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OAD&D is the edition of preference, though I don't despise d20 like a lot of grognards. I do wish there was an OGL equivalent for the older games, so some enterprising young buck full of vim and vinegar (like I was ten years ago) could do converts of outstanding d20 materials like Rappan Athuk...

C2 is for levels 5-7. And I think grodog's post is spot on, though I dare say certain modules will be challenging and deadly no matter what the level. S1 ("Tomb of Horrors"), in particular, and is another, for certain. The Players' style has an awful lot to do with it, of course. D3 ("Vault...

1) E. Gary Gygax (Classic D&D, OAD&D, too many classic mods. to list) 2) Tom Moldvay (editor, '81 Basic D&D) 3) Sandy Petersen (CoC) 4) Greg Gordon (for Mayfair's wonderful DC Heroes RPG) 5) Bill Webb and Clark Peterson (Rappan Athuk, d20 edit of Necropolis, Tomb of Abysthor, et al.)

Same here!

Apology accepted. Maybe you want to edit for clarification? Possibly. But I have seen no evidence of this so far. Universal neuter pronoun in English. However, thanks for enlightening me. Me too. Kind of sad though. Speaks volumes about the sophistry and snobbery that plagues the hobby.

And my Players roll their eyes whenever anything but a challenging "dungeon crawl" is suggested for the evening. Even after 14+ years. Good thing, I guess, that these D&D games seem so accommodating of multiple styles of play. :) KB's analogy seems a little over-simplified--and the...

Tiamat and her consorts are waiting in the alley behind the tavern to mug your party. (This happened in a campaign in which I was once loosely affiliated.) :p

Didn't Don Kaye's PC Murlynd pack (and use) a pair of six-shooters? Related to Col. H's question, then, how did Murlynd come by 'em (or, perhaps, how did he come to be in GH)?

#68, actually, the Dec. '82 issue. And reprinted in Best of the Dragon, vol. IV.

Nice to see geek fascism is alive and well at ENWorld, too.

D&D's trolls owe far more to the works of Poul Anderson than they do Tolkien (Three Hearts and Three Lions, et al).

Its like that allegory about the Special Olympics, jasamcarl. Win, lose, you're still ______ __________.

I'm 30 (is that old?). I started with OAD&D in 1982 and continue to play it (passionately) today. I run games for two parties, twice a month (on average). I've played d20 and enjoyed myself, and have run games for d20 advos. who claimed to have a blast, also. So, from my experience, quite a...

Plot immunity? Not at my table. Its a game, and like Monopoly, sometimes you wind up buying Park Place and Boardwalk and sometimes you wind up at one or the other and get cleaned out. I'm not a wanna-be novelist or director when it comes to RPGs, so I don't have a burning desire to keep...

It's the first time, in a long time, I've been excited about product news in the gaming industry.

Sure. But all of these are OAD&D (1st edition) names. :o Hope that doesn't screw with your processes! ;) (the) Darling Blade (Human) Tria (Human) Aileen (Human) Alexa (1/2 elf) Wyst (Human) Adrienne (1/2 elf) Ellwyr (Elf) Llerin (Human)

Make the cavalry gnomish mercenaries and put them on dire goats!!!

Always encouraging to see thuggery rear its head when someone takes issue (however small) with d20 or D&D 3E. "Its not the system--its you!!!!" Some people here are worse than some grognards I know. As if the field of RPG hobbiest wasn't divided enough over countless issues. I swear, its the...

#1 necromancer games #2 troll lord games #3 necromancer games ;)

We had power at 9.45 this morning. Most of the rest of the city (Sudbury) were back by 11.30 am.