Digging out that OLD RED BOOK...You know, D&D BASIC...

[FCWesel]

Yup. You read that right. The D&D Basic Book, which is fast closing on it's 25th year.


As a 1-2 "one shot" game...in between campaigns...I decided to run a module. So I got out my HUGE pile of various adventures and modules from all my games and RPGs and I selected B5 "The Horror on The Hill." Almost immediately I decided not to "update it" and instead run it exactly as it was....a Basic D&D adventure.

We Had A Blast! Out of the nine of us, only THREE had played this system at all, two players were YOUNGER then the books (on was less then HALF the age of the book). Two of us had played the previous version before that...if that doesn't tell you about the age diversity of our group nothing will!

A great time was had by all!

If you have this old set, pull it out and run a module for a night or two. Seriously.

 

[IronWolf]

Sounds like a great time! I may have to rummage through my collection in the basement and dig out one of my old Basic sets!

 

[francisca]

I just wrapped up a Basic game, run out of Moldvay, in December.

I was kinda bummed when the group decided to go with 1E AD&D for our next go around. I was hoping to get a bit more mileage out of the old boy.

On the other hand, I'm happy to be play 1E set in greyhawk as well.

So many great rule sets and settings, so little time.

 

[diaglo]

i'm currently running an OD&D campaign.

the booklets are over 30 years old.

so far the party has tackled B1 In Search of the Unknown and B2 Keep on the Borderlands.

they didn't complete either. but i didn't expect them to finish them.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

One of the most memorable nights of gaming I had was plaing an "iron man" session with the basic rules using Keep on the Borderlands. 3d6 for abilities, no adjusting, you got one roll for HP and you had to keep it.

The fighter with 2 hit points was very amusing.

 

[Insight]

YAY! I lost most of my oldest RPG stuff during a flood, so I am just now eBaying to collect products from the good old days. It's enlightening to look at some of the old material, and see how far the D&D rules have come.

 

[Insight]

One of the most memorable nights of gaming I had was plaing an "iron man" session with the basic rules using Keep on the Borderlands. 3d6 for abilities, no adjusting, you got one roll for HP and you had to keep it.

The fighter with 2 hit points was very amusing.

I'm going to be running a 3.5 conversion of Keep on the Borderlands starting this week, and I'll be posting a Story Hour about it. Should be a good time.

 

[diaglo]

YAY! I lost most of my oldest RPG stuff during a flood, so I am just now eBaying to collect products from the good old days. It's enlightening to look at some of the old material, and see how far the D&D rules have come.

i say the same thing. the travesty of what D&D has become is appalling.

but to comfort myself. i claim d02 ain't D&D. and then i feel better.

 

[kengar]

Moldvay Basic may well be the best RPG book ever written. Concise, well-organized, easy to learn, and hours of fun within its pages. NTM Erol Otus cover art!

Moldvay/Cook Basic + Expert is the way to play the game IMO.

 

[FCWesel]

Well, I am not sure about the "best game ever" or the "only way to play D&D", but we did have a lot of fun. Despite the fact that there were no "races & classes", a grid w/ minis, feats, skills, proficiencies, AoO, etc.