JeffB
Legend
As much as I like 4E, no question my vote goes to "OD&D", and by this I mean one of the following:
1) Swords & Wizardry-because the LBBS are hard to find and expensive, and S&W is laid out far better. However I use it with the PDFs of the LBBS for the extra bits I want
2) Moldvay/Cook/Marsh Basic Expert Sets circa 1981 (Erol Otus covers)
3) Labyrinth Lord (which is the retro-clone of #2)
I think the only isue with these is the race/class combos, of course you can work out some kind of balancing if you open that up.
You might look at C&C as it is basically a stripped down 3E ruleset with some old school mentality. I'm not a huge fan of the Siege Engine mechanic (prime/non prime) for the PCS, but it works OK, and is super simple for monsters, which is a boon.
1) Swords & Wizardry-because the LBBS are hard to find and expensive, and S&W is laid out far better. However I use it with the PDFs of the LBBS for the extra bits I want
2) Moldvay/Cook/Marsh Basic Expert Sets circa 1981 (Erol Otus covers)
3) Labyrinth Lord (which is the retro-clone of #2)
I think the only isue with these is the race/class combos, of course you can work out some kind of balancing if you open that up.
You might look at C&C as it is basically a stripped down 3E ruleset with some old school mentality. I'm not a huge fan of the Siege Engine mechanic (prime/non prime) for the PCS, but it works OK, and is super simple for monsters, which is a boon.