Welcome to "Original D&D Discussion".
A place to discuss the original edition of the game from its 1974 roots.
:-) A special welcome to Robert Kuntz, who is now a member of these boards! :-)
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Please remember some of the greats of the gaming world who are no longer with us
Gary Gygax (OD&D) July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008
Bob Bledsaw (Judges Guild) May 18, 1942 - April 19, 2008
Erick Wujcik (Amber Diceless) January 26, 1951 - June 7, 2008
Dave Arneson (OD&D, Blackmoor) October 1, 1947 - April 7, 2009
M.A.R. Barker (Tekumel / Empire of the Petal Throne) November 3, 1929 - March 16, 2012
Gentlemen, you are deeply missed already.
Fight On!
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General

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No New Posts General Board - 5 Viewing

You can talk about anything here

Moderator: Finarvyn

Sub-board: Announcements

1,252 15,693 Niflheim play-by-post recruiting
by sirravd
Jun 18, 2013 21:01:46 GMT -6
No New Posts Links & Resources

Here we can place good stuff that is not at all shady in nature, but will help others discover the wonders of OD&D.

Sub-boards: Save or Die podcast, Classified

236 1,265 Save or Die Podcast #73: "North Texas RPG Con 2013 Wrapup"
by sieg
Jun 17, 2013 13:56:05 GMT -6

Dungeons & Dragons (1971-1978)

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No New Posts Chainmail (1971) - 1 Viewing

Discussion of the historical and fantasy miniatures rules system Chainmail by Guidion Games and later TSR, particularly the pre-OD&D "Fantasy Supplement".

165 1,948 Example of Play?
by capheind
Jun 18, 2013 19:23:58 GMT -6
No New Posts Men & Magic (1974) - 4 Viewing

All things related to characters and combat in OD&D. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.

571 8,033 Do you use variable weapon damage?
by Cameron DuBeers
Jun 18, 2013 20:45:04 GMT -6
No New Posts Monsters & Treasure (1974)

All things related to monsters fought and treasures found in OD&D. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.

136 1,712 Subduing Dragons Example
by Cameron DuBeers
May 30, 2013 16:38:31 GMT -6
No New Posts The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures (1974) - 1 Viewing

Discussion of the rules that guide the OD&D campaign. This can be boxed set or also include the brown book supplements, Strategic Review, or early issues of the Dragon.

214 2,828 Alternates boardgame maps for hexcrawling
by Finarvyn
Jun 11, 2013 19:56:20 GMT -6
No New Posts Judges Guild and the Wilderlands (est. 1976)

Bob Bledsaw's Judges Guild produced many TSR-sanctioned modules, including the City-State of the Invincible Overlord (in 1976). Here we can discuss any Judges Guild products, along with the various incarnations of the Wilderlands fantasy setting, including Robert Conley's "Majestic Wilderlands" camapign.

120 940 D20 Citadel of Fire
by robertsconley
Jun 13, 2013 7:52:45 GMT -6
No New Posts Holmes Basic D&D (1978) - 3 Viewing

The Holmes "Basic" set was a rules re-organization inspired by OD&D and marks the end of an era, one step before AD&D. While Holmes isn't quite OD&D, it's close.

Sub-board: OSR Community Starter

243 2,950 Holmesian Random Name Generation
by thorswulf
Jun 18, 2013 13:59:20 GMT -6
No New Posts OD&D Study

This would be a place for academic study and discussion of the OD&D LBB from 1974.

45 548 M&M Monster Combat Tables study
by hedgehobbit
Jun 14, 2013 16:33:44 GMT -6

Gaming with Dave and Gary and Rob

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No New Posts Dave Arneson's Blackmoor - 1 Viewing

Here we can discuss Dave Arneson's original Blackmoor (which began in 1970-71) and the "First Fantasy Campaign", which was published by Judges Guild in 1977, as well as "Adventures in Fantasy" and other contributions that Dave has made to the gaming industry.

191 2,207 The Fane of St. Toad – Dedicated to Dave
by bestialwarlust
Jun 12, 2013 5:44:15 GMT -6
No New Posts Dragons At Dawn - 1 Viewing

Here is the officall forum of Dan Boggs' "Dragons at Dawn" recreation of the Original Arnesonian rules system. In addition discuss Dan's "Champions of Zed" as well as his analysis of the "Beyond this Point be Dragons" manuscript.

78 693 A D@D/BX Hybrid game
by hedgehobbit
May 29, 2013 20:42:18 GMT -6
No New Posts Gary Gygax' Greyhawk

Here we can discuss the various works of Gary Gygax, including his original Greyhawk campaign.

55 765 Castle Greyhawk Webcomic
by scottenkainen
Jun 13, 2013 23:31:59 GMT -6
No New Posts Gaming with Rob Kuntz

Here we can discuss the projects and contributions of Rob Kuntz, both the new and those of yore...

47 579 The First Living Campaign
by blackbarn
Jun 17, 2013 22:58:47 GMT -6

Community

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No New Posts Fight On!

Here we can discuss options and ideas for the official fanzine of these boards -- Fight On!

Moderator: calithena

513 6,437 Free RPG Day - FO! PDFs
by makofan
Jun 17, 2013 21:29:44 GMT -6
No New Posts Carcosa

Since 2008, this is the offical board for discussion of the OD&D style supplement for Geoffry McKinney's Carcosa campaign.

Sub-boards: Dubeers' Online OD&D Carcosa, Tombowing's Carcosa Game, Bert's Online OD&D Carcosa, Mushgnome's Chainmail Carcosa

215 6,331 CARCOSA Device/Item/Cool Stuff Workshop
by eaterofkittens
Jun 13, 2013 14:10:43 GMT -6
No New Posts Delving Deeper RPG - 2 Viewing

This is the official board for discussion of the Delving Deeper RPG, by BHP and Immersive Ink.

Moderator: waysoftheearth

Sub-boards: Waysoftheearth's Delving Deeper Demo Game, BHP DD Products

146 2,458 Post Press Corrections and Errata
by scottenkainen
Jun 13, 2013 7:03:52 GMT -6
No New Posts Brave Halfling General

Here we can discuss general products made by BHP. Note that Delving Deeper, Epées & Sorcellerie, and X-Plorers have their own space.

Moderator: John Adams

Sub-boards: Brave Halfling's WB, Epées & Sorcellerie RPG

64 710 Have anyone gotten a boxed set yet?
by machpants
Jun 18, 2013 19:11:40 GMT -6
No New Posts Beyond Belief Games

Here we can discuss SimonW's game line, featuring Barbarians of Lemuria, Woodland Warriors, and several S&W:WB-compatible games.

19 392 [TRIUMPHANT!] Super Heroic RPG
by simonw
Jun 1, 2013 4:08:34 GMT -6
No New Posts Elf Lair Games

Subtitle "The Creative Mind of Jason Vey." Here we can discuss Elf Lair Games' old school OD&D-style game "Spellcraft & Swordplay." Also, chime in on "Amazing Adventures" (pulp-era C&C through TLG), and even Jason's novels.

60 416 S&S spear question
by jakdethe
Mar 14, 2013 15:01:17 GMT -6
No New Posts Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea

This is the official board for discussion of the AS&SH RPG, by North Wind Adventures.

Moderator: Ghul

133 2,072 Comprehensive Height and Weight for AS&SH Characters
by blackadder23
Jun 13, 2013 10:48:55 GMT -6
No New Posts OD&D Workshop

A Workshop forum where we can create new OD&D stuff to share, whether it be a magic item or whatever. Feel free to put your projects and creations here for all to see and give input!

294 3,448 My new campaign setting
by sirravd
Jun 13, 2013 11:02:54 GMT -6

Other TSR Classics

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No New Posts Warriors of Mars (1974)

Discussion of Warriors of Mars (briefly published by TSR), and how Mars can be used in an OD&D campaign.

77 875 Opinions Wanted: Barsoom Comics by Dynamite
by scottenkainen
May 14, 2013 8:22:45 GMT -6
No New Posts Empire of the Petal Throne (1975) - 1 Viewing

Here we can discuss OEPT, the original TSR 1975 version of M.A.R. Barker's classic Empire of the Petal Throne RPG.

Sub-boards: Greentongue's Online OEPT, Edsan's Online OEPT, Badger's Online OEPT, Badger's OEPT Game, The Sequel, Humanspace Empires PBP Game

217 2,880 Lorun Miniatures (NSFW)
by greentongue
Jun 18, 2013 6:11:51 GMT -6
No New Posts Boot Hill (1975)

Here we can discuss the 1975 Boot Hill RPG by Gygax and Blume, as well as discussion on blending the Wild West with OD&D.

41 403 Boot Hill shootout
by TheLeadershipGeek (SMKSensei)
Jun 13, 2013 12:29:25 GMT -6
No New Posts Metamorphosis Alpha (1976)

Discussion for the original edition of METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA (James Ward; 1976) as well as the original GAMMA WORLD (James Ward; 1978). This is also a great place to discuss the new MUTANT FUTURE retro-RPG (Dan Proctor; 2008).

78 666 900 Words - By James M. Ward
by Craig J. Brain
Jun 16, 2013 13:53:38 GMT -6
No New Posts Gangbusters (1982, 2012?)

Since 2009, the official board for Rick Krebs' Gangbusters RPG. Here we can discuss the original game and the potential revival that Rick has announced. Rick occasionally posts here.

Sub-boards: Malchya's GangBusters PBP Game, Max's Gangbusters PBP

56 614 The Red Menace
by jeff
Jun 12, 2013 12:41:42 GMT -6
No New Posts Other TSR Games

Here we can discuss any TSR products that don't have a forum of their own, such as the Indiana Jones RPG, Lankhmar Board Game, Don't Give Up the Ship, Classic Warfare, Tractics, and more!

36 382 Role Playing Journals
by greentongue
Jun 6, 2013 6:23:47 GMT -6

Other

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No New Posts Other Editions and Simulacrum Games

Here we can discuss AD&D or 4E or other non-OD&D editions of the game or some of the D&D-like games like C&C or LL that don't have their own sections. No flaming, please!

Sub-boards: Blueholme, 3E / 4E / 5E, Swords & Wizardry

426 4,630 anyone still playing WB?
by kesher
Jun 18, 2013 12:33:40 GMT -6
No New Posts Fiction - 1 Viewing

Here we can discuss the books and movies that have inspired OD&D and other old school role playing.

93 1,005 Rhialto Is Dead! Long Live Rhialto!
by machpants
May 29, 2013 20:23:16 GMT -6
No New Posts Howard and Hyboria

Here we can discuss Robert E. Howard and his creations, applying OD&D to Hyboria, or even the old TSR Conan RPG.

52 527 Happy Birthday Bob Howard
by mythos
Jan 31, 2013 20:35:28 GMT -6
No New Posts Leiber and Lankhmar

Here we can discuss all things of the world of Nehwon, City of Lankhmar, and Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser. Topics can range from the literature to the various RPGs that are out there to the old TSR boardgame.

Sub-board: Scrolls of Lankhmar

29 190 od&d in Nehwon?
by dizzysaxophone
Jun 5, 2013 0:25:57 GMT -6
No New Posts Tolkien and Middle-earth - 2 Viewing

Here we can discuss various ideas for OD&D applied to Middle-earth and/or the books and movies that pertain to JRR Tolkien's world.

Sub-board: Waysoftheearth's Moria PBP

66 2,063 Help Shape My Middle Earth Campign
by porphyre77
Jun 14, 2013 9:38:13 GMT -6
No New Posts Around the Campfire - 1 Viewing

Sitting around the campfire and telling stories of the campaign you GM or sessions you have played.

Sub-boards: In Search of the Unknown Campaign, Adventures in Outland (OD&D+Chainmail)

103 728 Played LBB OD&D for the 1st time last night
by dizzysaxophone
Jun 8, 2013 17:27:59 GMT -6
No New Posts "Third Party" and Non-TSR Classics - 1 Viewing

Here we can discuss non-TSR classic games, as well as other "third party" OD&D products.

Sub-boards: Arduin, Runequest (1978)

167 1,657 Warlock variant D&D system
by spacemonkeydm
Jun 15, 2013 21:30:22 GMT -6

Science Fiction

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No New Posts General SciFi

Here we can discuss any sorts of Science Fiction gaming and fiction, mostly stuff that has the same kind of philosophy that attracts us to OD&D.

Sub-boards: EdOWar's Terminal Space Game, Terminal Space, X-Plorers (2009)

101 1,004 Stars Without Number - PbP game, anyone?
by sulldawga
Jun 18, 2013 8:40:44 GMT -6
No New Posts Star Wars Original (1977)

Here we can discuss STAR WARS, with a focus on the way it was originally conceived in 1977.

46 435 George Lucas’ Original “The Star Wars” Screenplay
by Cameron DuBeers
May 30, 2013 8:30:50 GMT -6
No New Posts Traveller (1977)

Here be space to discuss the original 1977 "Little Black Book" Traveller RPG and the whimsical fantasy game that does not exist (WANDERER)

44 414 Traveller 5
by battlebrotherbob
May 5, 2013 8:06:32 GMT -6

Online Games

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No New Posts Frank's Wilderlands/CSIO OD&D - 1 Viewing

Frank intends to send a party of OD&D adventurers into the Wilderlands, the world first created by Judges Guild in the 1970's and the home of the infamous City-State of the Invincible Overlord.

Moderator: ffilz

6 115 City Interlude 1 - Arrival at CSIO
by makofan
Jun 18, 2013 21:26:17 GMT -6
No New Posts Mushgnome's Deep Arkham

A Lovecraft-inspired classic dungeon crawl using Delving Deeper rules.

Moderator: mushgnome

8 715 Episode 04: The Bear and the Goblin Fair
by sirravd
Jun 18, 2013 20:30:57 GMT -6
No New Posts Makofan's Online OD&D - 2 Viewing

A brown-book OD&D game, as run by Makofan.

Moderator: makofan

90 9,183 Adventure 17a - in town
by eris
Jun 18, 2013 11:54:04 GMT -6
No New Posts Waysoftheearth's "The Deep in the Hinterlands" OD&D - 1 Viewing

Home of Waysoftheearth's "The Deep in the Hinterlands" OD&D online game; a tribute to E. G. Gygax's 1980 classic B2 Adventure Module.

Moderator: waysoftheearth

65 11,320 (047) The Lonely Abbey
by mushgnome
Jun 18, 2013 18:17:01 GMT -6
No New Posts Capheind's Metamorphosis Alpha PBP

Capheind is running a 1E PBP game of Metamorphosis Alpha and this is where it all happens. Actually, it probably happens on the Warden...

Moderator: capheind

5 361 Chapter 2: Hunt for the man of many parts!
by Baron
May 27, 2013 13:21:00 GMT -6
No New Posts H&H: Classic Adventures

The year is 1941 and the world is a dangerous place. Mobsters seem to lurk in hideouts everywhere. Luckily, there are fighters, magic-users, superheroes, and speedsters aplenty willing to take up this challenge and beard these lairs! This campaign uses the Hideouts & Hoodlums rules, built on the Swords & Wizardry rule system.

11 733 Ch. 3: The Lost Caverns of Hui Huang
by kipper
Jun 18, 2013 8:11:56 GMT -6
No New Posts Dogma PBEM

Here is the spot for the Dogma campaign, based on a simplified version of the rules we all love.

9 927 Recruiting for DOGMA! PBEM
by mordrene
Jun 10, 2013 11:24:32 GMT -6
No New Posts Inactive Online Games - 7 Viewing

Here I will be stashing inactive online games so that folks can still read them. If a game goes active again, let me know and I'll revive its forum standings...

Sub-boards: Calithena's Online OD&D, Scogle's Online OD&D, Chronoplasm's Online OD&D, Snorri's "Castle Snogard" CAOS Online OD&D, Tombowing's OD&D Campaign: Castle Lyra, Burke's "Searchers of the Unknown" Campaign, Jamesm's Dwimmermount Campaign, Crusssdaddy's LabyLord Humanoid Game, (PBP Game coming soon....), Verhaden's PBP OD&D Game, Chicagowiz's Modern OD&D Game, City State of the Emerald Eye PBP

148 6,987 [CHARACTERS] PC Roster
by tavis
May 20, 2013 17:42:02 GMT -6

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