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First off, there's a HUGE conflict of interest in this post, since Swords & Wizardry is one of the stand-alone products up against the quick start rules for a White Wolf and a Green Ronin game. But I've been mulling it over, not surprisingly, and it's really an interesting question. I'm hugely...

I think it's sort of a shame that you're not going to write about the Free Product category - although I can understand the idea that people can simply go and get the free products ... for free. The other side of that coin, though, is that most people don't go and look at things without some...

Thanks to the judges for what sounds like it was a HUGE task.. :)

We're happy to announce that Swords & Wizardry / Knockspell Magazine has placed first in lulu's May sales competition: Author Sales Contest Winners - Lulu.com Swords & Wizardry is a retro-clone of the 1974 0e rules, and Knockspell Magazine is a quarterly (approximately) magazine for all...

This. It can be played in an old school style without a hitch, but if one were to follow the advice from Dragon Magazine from that era, or follow the advice in the later supplements (and even some in the core books), it leads you to something quite different from the OD&D/1e "feel" and also...

Nobody makes it past the moathouse without casualties of some kind. :)

About a half hour to 45 minutes, although I didn't count noodling time - that's time spent with pencil and paper. Maybe another 15 minutes afterwards taking notes; my prep time is low because I do a lot of ad libbing. When you do a lot of ad libbing you need to take notes afterwards to remind...

Yup, it's at the end of the quote. :)

Not just that, but all the OSRIC stuff is for First Edition. Check out Expeditious Retreat Press for the Advanced Adventure line. About 8 or 9 modules right there. Kenzer has done a couple, too. And if you expand out into the other retro-clones for OD&D and Basic, there's a lot more that...

Even though I actually play 0e/Swords & Wizardry, I agree that AD&D is awesome. Love the art, love the wonky rules, love the Gygaxian language! And man, I really hope this doesn't turn into an edition war with people coming to say what they don't like about it. Let a thread stay positive...

Yeah, I forgot about that too. Which means my previous concern (not enough rooms in map to accommodate faster combat rules) probably isn't as much of a problem. Interesting.

At the moment, there's so much new material being produced for 0e, 1e, and Basic (and Swords & Wizardry, OSRIC, etc) that I can't even read it all. So I haven't thought of looking at 4e. What I have seen of 4e supplemental material seems more flavorful than the 3e material produced by WotC...

AD&D's got plenty of rules, so it's not rules light by the standards of lots of games designed to be RULES-LITE. In terms of the later editions of D&D, there are a lot of apples to oranges distinctions - as someone mentioned earlier, you'd have to define what you mean by rules light. AD&D has...

DMing Swords & Wizardry Core Rules in one long term campaign, playing OD&D (LBBs only) in another long term campaign.

Here is something you can try with lulu - although be aware that their technology has gotten rather wonky on sales outside the USA. Go to Amazon.com and search for the product - Knockspell or Fight On! When you find it, being sold still by lulu, there will be a markup from the normal...

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It started as a publishing tool, but lots of people were downloading the prior edition to use at game tables. Right now, it's sort of in a strange half-half territory between a publisher's resource and an actively used ruleset. Lots of people use it because it's organized in the more familiar...

Clay tablets are the one true data-transfer medium; all subsequent media are pale imitations.

Yet. :)