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I don't know about you, but the example Bruce Cordell described in community.wizards.com/dndnext/blog/2012/... does not reflect how my sessions with the early editions of D&D proceeded

Most of it's fine, until this point:

Me: “Well, I guess we shouldn’t look a gift horse in—”

DM: “Around the corner of the room come four orcs! ‘Surface dwellers! Kill them! Cut them to mincemeat! Pound them to hamburger!’ they yell. The first two catch you by surprise and attack. [The DM rolls dice.] One misses. One rolls a 17 and hits you for 5 points of damage! The other two go around you and charge the wizard.”

Me: “By Moradin’s tangled beard! I attack the closest one. [I roll dice.] An 18!”

In my groups this would have been:

Me: “Well, ...