Is 1st ED AD&D dead and buried?

[Some guy from Ohio]

Does anyone still play 1st ED AD&D? I'm sure this ones been asked before, but I have been gone for a while. I have been invited by a fellow DM to sit in on some 1st ED games and I have to admit it is a fascinating idea. It’s probably been close to 15 years and might be fun, that is, if I can dig up an old Players Handbook and wipe a decade of different rules from my head.

 

[diaglo]

yes we still exist. try www.dragonsfoot.org

of course, Original D&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi there!

Isn't Hackmaster by Kenzer virtually 1st Ed. D&D too?

http://www.kenzerco.com/rpg/hackmaster/

So really 1st Ed. is alive and well!

 

[Crothian]

A lot of people still play. Heck, I and many of my friends, still have the books.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

There is even a Play by Post game on the boards here.
http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64209

 

[Desdichado]

I won't touch it. Those are the editions that drove me away from D&D and on to other games.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Yes, there are some of us out there that love 1st edition AD&D. If only I could get a few people where I live to commit to a regular game, I'd play it over 3.5 any day. As diaglo recommends, check out www.dragonsfoot.org.

 

[diaglo]

I won't touch it. Those are the editions that drove me away from D&D and on to other games.

and he's still not playing D&D to this day.

 

[Desdichado]

and he's still not playing D&D to this day.

One could indeed argue that! What started out (in our current game) as an attempt to play some fairly standard D&D ended up retconning into an AU game, for the most part.

 

[Mystery Man]

and he's still not playing D&D to this day.

Bah!