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<blockquote data-quote="Shades of Green" data-source="post: 5107011" data-attributes="member: 3297">I'd suggest <a href="http://www.basicfantasy.org/main.html" target="_blank">Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game</a> (BFRPG). The PDF is free, and the print version is cheap. Regarding your preferences:BFRPG is built around &quot;traditional&quot; old-edition D&amp;D concepts, and has standard fantasy classes and races even in its supplements (which are available for free download as PDFs).&nbsp;BFRPG is extremely easy to prep for in my experience; monster stats are simple and straightforward and making high-level NPCs is much less of a hassle than it is in 3E.&nbsp;BFRPG, by default, is designed to play without miniatures (though you can still use them if you want).&nbsp;BFRPG has positive AC and uses D20-style attack rolls and ability checks.&nbsp;BFRPG has similar power levels to old-school D&amp;D; as suggested above, if you want more powerful characters, start the game at a higher level. I've started my last BFRPG game at level 3 and had a blast with it.&nbsp;This is an area where the BFRPG core-book is a bit weak at, but the (free) supplements and the Dragonsfoot Forums community have a lot of varied material, including additional races, classes, spells etc, so this is not much of a problem.&nbsp;BFRPG has very light rules, and, in my experience, once you know the rules, it could be DMed without ever referencing to the books as long as you keep a very few reference sheets in front of you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shades of Green, post: 5107011, member: 3297"] I'd suggest [URL=http://www.basicfantasy.org/main.html]Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game[/URL] (BFRPG). The PDF is free, and the print version is cheap. Regarding your preferences: BFRPG is built around "traditional" old-edition D&D concepts, and has standard fantasy classes and races even in its supplements (which are available for free download as PDFs). BFRPG is extremely easy to prep for in my experience; monster stats are simple and straightforward and making high-level NPCs is much less of a hassle than it is in 3E. BFRPG, by default, is designed to play without miniatures (though you can still use them if you want). BFRPG has positive AC and uses D20-style attack rolls and ability checks. BFRPG has similar power levels to old-school D&D; as suggested above, if you want more powerful characters, start the game at a higher level. I've started my last BFRPG game at level 3 and had a blast with it. This is an area where the BFRPG core-book is a bit weak at, but the (free) supplements and the Dragonsfoot Forums community have a lot of varied material, including additional races, classes, spells etc, so this is not much of a problem. BFRPG has very light rules, and, in my experience, once you know the rules, it could be DMed without ever referencing to the books as long as you keep a very few reference sheets in front of you. [/QUOTE]

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