Recent content by RobJN

"Totally not from the vacant lot next to the office."

Each boxed set comes with either a severed head, or a skull! (Just don't ask where they came from, mmkay?*) * is Beadle and Grimm's intern program is right for you? Get a head start into the industry!

I'm running a play by post using the 5e Basic Rules: four races, four classes, has a very BECMI feel to it. Which is exactly what I was going for, anyway, being set in the mountains north of Threshold, in Karameikos.

Covenant is a whiny bitch. Couldn't make it through the first book, especially after that incident. (which makes him even whinier)

D&D is a fantasy game. It is made up. If it doesn't make sense, then magic did it

Space Pirates. Each of the stellar nations is certain that their neighbors are the ones promoting piracy along the various spacelanes. The pirates, of course, play this up to make their lives/livelihood easier. Pirates are bad because they trade in slaves/drugs/contraband. Other nations find...

"On a successful Intelligence (Investigate) check of DC 30, you automagically win the adventure."

17 years for Basic/Classic D&D, vs. 11 for 2e. Mentzer was a revision of Moldvay, which was a revision of Holmes.

These are all AD&D. "Classic"/BECMI/RC is D&D, and was left off the list, by accident, I'm sure.

According to sales numbers, I'd say you're right.

How wide a range is wide range of usage?

A frontier town called Threshold? Now where have I seen that before....? :unsure:

I realize that, but simply made the observation that 5b feels like good ol' BECMI/RC D&D right out of the box. Er... PDF

Using just 5e's Basic Rules makes for a game that feels very much like BECMI/RC D&D.

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