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Yeah, the biggest changes are thieves, saving throws, and treasure/encounter tables. Therein lay the answers you seek as to which one will do what you want best!

Yeah, Caverns of Thracia is an absolute blast. IMHO, it's vastly superior to Dark Tower, too, so I'm not entirely sure why that one made it and Caverns didn't, but in fairness I've only skimmed Tower and it didn't speak to me right away, so maybe I missed something crazy awesome about it.

TL;DR: OD&D and B/X are the best older editions. Preferably using Delving Deeper or Old School Essentials (respectively) for ease of use. But if your group hates some major aspect of old school gameplay -- mapping dungeons, tracking resources, or something else -- then consider an OSR game that...

What are some great supplements that feature fleshed out villages, towns, and cities without a significant reliance on a larger campaign setting's trappings? I'm building my own world and have loads of adventure sites like this, but having trouble sourcing settlements that aren't either so...

That's what I did. It works really well, actually, and you can make the Hordelands less of a real-world analogue by turning it into the Sundered Empires setting of 3rd edition era Chainmail.

There's a system neutral supplement called Skycrawl that covers this setting as a campaign world.

Azure Bonds is great. Ending falls apart a bit, but even that makes it feel like a real campaign given novelization form. I Strahd and Vampire in the Mists have some great moments. The first Dragonlance trilogy is really good. I, for one, hated Legends as it feels too meta. I recall enjoying...

Is this not contradictory?: From the FAQ: What else will these memberships get you at the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum? These memberships will only be for a limited time and only during this campaign. These very special perks are separate from the normal Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum memberships, but...

Interesting take aways to be had from some questions Mellie has answered on the Cortex RPG subreddit regarding examples of what's okay regarding referencing (or even rewriting) rules (in your own words):

Yes this is confusing. I think it works to their detriment that they are creating a FAQ and answering questions in one place for what are technically two different (though obviously related) licenses: one "fan" (non-commercial) and one "publisher" (commercial). Elements of one might seem like...

It's immaterial, though. Fandom wants to keep Cortex close, and is providing an alternative way for folks to publish for it (the as-yet-unreleased Creator Studio), while also letting the non-publishing fans create whatever they want and not make money on it (the fan part of the license: "don't...

Correct! The OGL started with Wizards/D20 but has long since been expanded to cover many other systems and circumstances. Evil Hat specifically uses it and Creative Commons for Fate. What I don't follow is why people feel they are owed every system and/or license as is if it is OGL/CC? My...

It is not.

I believe 5e says you can effectively search a room in about a minute. B/X does a 10x10 area in about 10 minutes (1 turn). I recently went with 10 minutes for a 30x30 area and used the DMG Movement on a Map pacing rules as per 10 minutes rather than 1 minute and assumed searching, and it's...

The habitat section should include a listing of the terrain types that align with the DMG. It's cool if you want to note new, campaign setting specific ones, too, but the second it moves away from the DMG, that limits its usefulness.

House ruling clerics into wizards is the simplest solution ever: replace spell book with prayer book and have it work the exact same. Sorcerers and Warlocks might simply be "burdened" with a requirement that they interact with a spell once before they can ever learn it: either witness it take...

Although brand new, r/RPGpromo is a growing subreddit and it's sole purpose is for folks to share their new and upcoming TTRPG releases, crowd funding campaigns, podcasts, streams, and so on.

That... Was a mess. One more company I won't feel compelled to support due to their views.

Marvel Heroic (Cortex) by miles. It makes it equally fun to play Punisher, Thor, and Jubilee in the same scenario. The streamlining in Cortex Prime makes it even better.