Back to the future

[MonsterMash]

Well my brother is now going to start running a new campaign for me and another of our regular group using OD&D (1974). I'm looking forward to it, but I hope we'll use Greyhawk supplement as well as the three core books and probably the stuff from The Strategic Review.

So it'll be back to roll 3d6 in order:
Strength
Intelligence
Wisdom
Constitution
Dexterity
Charisma

and I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

Congrats! You might find these fan-made consolidations handy; I know I have:
Bruce Mohler's Consolidated D&D
Trav's Consolidated D&D
Both are efforts to compile the rules from the little booklets into one coherent and cohesive document. Mohler sticks pretty much to the first four booklets, and Trav has deliberately removed dependencies to the Chainmail rules. Both are worth checking out. Good luck with your new campaign, and may the spirit of Diaglo guide you!

 

[MonsterMash]

Thanks for those links. Very useful.

I'll probably try and do a story hour when the game starts up.

 

[diaglo]

huzzah!!!

we just had a session this weekend.

 

[hong]

3 hours from thread start to diaglo showing up.

Too tardy, mang! Must do better.

 

[MonsterMash]

We were talking about which modules/adventures the GM was going to use as he was looking at some of the Necromancer Games modules, but it might be a case of using old TSR ones (at least to start) as I and the other player probably have not played in them - I'd pretty much switched to RQII by the point that 1e was taking over.

Anyway time to see if OD&D (1974) is the only true game and everything else is a pale imitation...

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Sounds beautiful! What kind of character are you hoping to play?

I am a shade or two of jealous.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Are you going to use Chainmail's man-to-man system for combat, or are you going with the "alternative" combat system? Just curious.

 

[Bregh]

Always nice to read about some other group giving the classic rules a go.

I launched a new pick-up game using them in Dec 2004, and atm it's the only campaign we're still playing.

Lots of fun; hope yours will be too.

 

[BOZ]

3 hours from thread start to diaglo showing up.

Too tardy, mang! Must do better.

what, was he sleeping or something?