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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3391254" data-attributes="member: 43146">Reynard, the only way your going to find out is try it out.&nbsp; Do you still have your 1E PH, DMG and MM? If not you can pick them up on e-bay for a song (or download OSRIC for free).&nbsp; I'd start by just reading the PH...the races and character descriptions.&nbsp; If this starts to bring back the juices (as it did for me) your probably on the right path.&nbsp; Next, just drop the bomb and get your players to give it a couple of sessions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Remember, AD&amp;D is just a couple books, and as most books its timeless.&nbsp; &nbsp; As one who did &quot;go back&quot; the game doesn't feel more primitive or inferior to 3E (as the above poster suggests) just the opposite (for me anyway) I'm finally old enough to &quot;get&quot; some of it that flew over my head as a youth.&nbsp; Remember, Gygax and Co. were in their late 30s or older creating a game for other 30 year olds.&nbsp; If anything were just old enough now to see what it was supposed to be like.&nbsp; And what it feels like is your finally playing D&amp;D again, with all the bells and whistles of 3E and other D20s gone.&nbsp; And hey getting to be a real DM again with real power is fun fun fun! I no longer hate the tables, they are the key to that power.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; &nbsp; PS as the other posters warned, know the difference between nostalgia, rose glasses and reality.&nbsp; AD&amp;D as I stated earlier is just a game.&nbsp; It won't teleport you back to 1981, but it will remind you of what it was like. Enjoy it for what it is (a great game among other great games) not for what it was (a good chunk of your childhood).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3391254, member: 43146"] Reynard, the only way your going to find out is try it out. Do you still have your 1E PH, DMG and MM? If not you can pick them up on e-bay for a song (or download OSRIC for free). I'd start by just reading the PH...the races and character descriptions. If this starts to bring back the juices (as it did for me) your probably on the right path. Next, just drop the bomb and get your players to give it a couple of sessions. Remember, AD&D is just a couple books, and as most books its timeless. As one who did "go back" the game doesn't feel more primitive or inferior to 3E (as the above poster suggests) just the opposite (for me anyway) I'm finally old enough to "get" some of it that flew over my head as a youth. Remember, Gygax and Co. were in their late 30s or older creating a game for other 30 year olds. If anything were just old enough now to see what it was supposed to be like. And what it feels like is your finally playing D&D again, with all the bells and whistles of 3E and other D20s gone. And hey getting to be a real DM again with real power is fun fun fun! I no longer hate the tables, they are the key to that power. ;) PS as the other posters warned, know the difference between nostalgia, rose glasses and reality. AD&D as I stated earlier is just a game. It won't teleport you back to 1981, but it will remind you of what it was like. Enjoy it for what it is (a great game among other great games) not for what it was (a good chunk of your childhood). [/QUOTE]

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