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<blockquote data-quote="tankschmidt" data-source="post: 3896776" data-attributes="member: 35915">I found myself in your exact situation a couple months ago.&nbsp; I was sure that I wanted to run a back-to-the-basics D&amp;D campaign, but I wasn't sure what system to run it with.&nbsp; So I read through the original 3LB, Moldvay B/X, and RCD&amp;D.&nbsp; In the end I chose the RC because I wanted to try to keep houserules to a minimum, and you really can't do that with OD&amp;D.&nbsp; There's just so much that you have to come up with on your own.&nbsp; And that's not a bad thing at all!&nbsp; It's just not what I want right now.&nbsp; Let me try to answer your questions:1.&nbsp; As to which one is better for a campaign, there is no answer.&nbsp; Either is perfectly suited to playing a full out campaign with dungeon and wilderness adventures.2.&nbsp; The stat blocks in either version are approximately the same, and either can easily fit on a playing card.&nbsp; This gets a little more complicated in RCD&amp;D if you use the optional weapon mastery and general skills rules.&nbsp; Any monsters who take advantage of those rules will require a little more work and space.3.&nbsp; It's easier to ask how much IS d20 roll high.&nbsp; In either game, you pretty much have attack rolls and saving throws.&nbsp; Most of the other rolling in OD&amp;D is with the d6.&nbsp; A lot of d6 rolling is also used in RCD&amp;D, but attribute checks are made with d20 rolling low.&nbsp; Thief skills, of course, are percentages (if you even use Supplement I).4.&nbsp; I don't have much experience with this, but it was definitely more accepted in those days to bring along characters of different levels.&nbsp; Somewhere in the RC it says something about keeping the PC's within four or five levels of one another.5.&nbsp; The sweet spot for either game is really levels 4 - 10.&nbsp; I think that's probably true for every D&amp;D game ever invented.6.&nbsp; Again, not much experience with this sort of thing.And by the way, it's called the Rules Cyclopedia!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tankschmidt, post: 3896776, member: 35915"] I found myself in your exact situation a couple months ago. I was sure that I wanted to run a back-to-the-basics D&D campaign, but I wasn't sure what system to run it with. So I read through the original 3LB, Moldvay B/X, and RCD&D. In the end I chose the RC because I wanted to try to keep houserules to a minimum, and you really can't do that with OD&D. There's just so much that you have to come up with on your own. And that's not a bad thing at all! It's just not what I want right now. Let me try to answer your questions: 1. As to which one is better for a campaign, there is no answer. Either is perfectly suited to playing a full out campaign with dungeon and wilderness adventures. 2. The stat blocks in either version are approximately the same, and either can easily fit on a playing card. This gets a little more complicated in RCD&D if you use the optional weapon mastery and general skills rules. Any monsters who take advantage of those rules will require a little more work and space. 3. It's easier to ask how much IS d20 roll high. In either game, you pretty much have attack rolls and saving throws. Most of the other rolling in OD&D is with the d6. A lot of d6 rolling is also used in RCD&D, but attribute checks are made with d20 rolling low. Thief skills, of course, are percentages (if you even use Supplement I). 4. I don't have much experience with this, but it was definitely more accepted in those days to bring along characters of different levels. Somewhere in the RC it says something about keeping the PC's within four or five levels of one another. 5. The sweet spot for either game is really levels 4 - 10. I think that's probably true for every D&D game ever invented. 6. Again, not much experience with this sort of thing. And by the way, it's called the Rules Cyclopedia!! [/QUOTE]

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