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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8539925" data-attributes="member: 4348">Ironically, I believe Sword and Wizardry originally WAS NOT based on OD&amp;D despite it claiming that initially.&nbsp; I downloaded it early on and found that it was, in fact, based upon either B/X or BECMI which led me to send a scathing note to them and several comments elsewhere about how it was based upon something OTHER than OD&amp;D.It then changed to what it is NOW....but early on I was rather upset with them due to the above circumstance.&nbsp; Of course, at the time (believe it or not) there were an INCREDIBLY HUGE number of individuals that thought that OD&amp;D was actually like BX or BECMI, and that they were directly the continuation of that line and copied what it was like originally.That has changed over time and over the years, but back then when they were first starting to arrive, PDFs of OD&amp;D were not widely available and those who actually had access or had seen the booklets were rather limited to a smaller group of people.&nbsp; PS:&nbsp; Is it possible instead of tossing up a link to the article, you could just post it here?&nbsp; It seems short enough.&nbsp; Also, posting part 2 here also would be nice.&nbsp; I followed the link, but always appreciate it when people post the text here as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 8539925, member: 4348"] Ironically, I believe Sword and Wizardry originally WAS NOT based on OD&D despite it claiming that initially. I downloaded it early on and found that it was, in fact, based upon either B/X or BECMI which led me to send a scathing note to them and several comments elsewhere about how it was based upon something OTHER than OD&D. It then changed to what it is NOW....but early on I was rather upset with them due to the above circumstance. Of course, at the time (believe it or not) there were an INCREDIBLY HUGE number of individuals that thought that OD&D was actually like BX or BECMI, and that they were directly the continuation of that line and copied what it was like originally. That has changed over time and over the years, but back then when they were first starting to arrive, PDFs of OD&D were not widely available and those who actually had access or had seen the booklets were rather limited to a smaller group of people. PS: Is it possible instead of tossing up a link to the article, you could just post it here? It seems short enough. Also, posting part 2 here also would be nice. I followed the link, but always appreciate it when people post the text here as well. [/QUOTE]

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