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When running 5e only 2 of 6 at my table would take average, the rest would roll for max. Lamenting when they came in low and mocking those who played it safe when they came in high.

An epic fight against the first temple of Orcus in Rappan Athuck. With the entire party hasted, PC, hirelings, and summoned animals they started to burn through the forces of woe with speed. Precise archery disrupting spells and hasted lions running wild. The main priest fell and it looked...

OD&D was out of print when I started gaming in the early 80's, pretty much everyone was on AD&D at that point. I'd like to play it but I'm running an OD&D clone and enjoying it right now.

We played it and liked it, but our introduction was really AD&D and we thought this was the same system. So we quickly were mixing the two together, then dropped D&D altogether for AD&D.

You roll the dice and take your chances.

Never played it, we skipped 4e.

Less fiddly systems like S&W, or even older BECMI D&D work perfectly for what we are doing. Actually the 5e game I ran went pretty good but I wasn't a huge fan of the system. The backup 5e game we play in is doing pretty good so I think that is a good system for those who don't feel the need...

Uh yeah...but I was just making a quick joke.

Yeah old people. ;)

I've been running games since the early 80's and playing with most of these guys on and off since then so I'm pretty up to speed on how to approach a campaign for them. The issue was when I had 10-12 foes on the table and they all had feats, buffs, spells, round by round conditions, that had to...

Enjoyed playing it, despised DM'ing it. Too heavy a system, too many fiddly bits changing round by round. Heaven forbid Dispel Magic is cast on a party of mid level PC, the whole game grinds to a halt as you deal with the layers of buffs that an average party would be covered in. Just not my...

I just use the old BECMI morale rules myself. And roll for groups for the most part. With 5e I would modify that 2-12 morale score based on skill checks or other elements of the particular situation.

We joke that the backup 5e game is easy mode D&D but we still have fun with it. Its a break I suppose from my save or die heavy Swords and Wizardry game set in Rappan Athuck. Which is like a double whammy of lethality. Last night as they were getting out of there to go back to camp and rest...

Yep, though their stock had gotten so stale lately the impact will be a lot less than a really healthy store shutting down. But the retail industry is going to see so many failings and bankruptcies its going to reverberate up and down the chain. A lot of supplies are going to be left holding...

Its going to be brutal. I guarantee my local store is not going to survive this, they were barely hanging on as it was. Thankfully Miniature Market should be able to weather this.

I would wager that millions have had it and had very mild symptoms and never even knew it, had a cold or a touch of the flu they figured. When this is over the actual mortality rate will be higher than the flu but much lower than the 2-3%. JMO of course. We will see how it plays out. As...

We have all in my S&W game. One player is always keeping the party journal, another is mapping. Though they have a hireling now who is helping so I give them hints. And I will usually call one player party leader just so when they won't stop arguing over which stupid plan to implement I can...

I've taken so many with Ghouls in my S&W Rappan Athuck game, including a TPK. The lamentations were barely drowned out by my mad cackles! They fear the ghoul. As a player its been a long time but they don't have quite the bite they used to IMO.

yeah when I read about players pouring over their own drawn maps trying to find out where the hidden stuff is or where something strange might be I think that is a big difference from today where all that is skill checks and whatnot. The deal with the doors would just be a search check of some...

I see your point, D&D is pretty much D&D at this point and granted I run an OGL knock off game now. But we play it for a band of freebooters descending into forgotten temples of evil gods and pits of unspeakable horror in search of the big score and it does OK. I'm not really doing the modern...