The goal of D&D’s 3rd edition was to create a game that still felt like D&D, but sloughed off the mish-mash of rules that had accumulated on the game over the past decades. The six core ...

A recent argument over 2nd vs. 3rd edition D&D rules reminded me of something I meant to share awhile ago. I made a <a href=http://12.226.1.190/dndsheet.pdf>.pdf form ...

The first major revamp of the classic D&D rules in over a decade, the new 3rd Edition streamlines the tabletop role-playing game, as it creates more options for players while lessening previous ...

So you go ahead with new versions of D&D. I’ll stick with my third edition, which was built up by people all over the world, and which spread out the hobby more than ever to a whole new ...

let me explain. 3.5 is a revision of 3rd Edition D&D. It’s also the edition that had the OGL, Open Gaming License, which allowed third party companies to make their own works based on these rules.

Third edition D&D had specific wealth by level charts that made it simple for DMs, since all magic items had clearly listed prices. Fourth edition followed a similar model, with better guidance on ...

In fact, I was playing in a D&D campaign at the time, and I thought 3rd Edition was a huge improvement in the mechanics of the game. It was perfect timing. GS: How did you settle on the Greyhawk ...

when it issued the original version of the OGL for use with the then-new 3rd edition of D&D. Due to the OGL’s uncommonly broad language, it’s allowed for multiple other companies to put out ...