Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
What changed between editions
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="WheresMyD20" data-source="post: 6939116" data-attributes="member: 60772"><p>Funny that you mention Campbell, CA in the 80s... I played in several different AD&D groups in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 80s and my experience was the same: none of them ever used minis, just "TotM" for combat.</p><p></p><p>I don't think it was just a Northern California thing, either. People who played in the original Greyhawk and Blackmoor campaigns back in the 70s have said that neither Gary Gygax nor Dave Arneson used wargame-style minis rules for combat. "TotM" was the default in their campaigns.</p><p></p><p>One thing that's important to remember is that just because rules for minis combat were included in the 1e DMG doesn't mean that you were required to use them to play a proper game of AD&D. The 1e DMG is a bag of tools that a DM can use as he or she sees fit. Just because a tool is included in the bag doesn't mean that you need to use it. I don't think it's an accident that the book was given the title "DM <strong>Guide</strong>" instead of "DM <strong>Rulebook</strong>".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WheresMyD20, post: 6939116, member: 60772"] Funny that you mention Campbell, CA in the 80s... I played in several different AD&D groups in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 80s and my experience was the same: none of them ever used minis, just "TotM" for combat. I don't think it was just a Northern California thing, either. People who played in the original Greyhawk and Blackmoor campaigns back in the 70s have said that neither Gary Gygax nor Dave Arneson used wargame-style minis rules for combat. "TotM" was the default in their campaigns. One thing that's important to remember is that just because rules for minis combat were included in the 1e DMG doesn't mean that you were required to use them to play a proper game of AD&D. The 1e DMG is a bag of tools that a DM can use as he or she sees fit. Just because a tool is included in the bag doesn't mean that you need to use it. I don't think it's an accident that the book was given the title "DM [B]Guide[/B]" instead of "DM [B]Rulebook[/B]". [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
What changed between editions
Top