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eyeheartawk reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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Depends on over how long a period we're talking. Potentially years of play. A given DM might easily have a "Tree of Strength" or... -
eyeheartawk reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Pretty close. It's a bit weirder than Conan, what with the flat world and all. But definitely emphasizing Howard, Lovecraft, Leiber...
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eyeheartawk reacted to billd91's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with
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eyeheartawk reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I started with 2e, long after 1e was OOP. I got a lot of my 1e stuff later via bookstore hunting and eBay. To this day I would not play...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with Like.
It seems to me that a zero-tolerance attitude is common on the internet, but in realspace many people don't actually have the option to...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Aesthetics and nostalgia, plus this: I think there's a lot of truth here. 2E tried to be all things to all DMs, and encompasses some...
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eyeheartawk replied to the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized.We are just a few minutes into the campaign and people are starting to pile into the comments section on Backerkit complaining about the...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized with
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eyeheartawk reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
OSE is the biggest retroclone. Right now, OSRIC is going gangbusters. But I bet if there was a Gold and Glory kickstarter, it would be...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I'm going to ignore everything related to preferences, aesthetic, nostalgia, hero worship, etc, and look at the simple issue of defining...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Dire Bare's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Play 2E . . . but only look at the black-and-white illustrations from 1E. Problem solved! ;)
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eyeheartawk reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
I agree. The intent of the 2e PHB even back in the day was to clean up the 1e rules, but leave it in such a way as to ensure backwards...
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eyeheartawk reacted to sevenbastard's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
Combat in 2e is also simplfied to the way many people actually played 1e combat. But most importantly it's organized in a way you can...
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eyeheartawk reacted to Sacrosanct's post in the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e? with Like.
OK, the title is a bit click baity. Background: I started playing in 1981 with BX and quickly moved to AD&D. I've been saying for years...
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eyeheartawk replied to the thread Goodman Games: Our Efforts Have Been Mischaracterized.Whoops, you're right, I can't type.