Poll: Would you play Original D&D(1974)?(OD&D fanatics only)

[diaglo]

so you OD&D fanatics out there. Would you play in an OD&D(1974) campaign if you could find enough players. (20 being optimal of course).

 

[Veritas]

Wow... I wish I HAD the original 1974 version. I didn't start playing until the blue-book version in 1977. So, I don't have enough info to vote, but I will comment...

I'd play it now, even though I didn't at the time... I think it'd be cool to have the chance to play the original.

 

[balrog62]

Shoot, I've still got all the booklets and sometimes go back to the original stuff for ideas or to just jumpstart my "fun" quotient. But I can't even find anyone who wants to play 1st ed AD&D much less OD&D....

 

[Veritas]

That's really sad, isn't it? That d20 has become so prolific that you can't interest anyone in going back to the origins.

I almost was able to get into a 1st edition game on another forum site, but I think the idea died. That was, hands down, my favourite version of the game. I'm currently collecting the original versions of the AD&D hardcovers (lizard idol PHB and efreet DMG... got the original MM and Deities and Demigods), plus looking for modules and such, all on ebay.

I've seen the OD&D books on there over the past couple of weeks too... it's soooo tempting to pick them up.

 

[Zappo]

I would, just because the earliest D&D I've played is the Italian red box. But I'd only play a one shot.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Sure, but I wouldn't make a regular habit out it. Just about any game can be fun with the right people.

Adios,
Kane

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

Sure I'd play it. Faster than I would play 2e, that's for sure. But honestly, as much as I love Gygax, I feel as if the current stuff is superior. It is better written. It is better tested. It is better recieved. Sure, the early Gygax stuff has charm out the ying-yang but I doubt it holds up as well in campaign style. There is not as much room for flexibility.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Sure. Why not? I'm up for playing any game, and OD&D, while I have only played it a few times, has a simplicity and openness that other RPGs don't have anymore. I'd jump at the chance to play it with others who could appreciate it.

 

[Atom Again]

I'd love to play it. I'd love to play *any* version of D&D, from OD&D all the way to 3.$, and anything in between.

Siiiiiighhh...but finding a group, *there's* the rub.

 

[T. Foster]

I voted #4, but I don't think I'd actually use Swords & Spells and I'd only use selected bits from TSR and supplements 2-4. I might also use some of the stuff from Judges Guild's Ready Ref Sheets.