Website for First Edition?

[DarkJester]

Anyone know of a good website for 1 edition D&D? My old DM,a nd his son my best friend, moved back to town yesterday (Yay for me). We all got together last night and my friend (Cameron) wants to get a group back together at first edition. I have no problem with this, I have the rule books and have played before, and Camerons dad is a fantastic DM.

What I'm wondering is there any decent site around for 1 Edition? I'm not wonderfully aquainted with everything.They don't have a phone yet so asking questions to them is limited for the time being.
I doubt there is another site with forums as active as this dedicated to rpgs.
Can I just ask questions here and expect to get answers?

 

[Melan]

Dragonsfoot is a good place to start. Just beware the trolls!

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Check out www.dragonsfoot.org org

It's geared towards earlier editions of D&D. I like the site, but the 3e forum is kind of pointless - it's basically just a whipping-post for all the 3e/d20-haters to tell everyone for the umpteenth time how 3e sucks.

EDIT: Whoops - somebody beat me to it. Yeah, watch out for the trolls, especially if you like 3e.

 

[JeffB]

Yeah... Dfoot can be rough on the 3E players, but honestly, t's no different than the BS posted in the WOTC OOP forums for a long time by the "threetards" (as some folks like to say over at DF about the overzealous 3E/D20 players). Not that two wrongs make a right, but I don't see any problem in having a place where the folks who truly dislike X can go someplace and whine about it if they want to..without a bunch of people trying to get them to "see the light" or "convert" them...

I see alot of B&M sessions here about how "bad" some rules systems are...why can't the grognards at DF do that too without being labeled a Troll?

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Yeah... Dfoot can be rough on the 3E players, but honestly, t's no different than the BS posted in the WOTC OOP forums for a long time by the "threetards" (as some folks like to say over at DF about the overzealous 3E/D20 players). Not that two wrongs make a right, but I don't see any problem in having a place where the folks who truly dislike X can go someplace and whine about it if they want to..without a bunch of people trying to get them to "see the light" or "convert" them...

I see alot of B&M sessions here about how "bad" some rules systems are...why can't the grognards at DF do that too without being labeled a Troll?

I see what you mean, but...Dragonsfoot put up a 3e forum. If it's just to bash 3e, that's fine. But I assume it was put there for actual discussion. Trying to get a converation going about 3e on the 3e forum there almost always gets bogged down in a flurry of posts by 3e bashers. That's what I mean by trolls. It's not an occasional thing there, as it is here - it's almost constant. In effect, the 3e bashers are trying to proselytize also.

 

[JeffB]

Agreed Col...I'm not sure why It (the 3E forum) went up unless it was the only way to keep MerricB from pestering them constantly (jes kiddin merric!)

Personally, I love all the versions of D&D and it's just nice to have a place to go to like DF and talk about 1E or the brown books, etc., without getting the "3E is so much better" sermon...

But I also understand the difficulty in trying to have a meaningful discussion about 3E there...

some folks are just plain ignorant....no matter where ya go...