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Apologies for the thread necromancy, but coming across one of my favorite pictures in B/X always makes me chuckle and say "hu-mansplaining."

It takes a special kind of genius to not only condense an art form into a brief but eloquent synopsis, but to lay a framework for others...

I have no nostalgic feelings about B/X - it simply happened before my time (my first contact with D&D was AD&D2). However, when reading...

I agree! This wouldn't have occurred to me at the time, but I think the magic user made me feel seen as a POC. Maybe that's why they...

And YMMV, but for me, the art was and has remained a giant roadblock to enjoying the RC.

Holmes Basic was rough. It was an improvement over the OD&D booklets in terms of clarity and cohesion, but just barely.

Why OSE? Little hardcovers in boxes. 😂

Well this thread has convinced me to buy DCC and Shadowdark, so I guess well done all.

To start with, it's just B/X, in a single convenient boxed set (or hardback) organized to make it easy to read and absorb and easy to...

Because it reorganized B/X in a way that made it clear what all the rules were, as opposed to TSR's "we'll just sprinkle important rules...

My friend's and I have almost got an OSE west marches-like game off the ground, sat down and made a couple PCs using 3d6 in order, first...

The quickstart is a hell of a flex: "Hey, let me give you the equivalent of a Basic D&D boxed set for free, because I think it'll make...

Thanks for all the maps. I don't enjoy drawing maps, so you've been a treasure trove. 😊

Started in 1981 with B/X. Played AD&D as my preferred system until 2012 (when 5e took over). I've never cared that much about resource...