I found my D&D passion again. 1E basic: White Plume Mountain

[Piratecat]

3e never feels rules-bloated to me, mainly because everyone knows the rules so well that we almost never have to look anything up. But there's no denying how much fun some of those classic adventures are. I ran my players through a 2e version of G1 (Hill Giants) and a 3e version of G2 (Frost Giants.) They were both great!

Not only that, but everyone in my group fondly remembers "1st edition night", when they were attacked by a purple worm (as per the cover of the 1e Monster Manual; they killed it with a Wand of Wonder), and had to get into and through a room containing rat-creatures worshipping at a giant rat statue ("This had better work!") Fun, fun game.

 

[MerricB]

I finally got to run the Desert of Desolation (with 3e rules) earlier this year. My players had a blast. There's something about Tracy Hickman's design skills with dungeons...

Even though the Dragonlance modules ran into terrible problems with the plot, some of the actual dungeons and encounter therein were wonderfully inventive.

Cheers!

 

[emergent]

Yes! Go, Doc!

I have been feeling the same way lately. We are about eight months into the game I am running and I am getting a little burned out. For a couple of weeks, I have been itching to just play -- to look for treasure and kill monsters without worrying too much about rules, plot threads, political ramifications, moral quandries, and character death. You post has made me really want to make that happen, soon. It will be good for me and good for the game that I am running.

Hey, next Friday my wife is having a girl's night with some friends. Maybe it is time to break out the Mountain Dew and party like I was 15 again. Anybody want to come? Treasure and monsters for all!

 

[ThX1138]

Very cool, dude, very cool.

I was feeling the same thing since 3e was released. There was something missing, IMO, from the whole system. I gave it a try, I really did. Maybe it's TOO sleak and easy. Part of the fun in the past was trying to learn the rules, IMO. The crudeness...the mystery...it was a big part of the old days to me.

I think that's why I like Hackmaster so much. I think it captures the feeling of the "good old days" so well. I have a group of HM players and we've been plaing for 3 months now, and they don't want to stop. It's a great game! To me, the old dungeon crawl lives on in Hackmaster. You should check it out.

 

[Hand of Vecna]

truly a beautiful post.

*places a flower on 9's grave*

 

[Dingleberry]

I make Figwit, an elven fighter-mage (of course, elves are all fighter-mages) named Figwit.

I know it was just a typo, but this sentence really smacked of the kind of no-brakes enthusiasm you can only get from 16-year olds who have been up all night drinking Dew and rolling dice.

Great story!

 

[cildarith]

Thanks for sharing that, Doc. Great post!

R.I.P., 9

 

[Jasperak]

Great story...

I have been feeling the same thing for my game and I am wondering if there is too much going in to it. Someone mentioned earlier about moral quandries and intense plot lines and I wonder if I went too far to the role-playing aspect in my group. Do we really have to keep putting the paly into morally ambiguous situations because?

Maybe I will have another look at my old modules and see what is different from the classics.

Has anybody noticed a difference?

 

[Henry]

Here's the secret with the old modules - they also had the moral quandries, the politics, the scheming, and the capability for diplomacy.

It's just that, back then, we didn't CARE.

There is a time for philosophy, morality, debate, and shades of gray.

Then, there is a time to bash them all and let the gods sort 'em out.

Most successful campaigns have a little bit of both.

 

[Piratecat]

I think that's why I like Hackmaster so much. I think it captures the feeling of the "good old days" so well. I have a group of HM players and we've been plaing for 3 months now, and they don't want to stop. It's a great game! To me, the old dungeon crawl lives on in Hackmaster. You should check it out.

THX, welcome to the boards! You may not realize it, but Dr. Midnight is a professional illustrator and colorist for Hackmaster, specifically a lot of the monster books. I'm betting he likes the game.