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The magic and the Dragons pretty much ruin the real part IMO.

In my key city, 1/2 orcs aren't allow near the public bath...they have to go to the river. I think that's about it.

I trust 90% of the ~25 players I game with currently. My best character stat wise was a 1st ed Illusionist with S10, I18, W18, D17, C17, Ch18 and was the first character I ever played. I rolled the numbers but I rolled up hundreds of characters page after page of stat matrixes. Drew matrixes...

I have played in ToH on two occassions and my PC survived both times. They were treasured characters and part of a the on going campaign. About 1/2 of the party died the first time. The second time a few years later, I don't think one PC died. I've also DM'd ToH several times as part of my...

I miss getting to play Star Fleet Battles and a few other wargames but that's about it as I still get to play 1st ed AD&D.

Speak for yourself on that accord. My Greyhawk/Celene campaign has ran for a total of 17 years next month. Currently, there are over 20 active players still 1st ed AD&D game too. A friend of mine runs 3e Greyhawk. The golden era for Greyhawk ended when EGG left T$R for sure. Yet, some of the...

Yes, five a week. I have 22 active players in my current campaign and turned away 5 more over the last ~ten days. Not to shabby, IMO for an old 1st ed AD&D campaign. About 15 of the players are new with in the last six weeks... Ran again tonight after the Wed deal. Went well all in all. Player...

He has a great deal of energy. That's for sure. He is set on creating his own world from scratch. The top ten list is an excellent idea, I'll try that. Letting him keep up with some book keeping is reasonable for the "typical" encounter sometimes. As for the group dynamics. In short, I did a...

I greatly appreciate the input. That is helping me put this one to rest. I will give the player another chance as suggested above. Law will be laid down.

Gaming last night, I noticed the groups magic user "shadow tracking" all of the damage and to hit rolls against the monsters. His character failed his fear save and was running for it. The beholder had charmed two members of the party and sent them off after the magic user, who fled the dungeon...

Started with 1st ed AD&D in 1980. Used UA when it came out for the most part. The only reason 2nd ed influence occured in my OAD&D game was because several new players couldn't find a OAD&D PHB to buy in 1989. This opened the gate to adding more and more 2nd ed stuff to my 1st ed campaign. My...

I have four groups I DM for. I've DM'd seven times for about 36 hours of play in the last twelve days. I had to refuse to DM on two occassions due to real life. I have printed maps, creature stats, developled NPC's, there are 25 active players & 45 characters. Most of my game time can be spent...

I tend to stick with D&D for fantasy RPG, Space Opera for Sci-Fi or create my own designs. Game 1974 D&D - uniformed opinion here Basic D&D - C for playing, F for DMing Mentzer's Basic D&D - B+ for playing, A- for DMing 1st ed AD&D - B for playing, A for DMing 1st ed AD&D w/UA - A for...

Indeed that is true. A DM with a long running campaign will see players come and go as real life intervines. The campaign world may running for years. Mine is working on it's 17th year. The NPC's, creatures etc that are establish are not going to be undone to please a new group of players. The...

The poster above makes a good point. However, sometimes making this issue clear in game in character might get the mess across if the other players have an issue with what he's doing. After one of these fights where he "causes" problems, I think the other members of his group would confront him...

Is it time for a Quest with 3 PC parties in competition with one another to recover a poweful artifact? I have not ran a Quest adventure since the early 80's. I have a very large group of players to work with. Overall there are 15 players and 7 semi-regular players. I have three active adventure...

Kasheer, how far are you willing to travel to play D&D? I have a new campaign that kicked off last week in Gastonia, North Carolina. This about 75-85 minutes way from Columbia. The number of player slots is limited to six. I'll send you an email to see if you might be interested.

Heero, There is an exciting new campaign that just kicked off last week near you. Check your email for details. Virel

I've decided to try to start an additional AD&D campaign at a friendly local gaming shop. The owner was friendly toward the idea and supportive of allowing an older edition game in his shop. I'm very happy at this turn of events. It was 1980 when I last started a totally new group. Even my...

4e won't have classes. You'll have a list of options to select from to build a custom character as you the player sees fit. The options selected will determine your rate of advancement based on what the total is to make 2nd level. Example Pick a hit die d4 0xp d6 200xp d8 500xp d10 800xp d12...