Gaming with Gygax

[Col_Pladoh]

Good Grief

I forsee a party of 20 or so...shades of DMing in my basement back in 1973-4. I'll ask son Alex to assist with the monster attacks, as he loves to be on the delivery end of slings and arrows. Back to character sheets done on 3c5 index cards for the lot of you!


Gary

 

[Hypersmurf]

I call dwarf fighter!

You want to multiclass?

-Hyp.

 

[WSmith]

Good Grief

I forsee a party of 20 or so...shades of DMing in my basement back in 1973-4. I'll ask son Alex to assist with the monster attacks, as he loves to be on the delivery end of slings and arrows. Back to character sheets done on 3c5 index cards for the lot of you!


Gary

Talk about ambiance! A 3x5 character sheet! I am glad to know I am not the only to use this method.

 

[Col_Pladoh]

You want to multiclass?

-Hyp.

Right on!

Cheers,
Gary

 

[WSmith]

You want to multiclass?

-Hyp.

I am sure dungeondelver meant to say "I call dwarf fighting man!" In the 1981+ version, a dwarf is a dwarf and fighter is a fighter. In the coveted 1974 3-book edition, a dwarf can only be a fighter, eh...fighting man... and can only advance to 6th level. Supplement I and beyond made some other changes, though, (dwarves could actually be paladins if you can believe it. )

 

[thedungeondelver]

I am sure dungeondelver meant to say "I call dwarf fighting man!" In the 1981+ version, a dwarf is a dwarf and fighter is a fighter. In the coveted 1974 3-book edition, a dwarf can only be a fighter, eh...fighting man... and can only advance to 6th level. Supplement I and beyond made some other changes, though, (dwarves could actually be paladins if you can believe it. )

Hmph. I just figured we'd be using SUPPLEMENT I: GREYHAWK where dwarves can be thieves!

 

[Gentlegamer]

If you're going to play pure OD&D, don't limit your racial choices to dwarf, elf, hobbit . . . ask Gary if you can play a dragon or goblin or lizard man or some such, as suggested in the rules themselves.

 

[Slife]

No, obviously what dungeondelver meant was he wants to fight against dwarves.

 

[Crossroads]

Awesome thread! Got out my OD&D books to give them a read-through. Very inspiring!

What rules were used for combat?

Any references to Chainmail 2d6 or was it the alternative system all the way?

 

[diaglo]

Talk about ambiance! A 3x5 character sheet! I am glad to know I am not the only to use this method.

you should have been in one of the sessions i ran at Gen Con.