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As I write scenarios using stats for Ascending and descending AC (AC and AAC) I have pondered this before. I think it makes sense if you are dealing with new players - it seems an easier concept to learn from scratch. I, however, play with very old players and just one newbie so it just doesn't...

I always thought the idea of OSR was tidying up the original rules, streamlining them or just unmuddling them, so that pretty much any resource will run with any system? Certainly, my go-tos are OSE Advanced, Osric and AD&D 1st ed and I very rarely have to change anything in any of the resources...

I guess small stores have to try and claw back some sales somehow. It must be VERY difficult to turn a profit in the current market. My local independent store (Spirit Games in Burton on Trent in the UK) is a 40 minutes drive; it's a PROPER old games shop that has multiple rooms like an...

Ah, my bad. I think I mis-read...

I find this vey interesting. We produce our own supplements (Osric, OSE and D&D 1e and 2e compatible) through Drive Thru POD and offer most of them in hard and softcover. Our two largest volumes (over 200 pages each) we only offer in hardback at the moment as we find large softback book hard to...

The Old School Essentials (OSE) is a specific game based on Basic/Expert D&D but they also do a version called OSE Advanced which is closer to 1st Edition AD&D. As Whizbang Dustyboots says, the OSR term is widely used to refer to any game based on AD&D or BECMI D&D; that is they generally have...

Like many above (Waller and Sacrosanc et al.) I don't think any re-writing is necessary. The variations between the various OSE that I have played is minimal, if any is required at all. Our products are advertised as OSRIC and Old School Essentials Advanced edition and all that is required is...

I got mine when it first came out and it was quite a long time before I realised that there were versions out there that DIDN'T have Cthulhu and Melnibonean! Mine's hardly pristine, as all my books were in a fire, burned around the edges and then soaked through. Plus I have lots of pencil...

We did it back int he day, when we were teenagers in the early-mid eighties. We called it Mega D&D and it got very silly but was also fun. As has been said, it's easy to play, hard to DM. We gave up in the end, but then Pad wrote a story about it - search on The Eternal Victim by Patrick...

This is a cracking piece of work and very much mirrors my own thoughts; although I have not invested anywhere near the level of effort in it as you have (respect!). I suggested higher hit-dice and more age categories (and more HP per hit dice) for my dragons, which I wrote up in the GM's Guide...

Very much with you on that one. I stick with the BTB dragons; acting out their respective alignments and consigned to them, born to them as defined by their genetic heritage. They are so rarely encountered in my campaigns as to be a fairly moot point anyway. I do, however, more widely classify...

Dunromin University Press are delighted to announce the release of their latest adventure: SM11 The Orc Battleforge available here: www.dunrominuniversitypress.co.uk A Troll-Hunter has found what he thinks is a Battleforge in the Borderlands and the King is concerned – he’s offering good coin...

Me too. And we all know how popular Sucubi are from mm1. Although, to be fair, this was all called 'art' before the Victorian invented the term 'pornography' and told us that it was naughty...

A very interesting idea! When I read this the other day I started trying to think of some appropriate soft skills for Int and Wis. I immediately hit upon the major issue with all Role-Playing games; that the character would, by default, always use the player's Int and Wis, no matter what it said...

I agree about Osric and Old School Essentials Advanced being a far easier and clearer way of playing the classic AD&D, and everything is 100% compatible both ways IMHO. As for a setting with the feel of the original game, might I humbly point you here... Www.dunrominuniversitypress.co.uk The...

There's a lot of food for thought there. The economics of a fantasy world are pretty unguessable perhaps, but the biggest bullies will get the most power and seek to pass it on to their offspring, justifying their position through violence and money. Keep the poor down, train only the ruling...

It's not 3.5 but fairly easy to adapt; there's a new Character Class called "Wild Domains Barbarian" in the Players' Guide to Dunromin (DriveThru here: SM01 A Players' Guide to Dunromin - Dunromin University Press | DriveThruRPG.com ) that has Barbarian rage rules; there's the basic frenzy based...

We put all our homebrew rules and ideas into our Player's Guide to Dunromin; this includes hit location systems, percentage statistics, thief skill customisation (similar to 2nd ed), aging and death and lots more. New character classes too. And there's even more in the GM's Guide to Dunromin...