tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post2399317689611566825..comments2022-07-28T09:14:34.744+01:00Comments on The Paladin in the Bag: To Retro-Clone or Not Retro-CloneHalexBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03426923162016945320noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-70024359616077662892012-03-22T08:31:06.744+00:002012-03-22T08:31:06.744+00:00OSRIC is great, I bought a copy for each of my pla...OSRIC is great, I bought a copy for each of my players, in fact as if it wasn't for me buying second edition I'd be using the books exclusively.<br /><br />Without the Simulacrum movement I would never had have been playing OSR rules, I'd be completely Fourth Edition; which I like for it's own style of gaming.<br /><br />I've been reading Swords and Wizardry: White Box rules 'ahem' guide 'ahem' recently and can see myself making my future one-off games use the book.Cartmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05112187772469933602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-14391940422444247192012-03-22T03:48:18.284+00:002012-03-22T03:48:18.284+00:00I'd 'play' about anything, but I am mo...I'd 'play' about anything, but I am most familiar with BX, AD&D1 & Holmes, and I have duplicates of Holmes & BX rules, so letting the players go over them (if they don't have their own) is not a problem, plus I have a ten page Holmes primer that can be printed out for newbs to Holmes, and, like most early D&D rules, the differences are really slight, and can be the source of much amusement when one player rolls up a PC using AD&D1 rules, another using BX, another using Holmes Basic & another using 0e! <br /><br />But, my old group finally let Katkin Kalvin run a 1e game using OSRIC. They used to hate 1e & always said that the rules were "broken", but using OSRIC rules, they love it! Kalvin uses his 1e books at the table with the players' copies of OSRIC.Bobjesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13694236042744847270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-90211438611550911372012-03-21T03:42:13.812+00:002012-03-21T03:42:13.812+00:00Yeah, run whatever you like running. Even if it ha...Yeah, run whatever you like running. Even if it happens to be an out-of-print version of D&D, it's easy to type up a few character generation notes, which are all the players really need (and perhaps spells). It's not like modern rules-heavy games where every player needs to have a book.Jeremy Deramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166744272459044563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-68743540393262202132012-03-19T23:06:26.128+00:002012-03-19T23:06:26.128+00:00Last year, for the Neverwinter Game Day, I set up ...Last year, for the Neverwinter Game Day, I set up a classic dungeon crawl with the free beta version of Dungeon Crawl Classics and it was awesome. Eight 0-level characters entered and only one got out with a huge diamond, a pitchfork and a chicken. Good times.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06287011183475013245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-72665390620976076952012-03-19T20:53:32.511+00:002012-03-19T20:53:32.511+00:00The amount of difference between S&W, LL, BFRP...The amount of difference between S&W, LL, BFRPG, and OD&D is less than between OD&D and AD&D 1st Edition, i.e. they are ALL "D&D" - various versions, yes, but all D&D. As someone who started playing when D&D was the only thing out, I find the current debates over distinguishing S&W from LL from OD&D to be hairsplitting, at best. Call 'em "house rules" but in basic structure and form, they are all the same game. I could easily go from one to the other and probably have to be reminded where one differed from the rest. However, as always, YMMV.Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-62449910222047682712012-03-19T20:28:33.155+00:002012-03-19T20:28:33.155+00:00My thoughts are if I'm refereeing a game, I...My thoughts are if I'm refereeing a game, I'll run the rules system I'm most comfortable with. I love OD&D, I own OD&D, and so I run OD&D. If someone in my group wants to run Labyrinth Lord, S&W, QAGS or any other game system, I'm fine with playing in a game they are most comfortable running. I've read S&W and it's a nice game, but I like OD&D more. If I read it and liked it more than OD&D, I would run S&W instead of OD&D. I guess my point is, run the game you enjoy running and don't settle for a second favorite if your first choice is available.Fandomaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15042665245815089202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1451289460116297018.post-66841297610487595802012-03-19T17:57:05.120+00:002012-03-19T17:57:05.120+00:00My post on the clones is over here:
http://in-the...My post on the clones is over here:<br /><br />http://in-the-cities.com/2012/03/02/my-favorite-clone/Keith418https://www.blogger.com/profile/01415688172194231214noreply@blogger.com