What does OAD&D stand for?

[Zander]

Sorry, double post.

 

[BOZ]

Some hold the "O" stands for Original, but it might be Only or even Omnipotent...

diaglo would.

 

[RFisher]

Chronology

What's the chronology of all the editions, anyway?

Here's the milestones for me:

1971 Chainmail
1974 OD&D (Original D&D)
1977 D&D Basic Set (Holmes) (meant as an intro to either OD&D or OAD&D)
1977 OAD&D (Original AD&D; sometimes called "1st edition") (The MM appeared in '77, the PH in '78, and the DMG in '79.)
1981 D&D B/X (Basic/Expert; Moldvay/Cook)
1983 D&D BECMI (Basic/Expert/Companion/Master/Immortals; Mentzer)
1989 AD&D2e
2000 D&D3e
2003 D&D3.5e

Dragon magazine referred to the 1981 or 1983 editions of D&D as "third edition"! OD&D3e, if you will.

(http://www.acaeum.com/ and http://home.flash.net/~brenfrow/ are good resources for such info.)

Then there's the Rules Cyclopedia, Unearthed Arcana, and the Revised 2e that could all be worthy of inclusion on that list...

 

[Col_Pladoh]

Here's the milestones for me:

...
1977 D&D Basic Set (Holmes) (meant as an intro to either OD&D or OAD&D)
...

That flexibility was because I received Eric's ms. as i was writing the PHB, and so I included material from AD&D in the revised D&D game.

Cheers,
Gary

 

[Skullfyre]

OAD&D is 1edADnD.

OD&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

I was 18 months old at that time.

 

[Skullfyre]

OAD&D is 1edADnD.

OD&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

I was 18 months old at that time.

 

[Orius]

hmmm... see the other thread too...

OD&D = Original D&D (no advanced), and was the best, most balanced (if boring) system until the modern technology of v3.5 came out. Try it sometime, you might like it cause you tend to die ALOT. HP=0=dead. Now make due when your highest ability score is a 14, and you have to roll for your starting hit points. Yessirree kids, uphill, both ways, through a snowstorm, and we ate dirt for XP and liked it.

Please don't feed the Diaglo.

OAD&D = 1st edition Advanced. Yeah, yeah, whatever, who cares about spell components and your PC's eye color. Doesn't change the fact that you still die ALOT.

Most of us just call it 1e.

 

[diaglo]

FWIW

OD&D = three booklet set of D&D from brown or white box
OAD&D = 1E AD&D

Some hold the "O" stands for Original, but it might be Only or even Omnipotent...

Cheers,
Gary

i found this post after checking my XP
boy time flies.
see y'all at GaryCon

 

[Diamond Cross]

Ominous Administrative Dialogues & Diagnostics.

 

[thedungeondelver]

RPG = ruchnoy protivotankovy granatomyot

or hand-held rocket-propelled anti-tank grenade launcher