2nd ed clone

[dm4hire]

I tried to fork off of the "Anyone playing Swords & Wizardry?" thread but kept getting errors. So anyway, I'm wondering if there is a 2nd ed clone out there? All the clones mentioned in OP are based off of basic or 1st ed.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

That's because 1E RULES!! D Just kidding)

I have never heard of a 2E retro-clone and I've been following these pretty closely as I love the earlier editions. You might want to post something over at the S&W or LL forums and see if Matt Finch or Dan Proctor have heard of any efforts in this area.

 

[Treebore]

Wayfarer may be a 2E clone. Not sure, but I know its the last clone left to be done, and Wayfarer is the last I saw.

 

[Treebore]

Nope. Wayfarer looks to be its own system, not really a clone of any edition. So no, I haven't seen any clones of 2E.

 

[Aus_Snow]

You might want to have a word to Remathilis. Bug them to get onto it, share ideas, I dunno.

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[Remathilis]

You might want to have a word to Remathilis. Bug them to get onto it, share ideas, I dunno.

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You called?

I debated starting such a project. No, I never did, nor did I get past any brainstorming. The thread Mr. Snow provided was my brainstorming project.

I abandoned the project for personal reasons; it was a lot of work for something I wasn't sure I was going to get much use out of personally (my group wouldn't want to go back to 2e, nostalgia aside) so I devoted my resources to other projects (see sig.). However, if someone with much more energy was interested in starting such a project, I'd be more than willing to contribute to the cause.

 

[starwed]

I'd say that 1e and 2e were at least as compatible as 3.0 and 3.5. To that extent, it's not as worthwhile to start a complete new project for 2e.

Most people I knew actually played a mix of 1st and 2nd editions.

 

[Remathilis]

I'd say that 1e and 2e were at least as compatible as 3.0 and 3.5. To that extent, it's not as worthwhile to start a complete new project for 2e.

Most people I knew actually played a mix of 1st and 2nd editions.

My goal, when starting the project, was to either create a "perfect" edition (including rules and updates that appeared during the course of the edition's lifespan) or to make a true and faithful recreation of the subtle differences (the differences in Str/Encumbrance, the specialist wizards and specialty priests, the higher level limits, the bard and ranger, etc) to support ideas beyond the project (kits, new classes, 2e compatible modules (which would work back to 1e).

Basically, to clean up and recreate the 2e experience.

If I had the will, I would start with being REALLY nice to PnP and piggyback OSRIC 2.0, perhaps as a supplement. A couple of chapters devoted to the classes and races, proficiencies, a chapter on combat differences (like the updated surprise/initiative system) updated spells, and some updated or "new" monsters.

As I said though, its a huge project and I don't have the ability to co-ordinate it, but I'm open for helping when someone does.