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<blockquote data-quote="Jahydin" data-source="post: 9542783" data-attributes="member: 6984869">I hear that. As much as I dislike 5E, it's still the game I run when playing with younger kids or people new to the hobby. Because of that, 5E has seen way more play than any of my OSR systems. Like 10 to 1.Rules Cyclopedia is one my most treasured books, but there's enough small, personal annoyances that make me want to run other games. For instance, I think the new ACKS (#1 title on Drive-Thru at the moment!) is the best version of BECMI period.My thought process that has led me to Dragonslayer is: I like AD&amp;D more than B/X, but really dislike many of the AD&amp;D rules, so an AD&amp;D clone that fixes the rules but keeps the spirit and tone is what I'm after. I've found the top four here are: Castles and Crusades, Hyperborea, OSRIC, and Dragonslayer. C&amp;C is moving away from D&amp;D terminology and OSRIC keeps too many of the rules I dislike (percentage strength, yuck), so Hyperborea and Draonslayer have my attention at the moment. Since Hyperborea is more S&amp;S than LotR, Dragonslayer is what wins out for me as my D&amp;D replacement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jahydin, post: 9542783, member: 6984869"] I hear that. As much as I dislike 5E, it's still the game I run when playing with younger kids or people new to the hobby. Because of that, 5E has seen [B]way [/B]more play than any of my OSR systems. Like 10 to 1. Rules Cyclopedia is one my most treasured books, but there's enough small, personal annoyances that make me want to run other games. For instance, I think the new ACKS (#1 title on Drive-Thru at the moment!) is the best version of BECMI period. My thought process that has led me to Dragonslayer is: I like AD&D more than B/X, but really dislike many of the AD&D rules, so an AD&D clone that fixes the rules but keeps the spirit and tone is what I'm after. I've found the top four here are: Castles and Crusades, Hyperborea, OSRIC, and Dragonslayer. C&C is moving away from D&D terminology and OSRIC keeps too many of the rules I dislike (percentage strength, yuck), so Hyperborea and Draonslayer have my attention at the moment. Since Hyperborea is more S&S than LotR, Dragonslayer is what wins out for me as my D&D replacement. [/QUOTE]

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