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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 816776" data-attributes="member: 4545">Re: Re: House Rules SuckWhat a mess it was, and yet a child could still learn to play the game, as my friends and I in fact did.  It was confusing until you actually played once or twice, after that you got it down.  A few more regular sessions and character builds and you start seeing the THAC0 patterns in your mind and no longer need to calculate or look them up.  Use a handy note card or the really big sections on your character sheet to adjust thieve's skills and such were a big benefit as well.  Oh, and the dice, the myriad of dice I got to use and know and love, ahhhh, how I miss those days.  It used to be that my dice wore out about evenly (excepting my d12... didn't use it much) now I expect in a couple more years my d20 will be a nubby little chipped up, broken shell of a die, while a whole lot of other dice will be shiny, pretty and clean.  Soon ebay will be overrun with auctions on "Almost complete D&D dice set, missing d20".  Seriously, if children were playing D&D, which I know they were as I was one of many in my little town, then how much of a mess was it?</blockquote>