| acatcalledelvis | 08 Jan 2017 7:31 a.m. PST |
I've decided to put together an old school AD&D game for my project this year. I haven't played AD&D since the middle 80's, so it could be fun!! Here is my first blog: link
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dampfpanzerwagon  | 08 Jan 2017 11:30 a.m. PST |
I had a couple of Olde School games over Christmas – they were great fun. Tony |
| Gone Fishing | 08 Jan 2017 2:14 p.m. PST |
It's funny you post this. I've had a hankering to revisit AD&D 1st Edition for some time now, and even just bought a Monster Manual from e-bay which should be here next week! Your set-up looks great. The point that it is unlikely for dungeons to have flagstones makes a good deal of sense – I'd never thought about it! Will you be actually role-playing, or will this basically be a skirmish game with minis? (Not that doing both isn't possible.) Most inspiring – please keep us posted on your progress! |
| tkdguy | 08 Jan 2017 7:50 p.m. PST |
I run AD&D once in a while. I've been using Basic or 2nd Edition lately, but I think my next campaign (if I ever get a regular group again) will be 1st Edition. Nice blog! I agree that adding sides to the dungeon isn't worth it. There are dungeon tiles and old-school battlemats available. But your terrain looks great! |
| acatcalledelvis | 09 Jan 2017 2:58 a.m. PST |
I would like to role -play it, laying the dungeon out as the party explore. I expect this to be a campaign so the party will return several times to the dungeon – so it will naturally also become a bit of a skirmish game at times. I have some tile sets – but I thought it would be a good project to make my own Thanks for your comments |
| Xintao | 09 Jan 2017 5:20 a.m. PST |
Very cool. 1st edition D&D, in 1977 is what started me on a lifetime of gaming. |
| davbenbak | 09 Jan 2017 8:19 a.m. PST |
As an old school D&D 1st ed. player from the late seventies, I will say the latest version is pretty good. Played it at a convention with my kids, then picked up the Starter set for more adventures. An excellent opportunity to break out the old minis |
| Chgowiz | 09 Jan 2017 10:04 a.m. PST |
I've been playing a 1st edition AD&D campaign since 2009 – both tabletop and online. I've since expanded it to be "Hyborian" in scope, with wargames and different play all over the campaign map, but at its heart, there's still AD&D. |
 20thmaine  | 09 Jan 2017 3:13 p.m. PST |
Looks good. Curious though – if you have AD&D, why are you moving to 2nd Edition ? |
| tkdguy | 09 Jan 2017 10:49 p.m. PST |
1st and 2nd Editions are mostly compatible. It's possible to use elements of both editions for your campaign. My preference between the two fluctuates constantly. |
| farnox | 10 Jan 2017 1:18 p.m. PST |
I have been doing the same thing. 1st and 2nd are compatible as tdkguy states, I do thing that 2nd edition cleaned up a lot of the clunky mechanics in how to do combat. Back in the late 70's and early 80's when I did 1st edition, it seemed that any group that I played with handled combat in a different way. |
