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Very true, but tbh I just "embraced the gonzo" and played the adventure as written, even though I was born and raised in London.

I think both Saltmarsh and Enemy Within would be great choices. Personally, I'd go for; Series 1; Against the Giants Series 2 (hopefully, and with a bigger budget following success of season 1!): D1-3 The G series would involve three very different scenic environments, with hints of a deeper...

OD&D White Box back in 1976. I was 13 and a lad (Dave) from the year above had the game and ran a dungeon for myself and my mate, Phil. I played a fighter called Aelric and Phil played Amroth, a wizard. We ended up getting killed by orcs, but that sense of wonder, fear, adventure and...

Such an engaging and evocative story. We can feel the pained desperation of the adventurers, as they try to fortify a brief refuge, and that horrible feeling as a huge monster breaks in.

@TheSword Think this thread might appeal!

1E: 23rd Level Fighter in a campaign that ran through latter stages of school and through university holidays. He still holds a place in my heart! Since then, I’ve never got a character close to Level 20. I think my highest character was Level 16 in Odyssey of the Dragonlords.

For me, it never has been about the merits of the rulesets, but all about the nostalgia and the memories. Memories of exploring dungeons and wilderlands. Memories of painting figures. Memories of friends. So for me, OD&D and 1E mean everything.

This story hour is superb. I'm invested in the characters as they play through a classic adventure that holds so many wonderful memories. Thank you again for taking the time to write this.

Very fond of the ghost horse that haunts the road between East and West Malling (where i went to primary school for a while) and kills vicars if they travel the road at night. I'm planning to mix the story up with the Horse of the Invisible Cthulhu module from an old White Dwarf in an upcoming...

Ah, Runequest. Loved the setting and the game but never played a duck; probably my fault for lack of adventurous spirit. I did DM a 2E game where the wizard used a polymorph self scroll to turn into a duck (his choice!) to escape a pack of dire wolves. It didn't end well!

My first was OD&D in late 1976. As to my second; memory is a bit hazy, but it was either Chivalry & Sorcery or the short-lived UK game Bifrost. I certainly preferred Bifrost to C&S. Gamma World followed soon after.

I’d opt for Shadowdark because the lantern rules and the no darkvision seem perfect for creating the dungeon atmosphere. An atmosphere of rough-hewn stone, dusty webs, cracked doors and distant sounds.

I've ticked (well, almost finished) the box of playing through the wonderful Enemy Within (big thanks to GM @TheSword ) in WFRP. I've been fortunate enough to have run the G1-3 and D1-3 series back in AD&D days and also run Night Below too. GM-wise, I've never run CoC, but I will be doing so...

Love that your collection is so vast that it has its own guard dog!

I rarely play clerics and tend to avoid wizards. Generally I favour bards, rogues and fighters (in no particular order) with all my characters tending to be good-hearted, though not always totally so. My currently active characters are a human rogue in Drakkenheim, a human witch-hunter in...