Adventures Dark and Deep Core Rules 2nd Printing

[LordBP]

Saw this kickstarter start the other day. Anyone have any experience with the rules? Is it much different than OSRIC?


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brwgames/adventures-dark-and-deep-core-rules-2nd-printing

 

[Mannahnin]

My understanding is that Adventures Dark and Deep is at base a What If? alternative universe concept of what if Gary Gygax had stayed at TSR and headed up the 2nd ed revision. Joe Bloch took 1E and went over all Gary's statements about what he might want to do with 2E, and came up with a take. It's its own game that's highly compatible with 1E but with new content and much cleaner editing.

OSRIC is at core a reference for and clarification of the 1E rules, rather than a new but closely-related game.

 

[Nikosandros]

Yes, it is an evolution of post-UA AD&D 1e. Loads of options and crunch. It has also back-ported Gary's skill system which he introduced in Castle Zagyg (fundamentally, skills cost XPs to purchase).

 

[bmfrosty]

I looked at it and moved on. It looks good if AD&D is your game of choice though. I'd rather reduce complication more than anything though.