Technomancer said:Also, Elmore's fantastic art in Mentzer is much better than the stuff in Moldvay, which looks like the scribblings of a 4 year old by comparison.
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S'mon said:I agree with that - I haven't read Blackmoor, but B/X plus original-booklet M&T and U&WA as supplements is fantastic, I've done this a bit myself for my B/X pbem. I also occasionally use 1e MM monsters, or bits of monsters - eg my Ice Wolves are B/X dire wolves + a version of 1e MM Winter Wolves breath weapon.
Yeah. If you're doing more than a one-shot, steal from everything.
Remathilis said:Can I throw a vote toward the Rules Cyclopedia? All the goodness of BECMI (minus I) in a easy to read, well edited package.
Heh! I know at least one person who would take issue with "well edited".
Philotomy Jurament said:I ran the first session of a B4 (The Lost City) adventure for my two oldest children tonight using Holmes.
That sounds like a lot of fun, Phil!