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Back in the olden days, we certainly never played RAW and never tried. Realistically, we all started with one of the boxed sets and then...

I met Gary Gygax once, he was a naughty word. I could but note how tournament play twisted the game from even the rules as written. The...

I met Gygax once. He was an naughty word. You cannot standardize RPGs. You can do that for chess, even Monopoly. The games are played...

Sure, absolutely. Gary's fool's errand of trying to define everything makes some sense in the context of how at the time he was...

I did see that, that cover is noteworthy. I was likely too broke to buy it. The main thing miss about 1977 is my youth. What 0e...

Pretty much skipping the whole thread. Was it possible? Well, yes. If you picked up the rules in a vacuum what else would you do...

I never saw that. It needed a safari guide.

Nope, that is when the quality slipped. I did not buy the core books again, but I do have plenty of the supplements. The core books...

This is true. Which is one reason you had a different version for every gaming group. You had to invent your own game from the...

from what I read about OD&D, the main problem with it was that it was hard to learn unless you're taught by someone who already learned...

Having dealt with 0e for four years I fault you not. The thing was a hot mess. AD&D was welcome. The Monster Manual was a joy, all...

when I started back in 1980, the choices were 1E, Basic (of which there was only the Holmes set, which ran only to level 3), and OD&D...

I had a lot more 10 bucks then than I do 60 bucks now. As to production quality the art has gotten better, the book quality has not...

I'm less concerned with the game rule aspect of the races than the cultural aspects. Thickest chapter in my book is Culture because I...