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This sounds interesting. I get a lot of students interested in table top RPGs at school. This strikes me as a good introductory RPG useful for a variety of settings / genres. Thanks!

Makes more sense; I was not finding what I was looking for :D

My game is a sandbox with adventures inseted into it. I've used the same setting since I started in 1974. It ends when the players change / move / etc. or decide to start new characters. The longest groups have lasted over 5 years (6 and 12 years for two I can think of). The shortest about a...

Not really. If they did, no magic for them. Mother nature did not approve :) Again, not really. Unless you wanted to go without magic. A bit dense for Clerics to offend their gods. I don't recall this one coming up. Other than firing up the remains of trolls that is. I agree with...

Just off hand that would be "first person perspective". Not isometric / look down, but seeing everything from your characters eyes / perspective. Unless they have something new in mind. Games are typically first person, third person (seeing your character from behind basically) or isometric...

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.