Edition Playing of DND (DMs only)

[golentan]

I wish to avoid any form of edition war, and as such I must ask right off the bat that absolutely nobody make any comments on which editions are "better" or even why you played the editions you played.

I am trying to compile for a paper information on the evolution of DnD, and either prove or disprove whether the current edition controversy is greater than the switchover to 3e. I'm doing a simple headcount poll as a preliminary to doing an in depth sales analysis. If you have DMed in the past 10 years (and only if you have DMed), please post in the following format.

Edition first played: (whatever was your first game playing)
Editions DMed by period: (post all editions which you DMed, with the years you played them).
Current Editions Owned: (Which edition's core books you currently possess).

For example, I would post

Edition first played: 3e
Editions DMed by period: 3e (2002-2003), 3.5e (2003-present), 4e (2008)
Current Editions Owned: AD&D 2e, 3.5e, 4e

[jokey665]

Edition first played: 3.5
Editions DM'd: 3.5 (2007-2009, soon to be 2010)
Editions owned: 3.5

/shrug

[Evard]

Edition first played: 3.5
Editions DMed by period: 3.5 untill 4e came out, then till present 4e
Current Editions Owned:4e

[UserClone]

Edition first played: 3.5 (2003)

Editions DM'd: 3.5 (2004-present), 4th (2008)

Editions currently owned: AD&D 2E Revised, 3E, 3.5 (Leatherbound with full errata), 4th, and Pathfinder (yeah I'm counting it).

EDIT: Year of first play is also relevant information, I would think, so I included it just in case.

[Zaydos]

Edition first played: D&D B/E/C/M/I
Editions DMed by period: 2e (1997?), 3e (2001 ~ till 3.5 came out), 3.5 (since then) with occasional 2e & 4e one-shots.
Current Editions Owned: OD&D, D&D B/E (not C/M/I), AD&D 2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e.

[jmbrown]

Edition first played: Basic
Editions DMed by period: Rules Cyclopedia ('93), AD&D 2E ('95), D&D 3.0 (2000), D&D 3.5 (2003), AD&D/OD&D (2005), D&D 4E (2008)
Current Editions Owned: All of them.

Started with Basic when my friends and I found a copy in his dad's dusty attic. It made a really great playing space especially with an oil lamp lit. We were young and probably didn't play by the rules at all but the thought of reenacting our favorite video games (big RPG dorks like Dragon Quest and Ultima) was the greatest feeling ever.

I bought Rules Cyclopedia a few years later with some birthday money when I was a bit older and could understand the rules better which was the first edition I officially DM'd. When the revised edition of 2nd edition came out my dad surprised me with the 1989 versions he found for cheap at a pawn shop. From there I moved on to 3E; my friends and I swore we wouldn't buy into Wizards "cash cow" with 3.5 but it was a logical step up so we submitted anyway. Around 2005 I became immensely interested in the older editions and bought as much crap as I could online. My friend was the president of his college's D&D club and they received $2K+ to buy equipment so moving to 4E wasn't difficult.

Aaaaand that's my history.

Edit: I didn't include how long I DM because I DM every version. It depends on the mood of my friends when I bump into them although I mostly DM 3.5 on PBP because that's what 90% of the people play.

[Soranar]

Editions played: 2nd, 3rd, 3.5, 4
Edition Dmed :2nd, 3rd, 3.5
Owned: 2nd, 3rd, 3.5

[Matthew]

Edition first played: Basic D&D (Mentzer, 1983)
Editions DMed by period: AD&D/2e (1992(ish)-present, sometimes sporadically), D20/3e (2005/6).
Current Editions Owned: AD&D/1e/2e; D20/3e

[drengnikrafe]

Edition First Played: 3.5.

Editions DMed by Period: 3.5 (2009). (I tried to run a 2e, but it ended before it began. My PCs wouldn't have any of it).

Current Editions Owned: 3.5e and 2e.

Yeah, I'm kinda a late bloomer.

[AslanCross]

Edition first played: AD&D with some modifications (Baldur's Gate 2)
Editions DMed by period: 3.5e (2007-present)
Current Editions Owned: 3.5e

[LibraryOgre]

Edition first played: (whatever was your first game playing)
Editions DMed by period: (post all editions which you DMed, with the years you played them).
Current Editions Owned: (Which edition's core books you currently possess).

Edition first played: Not quite sure; it may have been 2e, it may have been 1e; it was right on the cusp of the edition change.

Editions DM'd by period: 2nd edition (1990-present), 3rd edition (Spring 2001), 3.5 (2004), 1st edition (2007-8)

Current editions Owned: B/X, 1st edition, 2nd edition, 3.5, 4e (PH only).

[Tiktakkat]

Edition First Played: Holmes "Basic" D&D
Editions DMed by period: Holmes "Basic" D&D 1979, AD&D 1st ed 1979-1989, AD&D 2nd ed 1989-2000, D&D 3E/3.5 2000-present
Current Editions Owned: Holmes "Basic" D&D, Moldvay-Cook Basic-Expert, Mentzer BECMI, AD&D 1st ed, AD&D 2nd ed, D&D 3E/3.5

[Behold_the_Void]

Edition first played: 3e
Editions DMed by period: 3e, 3.5e, 4e (2008)
Current Editions Owned: 3e, 3.5e (very little of either, I have core for 3e since I can't get rid of it and a few leftovers from 3.5 my friend didn't want to buy), 4e

[The Dark Fiddler]

Edition first played: 3.5
Editions DMed by period: 3.5 (2009)
Current Editions Owned: 3.5

[Swordgleam]

Edition first played: 1st
Editions DMed by period: 4e (2008-present)
Current Editions Owned: AD&D (for some reason), 3.5, 4e

[Xyk]

Edition first played: 2e...wait, 1e but it was once when I was five.
Editions DMed: 2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e (once).
Editions owned: 2e, 3.5e, 4e

I also played many games of 2e in my youth, and many games that are very similar to 3.5e (like d20 modern, Star wars, etc.). I personally enjoy 3.5e the most if that helps your statistics.

[Foryn Gilnith]

Edition first played: 3.5 (2006)
Editions DM'd: 3.5 (2007 or 2008 to 2009)
Editions owned: 3.5, 2e, 4e (sort of)

[Kaiser Omnik]

Edition first played: AD&D 2e
Editions DMed by period: 2e (not much, sometime in 2003), 3.5e (2005, 2007-2008), 4e (2009)
Current Editions Owned: AD&D 2e DMG, 3.5e, 4e

[Talyn]

Edition First Played: 2nd edition D&D
Editions DM'd: 2nd Edition D&D, 2nd Edition AD&D, 3.0, 3.5, and 4e
Editions owned: 3.0 (some), 3.5 (a lot), 2nd Edition AD&D (just a few books left, not enought to run a game in it), 4E

[PairO'Dice Lost]

Editions played: 2e, 1e, 3e, in that order
Editions DMed: 2e and 3e
Editions owned: Every book ever for 1e, 2e, and 3e; PHB+DMG+MM for 4e

[Ozymandias9]

First Edition Played: cD&D Basic Set, 3rd version (I first played in 1987, though there was a later version of basic out at the time)
Editions DMed: AD&D 1st Edition 1989-92, AD&D 2nd Edition 1990-present, cD&D 4th Version 1989-91, cD&D 5th Version 1991-2002, D&D 3rd Edition 2000-2004, 3.5 Edition 2003-present, 4th Edition 2008-present (sparingly because I dislike the tone), oD&D 2005-present (sparingly because I fear the set will be damaged).
Current Editions Owned: AD&D 1st & 2nd, 3, 3.5, oD&D, cD&D Versions 4-5.

[Mushroom Ninja]

First Edition Played: AD&D 2nd Edition
Games DMed: 2e off and on from 1999ish-2001ish, 3.x off and on 2005-present
Editions owned: AD&D 2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e

[Kroy]

Edition first played: AD&D
Editions DM'd: 3.5 (Since 2004)
Editions owned: 3.5

[Saintjebus]

Edition First Played: 3.x(2004)
Editions DM'ed by period: 3.5(2005-2008, off and on), 4e(from release to present).
Editions owned: 3.5, 4e

[Eldrys]

Edition First Played: D&D 3.5
Editions DM'd by period: AD&D (Summer of '07), 3.5 (about a month ago)
Editions Owned: AD&D, 3.5, 4.0

[Touchy]

Edition first played: 4e(2009)
Editions DMed by period: Planning to DM on New year's eve
Current Editions Owned: 4e

[SethFahad]

Edition first played: 1995 2nd ed. (played but not DMed)
Editions DMed by period: 3.5 ed. 2005-present
Current Editions Owned: 2nd, 3.0, 3.5, 4th.

[Meek]

Edition first played: 3e
Editions DMed by period: 3e (2004-2007), 4e (2008-onwards)
Current Editions Owned: 4e

[Mahtobedis]

First Edition Played: 3.5
Editions DM'd by period: 3e, 3.5, pathfinder (2009)
Current Editions Owned: 3e, 3.5, pathfinder

[Fhaolan]

Dear lord... Uhm... let me see:

Edition First Played: OD&D (1976)
Editions DMed by period: OD&D (1976-1977), CD&D (Basic et al.) (1977-1985), AD&D (1978-1989), AD&D 2nd (1989-2000), D&D 3rd (2000-current), D&D 3.5 (2003-current), D&D 4th (2009-current).
Current Editions Owned: All. I'm a collector, really.

Notes: Pretty much I played and DMed all editions of D&D from the dates they were published, to the dates the next edition was published. There are three exceptions, I was introduced to D&D two years after it was first published, CD&D got used until the Master set was published, co-current with another group that was using AD&D, and my adoption of 4th edition is sporatic at best as the one group I have that is interested meets rarely. Also, other game systems have been played ranging from Paladium, Traveller, GURPs, and many, many others. Prior to D&D I was a wargamer with systems you're probably not interested in.