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francisca replied to the thread Interested in checking out non-D&D fantasy "old school" ttrpgs.I like RuneQuest 2e quite a bit as a change-up from D&D/D&-ish games. ( I never played the later versions). I also like the 1st... -
francisca replied to the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark.When it came out, it got a lot of side-eye from my gaming circles, and I had a relatively negative opinion of it until the mid-2010s...
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francisca replied to the thread Shadowdark Finally Played Shadowdark.Played it once at a convention. It is easy to teach and get people going, and I'm guessing the piles of random tables are source of...
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francisca replied to the thread D&D 3.x 3rd Edition Revisited - Better play with the power of hindsight?.Interesting. My initial reaction was: it's fine if you stick with the core, and end the campaigns around 10th level or so. I ran a...
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francisca replied to the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?.Hah! Yeah. Somehow, my two copies have held together over the years.
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francisca replied to the thread Other D&D Variant Basic Fantasy - Anybody here regularly play it? Why yes, why not?.Straight up OSE is just straight up BX, so I'd just play BX. As far as the advanced versions on LL vs OSE, I'm not sure why, but I the...
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francisca replied to the thread How many were abused due to their love of D&D, RPGs, and related items when they were young?.I never caught any crap about it from my parents, outside of they wished I spent as much time on homework as I did on D&D, which is...
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francisca replied to the thread Other D&D Variant Basic Fantasy - Anybody here regularly play it? Why yes, why not?.I never bothered with it. I've checked in on it over the years and it doesn't offer enough over Moldvay/Cook BX to move to it. I'd...
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francisca replied to the thread TSR Why would anyone want to play 1e?.AD&D 1e is "D&D" in my mind. I still play it, I don't have trouble finding people to play it, and we have a lot of fun doing so. That...
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francisca replied to the thread AD&D 1E What was so bad about unearthed arcana 1e?.I was .... 16 when it came out, and it made a big splash with some of the groups in my neck of the woods. My group never really used...