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How so?

Indeed but he set up GW first and it is GW that is relevant to D&D not FF.

Oh I’m sure. I started with B/X and played B2 many times. Metric was talking about versions and the Hackmaster version is possibly the best.

And there’s the Hackmaster version which is basically a reprint.

D&D is largely about the frontier. That strikes me as very American. The wilderness, the edge of civilisation, it’s very much the Wild West with medieval trappings (and lots of anachronisms). (I grew up in the States 1978-1983, which is where I discovered D&D but I am English and was reading...

What ruling was that?

Moldvay Basic set for me.

Beory 16 Boccob 14+1 =15 Celestian 15 Heironeous 7 Obad-Hai 16 Olidammara 13 Pelor 15 St. Cuthbert 6-2 = 4

Correct, get rid of the Sorcerer and the Warlock. (If you must have them make the Sorcerer a Wizard sub-class and the Warlock a Cleric sub-class.)

For a B/X type game I am a big fan of damage by class, probably following HD type. I want my wizard to wield a sword but I am happy with him doing less damage than a fighter wielding the same sword. That makes sense. But we do need to do things like increase damage for two handed weapons to...

I love books but I also love the convenience of pdfs and reading them on my iPad.

I think a lot of this depends on how old you are and when you started playing. For me 1e/BEC and earlier is old school. Anything later is Middle school. I still see Unearthed Arcana as old school but it was the beginning of the end and Wilderness and Dungeoneer Survival Guides were the end of...

Which books do I need to get into OSE, the hard copies seem confusing.

@Snarf Zagyg have you got a link to that cover, I have never seen that before.

The only changes I would make would be restrictions on races and classes/subclasses. So only elves and half elves can be Eldritch Knights or Arcane Tricksters etc. For example.