To some extent I think the answer lies in timeline rather than in content per se. I've always considered the original booklets, and their supplements as...
I have a new player who requested to use a maul. I found the AD&D version of it, but I'm unsure how to make it 'fit' into the Weapon Mastery skills. Can anyone...
What has normally been called a maul is basically just a club, which goes by many names. What you are describing as a longer weapon sounds more like what often...
James Mishler will be running a RC D&D — Rumble in the Ruins of Old Rymskigra mid-expert level adventure set in the Known World of Mystara at GenCon. Bring...
There was more than one Gen Con event going on at some time in the past? I always assumed it was held at Lake Geneva, or now that Lizards took over, I assumed...
... The last couple years, there was a west coast gencon in late nov / early dec in Los Angeles, but Gen Con LLC cancelled that con. There's still Indy Aug...
Hi all, I just had to borrow that FINALLY! subject line. For those who remember my "Castle Greyhawk" fanfiction story, the novella is FINALLY finished! It...
Anyone see this at RPGNow?: http://www.rpgnow.com/default.php?cPath=_1_5908& New to me that they put Original D&D in its own category. Nice bundle of all the...
The only one I have never seen is Swords and Spells. I guess I will have to buy a copy :( It's really cool to see where it all started! Those old original...
Holy Crap! I completely forgot that I had a wish list at RPG Now! Well, now that I have a bit of spare change, I can order my wish list AND the White Box set...
I have a hard copy (original) copy of Swords & Spells. The rules are very complicated and require miniatures or counters of some kind to play. Heh. I wonder if...
I have Swords and Spells. It's nice to have just to have a complete set, but it is mostly rules for miniatures and likely will be of little practical use in...
Well, it wasn't "unplayable" but it was a lot of made up as you go along. I used the supplements to the white box as a sort of guide to the imagination for...
... along. ... say what? the supplements were the end of the fun. Supplement I Greyhawk (1975) in particular with their plusses greater than 2. :P the boxed...
You mean that you actually (gasp) developed a character through ROLE-PLAYING??? What will they think of next.... ... Doc Papa Monzano <alatar32@...>...
Yeah, I have to agree with Diaglo on this one. I've been working on a Restatement Project for the Original Rules, and things really got broken pretty badly...
What specifically do you think got "broken" by Greyhawk? I'm curious, because my own opinion is that Greyhawk got out a bunch of rules that got trimmed out of...
... Not really the case, based on my conversations with Mike Mornard (who was one of Gary's players back in Lake Geneva), and with Jim Lurvey (editor and...
I received quick attention from RPG Now's customer service department in regards to the links not working & I now have all the pdf's I purchased from RPG Now. ...
I just got my first EVER look at the OD&D booklets last night. It is a magical experience. Although the rules are in a very rough format, the original is...
Wow!! imagine that. somebody should make a game like that ... From: Garry Weinberger <witchhunter325@...> To: ODDguild@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
We had the Thief class on the photocopies of Gary's handwritten notes we started with in '73, before the brown box came out, or at least before it became...
The full alternate combat system may have developed later, however the presentation of the "alternate" combat system was definitely incomplete. Trying to play...
That makes sense, given some of the comments Michael made to me. Rather interesting to see the earlier proto-Thief show up in Gary's notes. (I've just got a...
