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<blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3010375" data-attributes="member: 3854">If one can take the rules of AD&amp;D1 and publish them in this form, why couldn’t one write an adventure using the rules of AD&amp;D1 and publish them in a similar form without OSRIC? What was preventing the publication of previous-edition adventures before OSRIC? I don’t understand why if you can publish the chart and explanation for Armor Class rules, someone couldn’t publish an adventure saying “AC 4”. If the OSRIC is only restrained from using the exact verbiage and the “Advanced Dungeons &amp; Dragons” title, why couldn’t an adventure be published just leaving off the “Compatible with AD&amp;D”?Why did you not include all the AD&amp;D1 rules, and how did you decide what to include and what to exclude? Why have you not included monster stats -- aren't they necessary for a published adventure?I no longer play the older version of D&amp;D, but it would be interesting and useful for discussions to have all the rules in one easier to find place (rather than scattered and buried in the texts - 4 core books plus the later supplementals). There’s been many times in discussions on this board that I have wished there was an electronic version of the AD&amp;D1 rules, so I could access them at work or otherwise away from my books at home.[In case it needs to be said] I’m just curious and asking questions. I’m not dismissing the potential of a need or deriding the purpose of OSRIC.Quasqueton</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quasqueton, post: 3010375, member: 3854"] If one can take the rules of AD&D1 and publish them in this form, why couldn’t one write an adventure using the rules of AD&D1 and publish them in a similar form without OSRIC? What was preventing the publication of previous-edition adventures before OSRIC? I don’t understand why if you can publish the chart and explanation for Armor Class rules, someone couldn’t publish an adventure saying “AC 4”. If the OSRIC is only restrained from using the exact verbiage and the “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons” title, why couldn’t an adventure be published just leaving off the “Compatible with AD&D”? Why did you not include all the AD&D1 rules, and how did you decide what to include and what to exclude? Why have you not included monster stats -- aren't they necessary for a published adventure? I no longer play the older version of D&D, but it would be interesting and useful for discussions to have all the rules in one easier to find place (rather than scattered and buried in the texts - 4 core books plus the later supplementals). There’s been many times in discussions on this board that I have wished there was an electronic version of the AD&D1 rules, so I could access them at work or otherwise away from my books at home. [In case it needs to be said] I’m just curious and asking questions. I’m not dismissing the potential of a need or deriding the purpose of OSRIC. Quasqueton [/QUOTE]

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