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D&D had some growing pains from the old 3-book set to 1E, and some Chainmail carryovers, moving from a heavily 'miniatures on a gaming...

one thing I've idly wondered about but never looked to closely at.... did Dungeon have any short adventures that could be used to fill...

mounted archers, like blocks of pikemen, are one of those historical things that are great to read about, but not so translatable into a...

I had a pretty hefty collection of those from Moore and Young both....

Into the Fire, #1. One of the best dragon centered adventures ever. Ancient Blood, #20. Frost Giant ghost wants revenge. Neat...

the one transfer I noticed early on was that the idea of 'priests healing people' got ported into the decidedly non-fantasy "Age of...

I never really was affected any by the Satanic Panic, even living in a tiny MT town full of rural Christian types. Mostly, people...

like most issues around this time, this one was one that was 'fun to read', but not 'used any of the info presented'. Mainly because I...

that's been a complaint about the module since the Basic version came out back in 1980 or so. It's a slugfest and runs along the lines...

okay, I'll take your word for it, as I have nil experience with 5e. It is a neat set, though, the maps are great.

"absolutely nothin', say it again...." quote from all PCs who aren't clerics or paladins...

just for the heck of it, ordered this and got it yesterday. The maps are neat, the Keep is much better detailed, and the wilderness...

heh. I can remember it being mentioned in the Game Wizards book (I think) about how one of Dave Arneson's 'poke in the eye to TSR'...

from what I read about OD&D, the main problem with it was that it was hard to learn unless you're taught by someone who already learned...

when I started back in 1980, the choices were 1E, Basic (of which there was only the Holmes set, which ran only to level 3), and OD&D...