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[ ]General Board - 2 Viewing (3 sub-boards)
You can talk about anything here
Moderator: Finarvyn
1,06012,304Today at 5:27pm
by busman
in Monty Python Reunion
[ ]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.
28477on Jan 21, 2012, 3:24am
by albert
in Ye Olde School Blogs
Dungeons & Dragons (1971-1978)
[ ]Chainmail (1971)
Discussion of the historical and fantasy miniatures rules system Chainmail by Guidion Games and later TSR, particularly the pre-OD&D "Fantasy Supplement".
1441,810on Jan 18, 2012, 2:52pm
by thegreyelf
in Running first Chainmai...
[ ]Men & Magic (1974)
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.
4516,312Today at 6:48pm
by Aplus
in LBB Thief
[ ]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.

1111,271Today at 1:39pm
by makofan
in Number Appearing?
[ ]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.
1812,175Today at 6:13pm
by cooper
in Length of a Combat Round
[ ]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.
97685on Dec 28, 2011, 5:56pm
by Aplus
in Is Tegel Manor 1977 JG...
[ ]Holmes Basic D&D (1978)
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.
1602,051Today at 6:59pm
by thorswulf
in Why I love Holmes
[ ]OD&D Study
This would be a place for academic study and discussion of the OD&D LBB from 1974.
25283on Jan 12, 2012, 11:21am
by Kris Kobold
in 2/16/2010 Study: Men &...
Gaming with Dave and Gary and Rob
[ ]Dave Arneson's Blackmoor
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.
1792,028on Jan 14, 2012, 7:25pm
by havard
in Arnesonian Monsters
[ ]Dragons At Dawn
Here is the officall forum of Dan Boggs' "Dragons at Dawn" rules set -- a recreation of the Original Arnesonian rules system.
68487on Jan 25, 2012, 11:19pm
by aldarron
in Adventures?
[ ]Gaming in Lake Geneva
Here we can discuss the various works of Gary Gygax, Rob Kuntz, the original Greyhawk campaign, and Rob's current projects.
61824on Jan 14, 2012, 6:09pm
by koralas
in Map of the Original Gr...
Community
[ ]Fight On!
Here we can discuss options and ideas for the official fanzine of these boards -- Fight On!
Moderator: calithena
4745,996Today at 9:02am
by jensen
in Random's Tricks 'n Tra...
[ ]Carcosa (3 sub-boards)
Since 2008, this is the offical board for discussion of the OD&D style supplement for Geoffry McKinney's Carcosa campaign.
1222,358Yesterday at 10:39pm
by jimlotfp
in Carcosa is Out Now!
[ ]Delving Deeper RPG (3 sub-boards)
The official boards for the Delving Deeper RPG, by Brave Halfling Publishing.
68772Yesterday at 10:28pm
by John Adams
in Final Form of Delving ...
[ ]Swords & Wizardry (1 sub-board)
Here we can discuss Mythmere's S&W Core, Finarvyn's S&W WB, and KNOCKSPELL, the official magazine of S&W.
1951,759Today at 6:46pm
by philpot
in Death rules on campaign
[ ]Spellcraft & Swordplay
Elf Lair Games has produced an Old School retro clone OD&D style game called "Spellcraft & Swordplay". Discuss it here!
51347on Jan 3, 2012, 8:24pm
by Finarvyn
in Elf Lair News
[ ]Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
Here we can discuss Ghul's AS&SH, an old school RPG just being launched. I thought it would be nice to group all of the AS&SH threads together. This may be a board or sub-board, based on interest and participation in these threads!
13203on Jan 24, 2012, 2:03pm
by mythos
in [AS&SH] Volume I: Swor...
[ ]OSR Community Starter
The OSR Community Starter is a proposed free, "Holmes-ish" levels 1-3 tool we could make for the OSR to use to introduce folks to old-school rules gaming. Here can brainstorm and work on the details.
21229on Dec 3, 2011, 6:10am
by erroneousgrog
in Gungeon 2d6 OGL SRD ba...
[ ]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!
2432,987Yesterday at 12:12am
by Morandir
in My Super Big Wildernes...
Other TSR Classics
[ ]Warriors of Mars (1974)
Discussion of Warriors of Mars (briefly published by TSR), and how Mars can be used in an OD&D campaign.
52595on Jan 20, 2012, 1:24am
by DungeonDevil
in John Carter!
[ ]Empire of the Petal Throne (1975) (3 sub-boards)
Here we can discuss OEPT, the original TSR 1975 version of M.A.R. Barker's classic Empire of the Petal Throne RPG.
1893,145on Jan 19, 2012, 11:25am
by aldarron
in Humanspace Empires and...
[ ]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.
27223on Jan 18, 2012, 3:02pm
by boonsghost
in Boot Hill 3rd Edition
[ ]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).
67584Yesterday at 10:34pm
by Craig J. Brain
in MA -- a call for action!
[ ]Gangbusters (1982) (1 sub-board)
Other than Rick Krebs' gangbusters blog, this is the only place to discuss the Gangbusters RPG. Rick occasionally posts here.
31268Yesterday at 11:53am
by maxwriter
in Return to Gangbusters
[ ]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!
31317on Jan 3, 2012, 3:30pm
by maxwriter
in Role Playing Journals
Other
[ ]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!
1441,810Today at 3:44pm
by Azafuse
in D&D 5E
[ ]Fiction
Here we can discuss the books and movies that have inspired OD&D and other old school role playing.
77896on Jan 18, 2012, 9:31pm
by foxroe
in [Fiction] Elric
[ ]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.
47469on Jan 22, 2012, 1:47pm
by thegreyelf
in New Age of Conan blog
[ ]Tolkien and Middle-earth
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.
32502on Jan 23, 2012, 4:59pm
by Falconer
in Middle-earth On Crack
[ ]Around the Campfire (2 sub-boards)
Sitting around the campfire and telling stories of the campaign you GM or sessions you have played.
92683Yesterday at 3:38pm
by SMKSensei
in Loving my OD&D Campaign!
[ ]"Third Party" and Non-TSR Classics - 1 Viewing (2 sub-boards)
Here we can discuss non-TSR classic games, as well as other "third party" OD&D products.
1411,418Yesterday at 3:32pm
by mgtremaine
in Stonehell Dungeon -- w...
Science Fiction
[ ]General SciFi - 1 Viewing (2 sub-boards)
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.
67740Yesterday at 9:07pm
by rleduc
in Only 2 movies are phen...
[ ]Star Wars Original (1976)
Here we can discuss STAR WARS, with a focus on the way it was originally conceived in 1976.
28289on Jan 10, 2012, 9:15pm
by vlark
in The scope of "Original...
[ ]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)
36346on Aug 21, 2011, 12:36pm
by Finarvyn
in Traveller t-shirts
[ ]X-Plorers (2009)
Here we can discuss David Bezio's X-Plorers, the "OD&D in space" style game by Brave Halfing Publishing.
1148on Jan 24, 2012, 7:45pm
by thorswulf
in X-Plorers. any thoughts?
Online Games
[ ]Makofan's Online OD&D
A brown-book OD&D game, as run by Makofan.
Moderator: makofan
777,180Today at 1:55pm
by ffilz
in Adventure #15 - The Fl...
[ ]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
477,222Today at 1:40pm
by eris
in (036) The Remains of t...
[ ]Max's Gangbusters PBP
Max wanted to run a PBP game for Rick Krebbs' Gangbusters RPG. Here's where it all happens!
9239on Jan 21, 2012, 7:47pm
by coffee
in P.A. Scenario 2: "Booz...
[ ]Mushgnome's Chainmail Carcosa
Mushgnome wanted to run a PBP CARCOSA game with CHAINMAIL style rules. Here be the place to play it!
211,543Today at 5:55pm
by mushgnome
in Out of Character and R...
[ ]Waysoftheearth's Moria PBP
Play OD&D in Middle Earth's ultimate megadungeon.
Moderator: waysoftheearth
171,266on Jan 24, 2012, 3:37am
by waysoftheearth
in Out Of Character
[ ]City State of the Emerald Eye PBP
Tombowings wants to run another PBP game, inspired by Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories and Bledsaw's City State of the Invincible Overlord.
181,115on Dec 8, 2011, 2:57pm
by Morandir
in 006 - Yooralla's Chall...
[ ]Badger's OEPT Game, The Sequel
Another Original (TSR) Empire of the Petal Throne game, as run by Badger.
8132on Dec 13, 2011, 7:44am
by greentongue
in OOC Thread
[ ]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
4189Today at 9:26am
by rleduc
in The burning of Sekton ...
[ ]Inactive Online Games (11 sub-boards)
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...
1315,879on Aug 6, 2011, 12:17pm
by Koren n'Rhys
in Act 3 - OOC


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