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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 4673221" data-attributes="member: 13892">First, I love your avatar! <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/2001somws6/headbang.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Second, if you're interested in AD&amp;D 2e, my suggestions are as follow: 1. Stick to the Revised core books (black cover PHB, DMG, and MM). 2. Avoid the rule supplements (e.g., Complete Books of X and X Options books). Out of the core three Revised core rule books, AD&amp;D 2e is actually a very well put together system. Although it is a drier read than AD&amp;D 1e it is also explained much more clearly (as Korgoth mentions). It's important to avoid the first AD&amp;D 2e core books, as some of them had significant printing errors (such as missing or duplicated pages). The good news is that, mechanically, the system basics of AD&amp;D 1e and 2e are nearly identical — meaning that it's easy to use AD&amp;D 1e adventures with 2e rules and vice-versa (though the only 2e adventures really worth owning are the Return to the Tomb of Horrors and Night Below boxed sets, IMHO). Picking up things like the 1e Fiend Folio and Deities &amp; Demigods for use in your 2e games can't hurt. I ran an AD&amp;D 1e/2e hybrid off and on for a few years using the Revised AD&amp;D 2e core books and a 1e PHB for certain class/race options missing from the 2e PHB. Likewise, the first AD&amp;D campaign that I played in was a similar hybrid using the AD&amp;D 1e core books (as well as the Fiend Folio) and some options from the 2e PHB.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 4673221, member: 13892"] First, I love your avatar! [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/2001somws6/headbang.gif[/IMG] Second, if you're interested in AD&D 2e, my suggestions are as follow: 1. Stick to the Revised core books (black cover PHB, DMG, and MM). 2. Avoid the rule supplements (e.g., Complete Books of X and X Options books). Out of the core three [I]Revised[/I] core rule books, AD&D 2e is actually a very well put together system. Although it is a drier read than AD&D 1e it is also explained much more clearly (as Korgoth mentions). It's important to avoid the [I]first[/I] AD&D 2e core books, as some of them had significant printing errors (such as missing or duplicated pages). The good news is that, [I]mechanically[/I], the system basics of AD&D 1e and 2e are nearly identical — meaning that it's easy to use AD&D 1e adventures with 2e rules and vice-versa (though the only 2e [I]adventures[/I] really worth owning are the Return to the Tomb of Horrors and Night Below boxed sets, IMHO). Picking up things like the 1e Fiend Folio and Deities & Demigods for use in your 2e games can't hurt. I ran an AD&D 1e/2e hybrid off and on for a few years using the Revised AD&D 2e core books and a 1e PHB for certain class/race options missing from the 2e PHB. Likewise, the first AD&D campaign that I played in was a similar hybrid using the AD&D 1e core books (as well as the Fiend Folio) and some options from the 2e PHB. [/QUOTE]

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