its 5th edition. Plans are afoot to make it a largely live service which is increasingly managed online but thats for another day. No, what we are talking abo
