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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 5132225" data-attributes="member: 467">As far as games go, it extends well beyond various editions of D&amp;D. Basic Role-Playing has its own old school clone, as does MSH (I think).Nor does one have had to been active in the pre-1980 era. i myself was 10 when i was introduced to D&amp;D through the Red Box in 1985, and discovered AD&amp;D 1E and &quot;Old School&quot; play afterward and found that I preferred both the playstyle and the game designs inherent in the &quot;old school&quot;.I'll also note that the OSR does not seem to be limited to RPGs. If you look at video games, they are going through their own OSR right now. Sure, there have always been people that kept their Atari 2600 machines (AD&amp;D books) up and running, but there's now a lot of emulators and remakes (OSRIC).Honestly, i think it is more about easy, open communication between people who share a love for something, AND a dstribution system that does rely on market power: aka, the internet. Now we not only know we aren't alone, preferring the old games to the new ones, but we can talk about them, acquire them and play them, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 5132225, member: 467"] As far as games go, it extends well beyond various editions of D&D. Basic Role-Playing has its own old school clone, as does MSH (I think). Nor does one have had to been active in the pre-1980 era. i myself was 10 when i was introduced to D&D through the Red Box in 1985, and discovered AD&D 1E and "Old School" play afterward and found that I preferred both the playstyle and the game designs inherent in the "old school". I'll also note that the OSR does not seem to be limited to RPGs. If you look at video games, they are going through their own OSR right now. Sure, there have always been people that kept their Atari 2600 machines (AD&D books) up and running, but there's now a lot of emulators and remakes (OSRIC). Honestly, i think it is more about easy, open communication between people who share a love for something, AND a dstribution system that does rely on market power: aka, the internet. Now we not only know we aren't alone, preferring the old games to the new ones, but we can talk about them, acquire them and play them, too. [/QUOTE]

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