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The difference between D&D and board games is that Wizards doesn't reproduce their old products and call it "Classic Edition." Sure, we've got electronic games of Uno played by talking robots but at least I can buy a pack of basic Uno cards and play the same game I played 20 years ago. If I...

It's not really simpler, they just consolidated all the "must haves" into smaller books that aren't branches off the "core" books like the Powers and Races books. Honestly, as a long time D&D player including 4e, I was more confused as to what Essentials was. As a new player, or even a veteran...

It's interesting to note that in OD&D, dragons were slightly longer lived than humans. A very old dragon was at least 100 years. Eventually dragons became fetishized and each edition saw their power increase and they were given spells and turned into this mighty overlords instead of the...

Most definitely. I'm trying to learn Adobe InDesign (to little success) and could use all the help I can get. I'm still maybe 1 or 2 months away from finishing the document and scouring it for OGC errors, but I'll pm you when that time comes. There'll be free print version for you (and...

Yes. FG&G is 2e but reformatted and rewritten to comply with the OGL much like OSRIC is to 1e. I decided to leave out the optional rules, though, so aside from fighters there's no weapon specialization or proficiency points. I'm currently writing that system now but I wanted the core product...

Pretty much anything by Palladium. They really jam pack all sorts of interesting flavor in their books but then you play a game and... eh, I'd say majority of good role play is down to how the GM adjudicates the game and the player's enthusiasm and no Palladium game I've played in had a good GM...

If you like Baldur's Gate, swing on by to my website and download For Gold & Glory. It's a faithful 2e retro clone and it's 95% finished. It has everything from the 2e core books except monsters but you can convert monsters from any AD&D style game (like OSRIC) I conform to the racial class...

I would continue with the direction 4e is going but offer every TSR back catalog product online as a PDF. I don't understand why Wizards is so far behind times. Video games, music, books, television, and movies have embraced the digital world as a way to market old and out-of-print products...

Charisma was the most important ability score pre-3e because it determined how many hirelings you could hire, their loyalty, and henchmens. Even if the party wizard only had 9 intelligence, he could contribute to the party by using his excess money saved from not buying arms and equipment to...

Ask the DM if he's influenced by Gary Gygax or Tracy Hickman/Margaret Weis. If he says the former, you'll probably enjoy yourself.

Depends on the creature type. Eating a grid bug gives you electricity resistance but lichen and kobolds tend to be poisoned. I ate a lich once and gain polymorph powers. Weird.

I was going to post something sarcastic but I'll be nice. Truthfully, most people are too busy writing their stories than to care about reading someone elses. The problem with stories posted on the internet is that 1 out of 10 are actually worth while. One might argue "Well if more people...

The problem with ship combat is that piloting even the smallest vessels is an exercise in micromanagement. The captain gives directions to the helmsman, calls to the weapons officer to load and make ready, orders damage control to patch damaged infrastructure, calls to the bos'n to reinforce the...

Ideally you don't want to get into a random battle. More often than not my character in 2e found himself giving away fresh horses and shiny baubles to passing ogres in exchange for his life. Now I encourage random battles when A) the party is making too much noise (especially when players...

I'm happy it worked out for you, or rather I should say I'm happy your players worked out for you. My experience with players in a heavy house ruled game has been one of cautious optimism followed by ambivalence once they get about 3 sessions in and suddenly the game turns out not how they...

This I agree with. I played my 2e game out of the book with cherry picked kits if people requested. Another DM incorporated racial point buy, skills, and all the other crap from "2.5" that I didn't care for. Another DM did a mix between AD&D classes with BECMI rules for enchanting, weapon...

Dwarves were bumped up about 5 inches and halflings now match the original dwarf size. No midgets in my fantasy world, please.

If you're comfortable with drawing adequate maps then no, dungeon tiles won't bring anything to your game. It's for people who need ideas, want to play a miniatures game, or need some something fast on the fly.

Frankly, there are plenty of rules light, open games and many that are free (Risus, FUDGE). What I want to see are more diceless games.

It's unfortunate when you get a closed minded group of players. Continue running with whatever you're doing and drop in hints from time to time. Just try and get an hour or two out of them at the very least.