Recent content by Koren n'Rhys

Wow. These morons are really digging their own graves aren't they. Where's my popcorn?

I recommend eating them with chopsticks. Very fancy and keeps your fingers clean.

Anyone who is a fan of Mystara and could care less about things like Critical Role? I'm psyched for this, personally. Seeing how Jeff updated the mechanics to 2E will be fascinating. More interesting and useful to me than a 5E conversion would be.

I hope there's a way to get just the new material eventually. There's no way I can justify $150 let alone even $100 when I still have my original core game and copies of both Kellar's and Witch Lord, no matter how cool all the new sculpts and bits look. An "upgrade" box with the minis and cards...

IMO, this crowdfunding campaign is a way to gauge interest. Sure, it's limited to NA at this point, but if it's sufficiently successful then Hasbro can look at a proper, full release of the game. I'm one of those who still has my originals of these 3 sets, but I never got my hands on the other...

I've been playing online (two 5E groups) since March and DDB + Beyond20 has been a godsend for all of us. I do pity my DMs who need to fight with Roll20 for the maps and tokens, but it's been manageable once they stopped trying to use most of the "features". I made the mistake of trying to...

Interesting - I didn't realize that was the case. Not much of a tagger myself (I don't start many threads here)

Damn, thanks for compiling this. I didn't realize you'd done so many other polls (came here from BX). Lots to read now!

But this particular poll was specifically about BX, not the other editions. Though I agree it probably should have been titled Basic, not OD&D.

I'm too lazy at the moment to go back through this thread and see if Old-School Essentials has been mentioned or not. In case it hasn't, OSE is a clone of B/X that came out last fall. To me, it's far superior to Labyrinth Lord in that it's first an accurate clone, and second, features an amazing...

Started with BX, moved on to 1E, then 2E when it came out. Missed 3 & 4 completely, and playing 5 and BX again now. 5 is fine as a player, but I don't like running it. Far too crunchy. BX is still my fave by far. Concise, easy to houserule without breaking anything, a joy to both play and run...

I mean, it's really more like cut up carrots and baby carrots. The B and X are essentially identical and mostly just a new layout. Most of Mentzer's work was the CMI stuff.

No particularly meaningful differences between BX and BECMI, no. BX was published in 1981 as two boxes (Basic 1-3 and eXpert 4-14) and is also referred to as "Moldvay/Cook" for it's editor/authors. Tom Moldvay and Zeb Cook for B, then Cook and Steve Marsh for X. It only runs 14 levels and...

Love it - my goto edition. I'm currently playing in a 5E game, which is fun and I'm all in as a player, but it isn't something I'd run as a DM. BX is where I started back in '81 and for me it allows a flexibility I absolutely love. When I run a game, BX it is! The recent retroclone Old-School...

@mjsoctober That's a good point I hadn't really considered. I'm not mad either, but still disappointed from a more selfish POV.