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I experimented with many of the optional rules throughout my time with 2E. By the time my games and style were most established, we regularly used Deaths Door, Weapon Speed Factor, numerous Kits from the splats. We also had some players who made extremely imbalanced characters. I remember a...

I started with the AD&D 2e hardcovers and didn't understand them for years. My "basic set" was HeroQuest. I've still not played AD&D 1e, B/X, BECMI, etc. I still have mine. That's what taught me the game. She was my Matt Mercer. I wish I could've gotten her to sign my copy.

Oh no. 5E is definitely not a cleaned-up version of what I liked about 2E.

I am aware of "For Gold and Glory" as a 2E retroclone. I don't know anything about the designer. I did pick up a POD copy. Hope I didn't make a mistake. I want to like C&C, but I'm not a fan of the SIEGE engine, adding levels to every check and getting very high numbers, plus the writing/design...

I find my experience with 2e much different than mine in 5e. Of course, age and adult responsibilities may play a big part. Let's look at the differences between a 2e thief (my regular class) vs the 5e rogue (my wife's preferred class). 2e thief was an explorer, a sneak, a puzzle and problem...

It seems a strange distinction that people playing in 1982 is "old school" while 1989 is not. I'm curious if those of us who started in the 2e era are just a lost generation. We're expected to have nostalgia for a game that existed before we ever rolled dice or move on to the latest version.

So for example, I was just throwing out an idea to my wife who complains that 5e is "too boring." Me: "What if you can sacrifice half your damage to knock an opponent prone, slide them, disarm them, etc?" Her: "No. I don't want to give up anything. And I'm happy just standing there if I can do...

So what's the pipeline from 5e to "Hickman revolution" OSR? Are we looking at Worlds without Number? Hyperborea? OSRIC? I don't think it's OSE or Shadowdark.

That's very likely right. My RPG experience started with 2E. It was very story driven. While we used the old rules, I think there was a lot of fudging to save characters - and players who had access to splats that greatly imbalanced the game in their favor. My first RPGs weren't even TTRPGs. I...

Having a paltry amount of HP isn't my idea of fun, and I've been playing since 1989. It's not just "cautious play is rewarded" - having 1-2 HP where you can easily die in AoE attacks isn't a good time to me. What are you supposed to do - stay in town? For me, old school play isn't disposable...

For the feel, I would prefer more Guardians of the Galaxy than the "you're kinda stuck on a not-very-exciting planet ruled by a megacorp" that Lost Colony has. I'm afraid that powering up the weapons too much will add mathematic complexity - I've seen where Savage Rifts leads. But maybe boost...

I'm curious how much longer to let it go? How long should it take for players to understand how Savage Worlds works? How long to stick with Deadlands: Lost Colony when the players don't like (or don't understand) the sci-fi? (Like, "that's not how space travel would work" or "that's not the...

It's a "living conversation" I'm having with myself. Right now I'm feeling frustrated that there's a hesitancy in the group to learn system mastery, so I'm reluctant to deviate too far from D&D. What I think I'm missing in my life is a feeling of creativity and world building. I've been running...

I want the d20 familiarity. This is for players who haven't thought about the game for a week, won't look at rulebooks when they aren't sitting down to play, etc. I don't want to try to teach them a new system (after beating my head against a wall to get them to understand D&D 4E, Dragonbane...

I haven't looked at it too much. The "1 hp" wizard kinda scared me off.

Over the holidays, I've been giving it consideration of taking my group back to 5e, or switching to a new 5e variant (2024, ToV, or Level Up), or else going to OSR. I can't decide at all what my interest is. I don't want it MORE complex than 5e 2014 (which probably takes out 2024, ToV, and...

I got less gaming-related stuff this year than in previous years. Mostly just tangentally related to gaming. A poker-chip case for storing Savage Worlds Bennies A D&D-themed cookbook and cocktail book A t-shirt that has an arrow indicating "I'm with Flanking Bonus" A drinking card game to play...

I remember trying WFRP 3e back in the day, but my players weren't interested at that time. Wonder if it's still out there to get?

Thanks. I don't want to feel like I am stagnant in any of my hobbies. I hope that you enjoy reading the thread and can take something away from it. For us, that's the million-dollar question. Player A also happens to be my wife, so it would be awesome if we could find a system we both really...

Okay, I vaguely remembered seeing that. And did I remember seeing that size impacts chances of hitting? Like if we have a Size 1 creature fighting a Size 0 creature, it's -1 to hit the Size 0 creature while the Size 0 creature is +1 to hit it? Or is that only if we go to the next size category...