D&D 2E Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play AD&D 2E? How Was/Is It?

[David Howery]

I ran a few games in those eras and a whole campaign set during the Crusades with the Green Books

never did a whole campaign, but I did do a couple of one shot Viking ones; one, where they went to England and fought the Black Worm of the Barrow to get some magical doodad, and another where they went to Long Island in pursuit of a renegade who had taken refuge with a tribe of Skraelings led by a verbeeg war-chief...

 

[jgsugden]

Not very efficient choices - My choice should be: Played it, loved it at the time, would never consider going back because there are much better options now.

 

[CleverNickName]

I love reading everyone's stories about playing these old editions...books that were so loved and well-used that they were falling apart and tacked together with duct tape, dice that had been rolled so much the corners were worn off, long nights with old friends...

Keep those stories coming, ya'll.

 

[Thac0 the Barbarian]

Sshhhhh!! Don't say that too loud, I made the mistake of mentioning my dislike of Thac0 once, and the Thac0 police quickly posted a stern explanation exactly how the rule works, signed with a snarky...See not so hard. Regardless I still don't like Thac0.

We’re always listening ... and crying quietly to ourselves that we’re so misunderstood.

 

[Reynard]

We’re always listening ... and crying quietly to ourselves that we’re so misunderstood.

It's. Subtraction.

 

[billd91]

It's. Subtraction.

Yes, but it is subtraction that frequently involves negative numbers and that trips lots of people up.

 

[Yonner]

We switched to 2nd edition as soon as it came out and loved it. It felt like a cleaned up version of the rules.
We played it well into the late 90's, though in later years it was far less often.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I wanted to run a campaign using the Viking green book for years, but never got it going before 3e came along. That's still one of my big campaign regrets.

never did a whole campaign, but I did do a couple of one shot Viking ones; one, where they went to England and fought the Black Worm of the Barrow to get some magical doodad, and another where they went to Long Island in pursuit of a renegade who had taken refuge with a tribe of Skraelings led by a verbeeg war-chief...

My original 2e PHB:

The DMG and screen are in much worse shape. They were very well-loved and used.

I love reading everyone's stories about playing these old editions...books that were so loved and well-used that they were falling apart and tacked together with duct tape, dice that had been rolled so much the corners were worn off, long nights with old friends...

Keep those stories coming, ya'll.

 

[R_J_K75]

I wanted to run a campaign using the Viking green book for years, but never got it going before 3e came along. That's still one of my big campaign regrets.



My original 2e PHB:

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The DMG and screen are in much worse shape. They were very well-loved and used.

I see your players handbook and raise you everything but the revised DMG. I kept my loose leaf Monstrous Compendiums in vinyl sheet protectors.

 

[Reynard]

My copies are all the revised black border books. I don't know what happened to the blue border ones. I will say I much prefer the hardcover MM. That 3 ring binder setup was terrible.