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I'd buy reprints, but the idea of new art makes me cringe. (I've come to realize/accept that the art makes a big difference, for me, even if the rules are the same.) I'd love to buy a brand new 1e DMG, MM, and PH. And I'd *really* love to buy a brand new original D&D boxed set (e.g. the OCE...

Heh. I have this mental picture of you reading my post and nodding, then hitting the part where I mention tinkering with Arneson's "spend/xp" system and spewing coffee all over the place. :D FWIW, I think the training rules work fine when the service option is liberally exercised. My lack...

My (OD&D) games tend to come in around 20/80 (see my Creating a "Mythic Underworld" Dungeon" musing), but I think 30/70 is a reasonable split, too.

When I'm running BTB on this: 1. I take note of DMG pg 86: "Note that the tutor might possibly accept some combination of gold and service in return for his tutelage…" Thus, a Thief or a Cleric who doesn't have the cold hard cash still has some options; and Thieves and Clerics both have built...

As far as I'm concerned, if it isn't a problem it isn't a problem. That is, I don't see drinking, itself, as something negative or to be banned because it could potentially cause a problem. I see having a couple beers while playing D&D exactly like I see having a couple beers while playing...

I haven't had a chance to play it, yet, but I've been reading it and am, ahem, dying to play. I picked it up because I like Vance, have been impressed with some of Robin Laws's other games and writing, and learned that the license had been lost, so I wanted to get the game while I could...

You could use Mutant Future and tone down the gonzo (sounds like you're more interested in system than setting, and most of MF's gonzo is setting-type stuff, rather than system-type stuff, anway). Another possibility I'd consider in Chaosium's Basic Role Playing.

On the "rules reference" thing… I think the 1e DMG is a rules reference, but it's also an "information dump" from Gary on how to think like and be a DM. That means sometimes the DMG is laying out rules, but other times, it's Gary providing advice, example, and guidelines on how to rule on...

In no particular order: Stormbringer Call of Cthulhu Trail of Cthulhu In a Wicked Age Dying Earth Lejendary Adventure Tunnels & Trolls Risus Encounter Critical

Just so; I think the fact they actually mean something makes them even more amusing. (Gary told me I should have chosen one of the more amusing ones for my screen-name, instead of PJ.) :)

Those names are drawn from archaic words that were once in use, and they all have actual meanings. This book will shed glorious illumination on them. (This was Gary's source when he created the names.)

I played in a 3.0 game several months ago (I was pleased it was 3.0 and not 3.5, because I still have my 3.0 books, but never purchased the 3.5 rules). My nephew (who is in high school) ran it. I'm not a regular player in it, but I believe his 3.0 game is still going (I don't think he has very...

My favorite game store I can still go to is Nan's, in Houston. They have a great selection of stuff, including board games, and a pretty complete RPG section. They even carry OSRIC stuff right there on the shelf. And they have an out-of-print section, too (sadly, it seems to be much picked...

My favorite game store isn't there, anymore. It was "FBN: The Fantasy Shop" (or maybe "Shoppe" -- can't remember), and was in old St. Charles, Missouri, down by the river. It was in an old, old building. The front displays along the sidewalk held a siege diorama with a castle and painted...

Most often, no mat at all, and figures used for marching order or for big/complex combats, but often no figures, either. If I'm using figures, I use a 1" = 3.33 ft. ground scale, allowing three figures abreast in a 10' wide passage (weapons allowing, anyway). Measurement is by eye or by ruler...

A narrativist indie game with a couple pages of rules and setting custom designed around the Dinner Impossible concept. Maybe you could make a My Life With Master variant where Master is the Head Chef. :P

Such a suit would hinge on the identification of the property being infringed. You're looking for a patent infringement (unlikely), or a trademark infringement (unlikely), or an OGL-defined Product Identity infringement (unlikely). The most likely place to look for an infringement is in the...

The OGL covers the use of "open content." The 3e rules and the d20 system build on top of that, defining some open content (e.g. the SRD). You can use the OGL (and the open content from the SRD) without using the d20 license. Using the OGL, by itself, doesn't wed you the d20 system or 3e at...

OSRIC is not the only way to support TSR-era D&D. For example, you've previously said that you think the OGL-only "1e compatible" approach that Goodman Games took with their 1e compatible DCC modules didn't suffer from the same problems that you perceive in OSRIC: (And there's the similar...

I ran AD&D (1e) by-the-book (as close as possible, anyway) for a while in the late 80s. It was cool, but had a different feel than the way I had been playing D&D up to that point (which was more like Holmes + B/X + AD&D as supplemental rules). "By the book" is not my preferred approach to D&D...