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Most of the core 2E books has art yet to be topped. IMO

A friend of mine that died of cancer far far far to young, loved playing Dwarves. So, I try to add more Dwarves into my games.

Oh god yes. I admit having player other systems and even old D&D eds colors my opinion. Old School is "I attack it. I hit. Damage." Next player. There is just far to much going in in modern D&D combat. Also lets talk about Shadowrun and combat systems.....

When my 5E group tried 2E they quickly learned you can't play it like 5E. You aren't assumed to kick all kinds off ass every single combat. And thankfully the lessons they learned about "smart play" carried over into the 5E games for the most part. What really stuck with me was in 5E the game...

If your DM wants to play it that way, sure. Luckily for my players I didn't. Turns out DM's don't have to be dicks or make things a slog. Even in Old School.

2 players daughter was doing her driving test. The father/son had the sons baseball game to go to.

Modern D&D doesn’t want the players to be scared of the dungeon and monsters. It’s why charging in and going nova works so well. Superheroes! I had my group of mostly 5E players try AD&D and OSR games and they quickly learned you don’t have to fight everything. Sometimes the reward isn’t...

You had to get like what a 14 or 15 to even get a +1? So yes far less important. And the average roll of 9-11 on 3D6 so again yes less important. A stat bonus was just that as actual bonus because it was uncommon to rare.

Stat were super unimportant back then. There was no negative/positive unless it was really low or high. an 8 INT Wiz was just as effective as a 14 INT Wiz. One one hand, yeah it adds tension plus the monsters can snuff it out making a fight go bad wrong for the heroes. On the other hand...

I love that her Ranger is more Aragorn and less Pet Master or duel wielding fighter with magic powers.

Comes off as just more charts and #s for the DM to deal with when you can just easily do "Roll under a stat." Ease of use is a big plus to me.

Would you believe that as a DM, I can change things as I see fit? But yes, that works as well.

D20. Wis is 15. Roll under with a D20 to succeed.

Thats where stat checks come in. Want to hunt for food? Roll under your Wis stat. Easy.

Another reason to love the system. I also like that "the race/class/background knows what they are doing" aspect. Who can hunt for food in the wild? A Ranger. Who can tend to a wound? A cleric or someone with basic med training. If your character can justify it to the DM they can do it and...

I old what OSE brought to the table but it’s still got a lot of different systems. Roll low for this, Roll high for that. Etc. Shadowdark is just easier. More or less.

Oh yeah the initiative order. The players would put the person with the hugest dex next to me so they more than likely all went before the monsters. While not totally different I ended up using B/Xs version of players v DM just one D6 roll. Highest got their whole side to go that turn.

True. I eagerly await something mega-ish to come down the pike.

Which again is work. Either way the DM has to go over every treasure and encounter and change it one way or another to fit Shadowdark. I started doing that on a 2E mega adventure and gave up halfway through because I was tired of spending so much time editing it to SDarks xp and treasures. Or...

Looking at CS1, a nice dungeon crawl area that looks really good and the hex crawl stuff is nice though the blurbs for it need the GM to create and flesh them out. "This hex is a troll den. Inside is a magic sword."