Best OD&D system?

[Hairfoot]

If you want old-school with a bit more breadth, go with classic 1E AD&D.

I'm hoping to get the greatest breadth out of S&W, because it doesn't give rules for class subsets or how to resolve challenges, which means I can introduce some simple mechanics instead. I only wish it didn't have the races-as-classes thing.

 

[Remathilis]

On a separate note, when will we see a rule set that clones 2E?

When people start remembering and respecting 2e again.

 

[Hunter In Darkness]

When people start remembering and respecting 2e again.

That will be a while, sad as that was the game that got me into RPG's and I will always have a spot for it.

 

[Mythmere1]

I really really hate it! Necromancer/Swords & Sorcery were big 3e offenders ('Grim Tales' also appalling AIR), but my hate goes right back to the black-on-brown of the 1e Forgotten Realms set. Why do publishers get off on making my eyes hurt?

Black on brown would have been fine. Take another look - it's BROWN on brown.

 

[S'mon]

Black on brown would have been fine. Take another look - it's BROWN on brown.

Ah right, thanks. That is one terrible design choice. Please Dan, never do that.

 

[Mythmere1]

I'm hoping to get the greatest breadth out of S&W, because it doesn't give rules for class subsets or how to resolve challenges, which means I can introduce some simple mechanics instead. I only wish it didn't have the races-as-classes thing.

Me too, and I wrote the damn thing. Basically, it was either the "race as class" or level limits if I wanted to keep it as a retro-compatible clone. So I deliberately NAMED the classes - such as "Elven Adventurer," so that any GM can simply say, "okay, you're an elf but not one of these elven adventurers ... you're a plain ol' elf magic-user." This was the best middle ground I could find between compatibility with the "true" version and still having an easy opt-out for those of us who don't use race as class.

 

[justanobody]

I hate reading RPG books like that. My choice of layout was not just retro for the sake of retro. I know it is stylish today in RPG books to have funky grayscale stuff in the page background and like you say, shadows and font variation, but I prefer a clean layout that is easy to read.

Yes, here here!

Seems I need to check out a new product line and company.

 

[bagger245]

When people start remembering and respecting 2e again.

Without the Player's Option and other splats, 2nd ed seems fine to me with just the 3 core books..