AD&D

[InzeladunMaster]

I was looking over my AD&D books that I used as a kid (now quaintly called "First Edition") and am still amazed at how inspiring and magical they are. I am also very impressed still with Gary Gygax's Dungeon Master's Guide.

 

[thormagni]

I got the same feeling when I looked over some of my early gaming books the other day. I have a pretty good database of all my PDF files, but have never put together an index of all my actual gaming books. So I started going through, shelf-by-shelf, putting in the title, the system, the year of publication, etc, into an Excel spreadsheet.

Man. I had a LOT of fun with books that are a 10th the size of books today. My first edition Champions book was just a thin pamphlet basically, like 120 pages top. And I played with that for years. Same with the Marvel Super Heroes game from TSR in 1984 or so. And looking through a copy of my first D&D book, the red book from the basic set, I was just amazed at how many adventures I was able to run for characters who had, what, three levels tops? And I think the basic and advanced books together were half the size of even the Player's Handbook today.

Not that I would want to play that game today necesarily. I mean, I COULD, the rules were perfectly clear, but they were not as intuitive as those today.

On a side note, Wizards is going to put out a new "basic D&D" boxed set this fall. I hope it is able to capture that simple but fun vibe of books from years past. Today, books are frequently more like a textbook than an enjoyable read.

And on a side, side note, I hope you guys are having a blast today. I'm sitting here at work, doing police reports and obituaries, wishing I was gaming

I was looking over my AD&D books that I used as a kid (now quaintly called "First Edition") and am still amazed at how inspiring and magical they are. I am also very impressed still with Gary Gygax's Dungeon Master's Guide.

 

[InzeladunMaster]

I remember some of those games. I even remember playing an Indiana Jones RPG TSR put out around the time of the Marvel Superhero game.

Today, people don't seem interested in a game unless there is an infinite amount of "support" planned - which means supplement after supplement...

 

[Odovacar's Ghost]

I remember some of those games. I even remember playing an Indiana Jones RPG TSR put out around the time of the Marvel Superhero game.

Today, people don't seem interested in a game unless there is an infinite amount of "support" planned - which means supplement after supplement...

I agree that it seems that people are not satisfied with one book. They wait to see if more supplements are planned to come out. When they don't they stear clear of it.

I remember a few games that I bought and played, that I don't believe had supplements. Though, this may not be true right now.

Gary Gygax's Dangerous Journeys
FASA's Earthdawn (though, at the time of purchase I didn't know they would be releasing supplements)
A game that I can't remember the title, but you start the game after the 2nd coming of christ, where all the goodly ppl leave for heaven and the dregs stay on earth. Looked interesting at the time.

Well, nowadays, it seems that when supplements do come out, it never satisfies the masses.