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<blockquote data-quote="Lidgar" data-source="post: 8947152" data-attributes="member: 28334">D&amp;D &quot;back in the day&quot; was a crazy quilt of different playstyles and rules. Every table had their own set of house rules and play approaches. Many groups played exclusively ToM-style (back before we even new what the heck that meant). Just dice, paper and pencil. The rich kids got printed character sheets and lead figures. The rest of us got photocopies from the public library.The first time I played on a &quot;grid&quot; was on a friend's carpet that had a grid pattern on it. We used coffee mugs to represent our PC's and M&amp;M's for the monsters. Killing blow was rewarded by getting to eat the monster.Initiative was all over the place. Ditto with weapon speeds and vs. Armor modifiers. Different rules on XP awards (gold for XP, story-driven XP, monsters only, etc.). Different rules for levelling up (training costs, etc.) too.Yeah, it was wild and wooly. And we loved it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lidgar, post: 8947152, member: 28334"] D&D "back in the day" was a crazy quilt of different playstyles and rules. Every table had their own set of house rules and play approaches. Many groups played exclusively ToM-style (back before we even new what the heck that meant). Just dice, paper and pencil. The rich kids got printed character sheets and lead figures. The rest of us got photocopies from the public library. The first time I played on a "grid" was on a friend's carpet that had a grid pattern on it. We used coffee mugs to represent our PC's and M&M's for the monsters. Killing blow was rewarded by getting to eat the monster. Initiative was all over the place. Ditto with weapon speeds and vs. Armor modifiers. Different rules on XP awards (gold for XP, story-driven XP, monsters only, etc.). Different rules for levelling up (training costs, etc.) too. Yeah, it was wild and wooly. And we loved it. [/QUOTE]

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