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In Chainmail Appendix B (of my only surviving copy, 3rd edition, TSR 1975) AC on the Man to Man Melee Table went from "No Armor" on up going right (no numbers) to "Plate and Shield" with separate categories for Horses (Unarmored or barded) :) The results gave you the number on 2D6 needed for a...

In Chainmail Appendix B (of my only surviving copy, 3rd edition, TSR 1975) AC on the Man to Man Melee Table went from "No Armor" on up going right (no numbers) to "Plate and Shield" with separate categories for Horses (Unarmored or barded) :) The results gave you the number on 2D6 needed for a...

In the dark ages (1974) it was roll 3D6 in order. When 1E dropped we went with 4D6 drop the lowest number, in order. Since 3.x it's been 4D6 drop the lowest and arrange to suit. Getting soft in my old age :)

Looks interesting and the reviews are excellent (including several reviewers who I've read reviews for before and agreed with). I don't run a Forgotten realms game but I'm not against borrowing / using material :) I'm thinking the hardcover and PDF option. Thanks for the heads up.

Doesn't sound rude to me, it's a good question. I do like 5E. But, I've never seen a version of D&D I didn't find something to homebrew / change :) I think I will do it, over time. Not all at once. I'm not unemployed :D The first step will be spells and spheres. That will burn a lot of time. As...

Several of you have nibbled around a problem I found when I considered Spheres for 5E. When I did look at them, the major problem was a lack of spells for many spheres. The 5E spell list is a lot more limited than 2E (or 3E for that matter). The first thing I would have needed to do was add /...

I liked it. It helped define the deities and the interests of their priests. It also reigned in the power of Clerics vs. other classes in terms of spell access. The Complete Priests book adding various granted powers in the place of the generic turn undead ability gave more flavor. The priests...

It's on Steam. It'll probably have an early access playable version before it's complete. Built in play testing for them, early play for you. *edit* Ahem, time... Kickstarter to get going... game production... followed by Steam preorders.... early access. Hard to say with a small studio. A year...

Chaosium iirc. Not sure if its still available. I didn't play this one although I have a number of their other games (Runequest, Stormbringer / Elric, etc.).

Pretty much. I only knew one female gamer at the time, but most of the people I played with were + / - 5 years of my age and I doubt any of us replied to this type of poll.

Snail mail was pretty much it in 1987. WD was a print magazine. The only other possibility than the mail would be from conventions. No phone polls for this. So, self selection by mail in responses. *Edit* I remember reading this and similar polls in various magazines back in the day. I never...

Nice to know the game is in the hands of people who know it and love it. I'll be checking on it. The original C&S helped me develop my campaign and I look forward to seeing what this edition has.

I have the original game (and a number of supplements). The systems in the original C&S were... cumbersome. They were complex and "realistic". The best thing about it (imho) was the detailed treatment of feudal society, politics, and economics. I have one of the later editions (3rd I believe) as...

The various incarnations of Basic / Expert / etc. are, imo, the evolution of that line. I never worried too much about it because original / advanced D&D was the basis of my game. And that's "woodprint" / whitebox for original D&D :) Still have one woodprint and one surviving whitebox set along...

He had some reason for his bashing; he took quite a bit from others. Doesn't really excuse it, but it does give some context. Then too, it was a hobbyist niche, professionalism wasn't much of a factor then.

A lot of us continued to play original D&D adding what we liked from AD&D. And there were three brands of D&D. Original, B/X, and AD&D. See? Even more confusing :) I don't think I ever made a strong distinction between original and 1E (or later even 2E). I bought and read Basic / Expert but...

In all probability the live action photo is the Society for Creative Anachronism. The SCA is about all things medieval (or pre gunpowder anyway) from crafts to combat. It was active then (and now). The combat system for Runequest drew directly on SCA experience by the writers. I guess you could...

He replied and it seems he was talking as a game designer and (commercial) adventure designer. I'm still not sure I agree on his points (I design and run my own adventures -- I don't use commercially produced ones). But you were right on what he was talking about. Thanks.

Thanks for the explanation (which I also received from another poster as well). I do my own scenarios which probably contributes to the relative ease of balancing them. Still, the one thing you can count on; some DMs will get it wrong :D

Entirely different things… that he talks about as if they were the same thing (?). Or I took it that way at least. He talks about not being able to balance per day powers (spells) on an adventure, not in a system. Once you've accepted the assumptions of the system on recovering resources and...