How much combat features/d in your AD&D (1e) games?

[molonel]

I put 80%, but it was more like 75%. Roleplaying was what we did to get to the combat. I play a much more intensive roleplaying game in 3rd Edition.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

I'd say 65% is about right. That goes for any edition, actually, not just 1E. The rest of that is non-combat exploration and role-play.

 

[PapersAndPaychecks]

I voted 70%. We did very little naming of characters, character development or sitting around the table chatting about the lives of our imaginery personas.

My experience is very similar, but I voted 40%, on the grounds that we spend much time avoiding traps, negotiating obstacles, and putting the party's large collection of 10' poles to good use (no, not that kind of use, you filthy-minded pervert).

 

[Hussar]

Wow, why so few votes?

 

[Shade]

I voted 90%, but we did name our characters.

 

[Piratecat]

I like lots of combat. But more than that, I like lots of combat with POSING. Just mechanical "I move here/I deal X damage" is a bit dry for my tastes.

Some day we'll get to play Feng Shui together, and there will be much rejoicing.

Part of it was how old I was. But I recently found my character sheet for "Randimar the Manyhanded", who wielded two bastard swords and whose character development consisted of what he had recently killed. We were in the 70-80% range, ourselves, but the other 20-30% of our time was spent arguing about rules.

 

[Melan]

Less than today, for some reason (not being able to afford a monster book might have played a role). I also became a lot more bloodthirsty as a DM over the years.

 

[BryonD]

70 - 80%

Certainly a fair amount more than now, but I really don't think edition had anything to do with the change.

 

[crazy_cat]

Lots of combat in our 1e games but I figure that was because I was a kid and not really the game. We had lots of combat in everything we played even Chess.

QFT. The same applied to the Traveller and Tunnels and Trolls I played back then as well. As I got older and started roleplaying more I was mainly playing WFRP.

 

[Holy Bovine]

At least 80%. Less nowadays but not by much. But I like it that way so whatever.