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Wow. I don't mean to step on Herschel's helpfulness, but I un-recommend all those movies in the strongest possible terms. You'll know vastly less about history after you're done watching them.

You didn't get the reference to Innsmouth, dude. You're out of the club. Those are the rules... there's nothing I can do. PRINCIPAL MOSS: Teacher's statement...response from the parents...okay, looks like all our ducks are in a row. Peggy, you're fired. PEGGY: But the Dooleys forgave me...

I didn't. I try to choose my words carefully; I don't always succeed, for various reasons. But what I said was that in the style of play I favor, exploration and intellectual challenge are the point of the game (challenge the player vs. challenge the character, etc.). There is no permutation of...

I keep getting told that I'm some kind of weirdo outlier, and everybody else on this planet is all combat all the time, and that blasting down monsters in one shot isn't about power but "fun", and all this other codswallop. It's weird that things which used to be the norm, such as the point of...

This is obviously a reference to Innsmouth, the famous town from "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H.P. Lovecraft. I am regretfully obliged to inform everyone who did *not* know that that they are required to turn in their Geek Union card and be forever banished to the dreary outlands of scabdom.

Yeah... Pendragon. I don't know if it's still in print, but you can probably get it. You like fantasy, and it's fantasy (Le Morte d'Arthur, essentially). It's suited to small group play... the basic model is the questing knight and many knights quested by themselves. So I think for "1 on 1" play...

"The majority". Great. Well, I guess I don't let the majority play in my campaign. Power gamers need not apply.

Well, that's how the game works (when I run it) and how the world works. There are hardly any people in the world with that kind of power. To get there, you have to earn it. As a player, that's part of your reward for successful play. Sure, it's fun to be able to hit on a roll of '8' and do 12...

Have you looked at 1st Edition Gamma World? In GW 1e, your stats and hit points are set at character creation (hp are xd6 where x=CON, so you have quite a few). Rolling to hit is, like in Chainmail, based on a matrix of Weapon type versus Armor Class... a Fusion Rifle needs to roll a y to hit...

True... rolls are rarely required to use skills. You've got the "Merchant" skill? Fine... then you know what the goods should be worth (at least approximately) and you can get a fair price (though we might still role play part of the haggling, just to see if you say something really clever or...

I was just going off what he said in his first post. If that's not what the thread is about then my mistake.

When our last rookie came in as a Priest, we had a party of 4 regular participants (2 Warriors, 1 Priest and 1 Magic-User). The party also typically brings along an assortment of hirelings and (especially since they've been moving up in the world) slaves. The last major foray into the underworld...

Perhaps you're thinking of it from a different perspective. Though most of my game has involved the exploration of a megadungeon, it has not been that exclusively. Most episodes include getting into trouble in the big city on the surface, as well as providing leadership to the refugee population...

No, I'm saying that it basically does work. I thought I was clear on this, but nobody who has started a character back at first level has said anything to suggest that they have had a boring time. I run a fun game and get nothing but compliments on it. Also, I don't level them up "quicker...

I'm sorry if I misread part of your post. It's when you go off on this "nostalgia" BS that I get so p!ssed I can't even see straight. It's an insult, and a false statement as well. I was barely dry from my career as a fetus when my favorite edition of D&D came out. I was 2 when Empire of the...

No, it works great. This is how I run Empire of the Petal Throne (1975/OD&D) and I haven't gotten any complaints. In the rules, you gain levels based on accumulating Experience Points. These come from two sources: killing monsters (not much) and gaining gold (a ton). So far, the experience has...

Oh, so in addition to throwing around baseless smears about "nostalgia", you're also a troll who deliberately insults people to get them to read his posts. That's clever of you. And this coming from a vocal 4E fan. How entirely surprising. Of course, on EN World, you're allowed to say I enjoy...

There's certainly no lack of groups in the Austin area. My Empire of the Petal Throne (1975) game has 7 players including me; I play in a regular Classic D&D game and could play more if I wanted. There's no shortage of Old Schoolery around here... my only problem is having a life in addition to...

Representing Old School.

The goal of playing is to win, but it's not the reason for playing. If you can't stand to lose, you might want to quit board gaming entirely.