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The original monster gnomes were just shorter dwarves. I guess somewhere between then and AD&D gnomes kept the magical resistance common...

The RC is probably the closest D&D ever got into cramming the whole game into one book. Seven classes, 36 levels, spells, magic items...

Ah, thanks for that! I do like my rules Cyclopedia. Probably easier than trying to dig through BECMI individually. (note: I've never...

There is also a really good summary of Mystara and the Hollow World in the D&D Rules Cyclopedia.

I ran a campaign set in the 2e Karameikos material back in the 90s. It's worth noting the products released were all during TSR's...

I'm not a purist and if you already own the AD&D monster compendium, I prefer the Karameikos box set. It really does try to explain...

The Essentials Kit did that: it let you build simple characters and gave them six levels of stuff to do. What I've didn't do was hold...

December. Soon. Low key sort of driving me crazy wondering what the 4 non-Dragonmark Backgroujds are.

Maybe true of the OT, but we were playing the prequels. And it was an absolute poor fit because Jedi ARE big damn heroes. We wanted...

Also: Running away is not actually an option, in this scenario. Even assuming the players disengage and dash every chance they get...

Saga. The condition track quickly made each fight spiral. Though my group was used to Revised, where a single crit is death, so maybe...

The worst death spiral game I ever played was Star Wars. For a genre that was supposed to be about swashbuckling heroic action, the...

Sad BECMI noises.

This is an absolute mismatch of expectations on both ends. New players don't know what they are and aren't capable of. New DMs don't...

Still waiting for Forge of the Artificer...