What do you miss from the good ol' days?

[smootrk]

If one is having pangs for AD&D, check out OSRIC: http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric/

If you have a hankering for the Red basic/Blue Expert style of game check out Basic Fantasy Roleplay: http://www.basicfantasy.org/

If you would love a great sci-fi classic, and cannot get enough of blob characters or flying monkeymen try original Star Frontiers (remastered, along with loads of extra material and its own webzine): http://www.starfrontiersman.com/

 

[papakee]

A couple of things:

Not being bashed if you didn't know every rule by heart. You were the DM, what you said went with no whining about RAR.

The DM (via the encounters) was the supplier of magic not some shop.

Being able to go through an entire module in a marathon all night session.

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

Being able to go through an entire module in a marathon all night session.

This I really DO miss!

 

[freebfrost]

Laser guns.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

If you have a hankering for the Red basic/Blue Expert style of game check out Basic Fantasy Roleplay: http://www.basicfantasy.org/

Or Labyrinth Lord (check out the great interior art on this one).

For OD&D, there's OD&D. Also very nice is Meepo's Holmes Companion.

 

[smootrk]

Or Labyrinth Lord (check out the great interior art on this one).

For OD&D, there's OD&D. Also very nice is Meepo's Holmes Companion.

Yes, but the options I noted are all completely FREE!

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Yes, but the options I noted are all completely FREE!

Labyrinth Lord and the Holmes Companion are also free. (Although the Holmes Companion assumes you have the Holmes Basic rules, already.)

(Not arguing with you, just pointing it out in case anyone assumes otherwise.)

 

[Drowbane]

My youth.

Nothing else of relevance has changed that defined the "good ol days".

 

[green slime]

I actually prefer to play with stereotypes than against them. I prefer class-limitations for races.

 

[robberbaron]

Things I miss:
The feel of the thing. 1e felt more "right" than 3e or 3.5.

Being able to think up a ready-to-use creature in about 2 seconds (hit dice, AC, number of attacks), rather than figuring the right number of feats for the hit dice (and choosing said feats), 3 different saves, BAB and bonuses and a few other things that slow down spur-of-the-moment monster creation.

Psionics that were completely different to magic.

Humourous cartoons in the books.

You could pretty much roll up a non-spellcasting character without having to look at the PHB.

White Dwarf magazine, despite the increasingly dodgy new classes.

Low dex meant you could only be a fighter. High primary stat gave an experience bonus.


However, things I don't miss:
The whole specieist shtick where Humans are better at pretty much everything than non-humans (specifically, maximum levels).

Having to look up everything on tables. Granted, they were all on my DM Screen, but I never managed to memorise them.