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Post by blackadder23 on May 2, 2013 15:30:37 GMT -6
Apart from the obvious answer given by most folk of taste and refinement (Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea), what is your other favorite version of the "traditional role-playing game"?
For me it's a very close contest between B/X and 1st Edition AD&D. I actually started with B/X, but all my multiyear campaigns were played with AD&D. B/X is a lot cleaner and more clearly written, but 1st Edition has the marvelous Gygaxian prose. Who needs clarity when you have Latin abbreviations and words like "perforce"? ;D In the end I have to give a slight edge to 1st Edition.
What's your other favorite version of the "traditional RPG"?
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Post by machpants on May 2, 2013 15:51:44 GMT -6
Sorry is this poll for your 2nd favourite? Your non-retro-clone/OSR favourite? Or just your favourite of the official D&D rules?
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Post by blackadder23 on May 2, 2013 16:01:14 GMT -6
Sorry, I was trying to be cute.  Unsuccessfully, as usual.  What I mean is: what is your favorite "official" version of Dungeons and Dragons? |
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Post by geoffrey on May 2, 2013 16:01:32 GMT -6
My favorite for house-ruling is 1974 D&D.
My favorite for playing by-the-book is Lamentations of the Flame Princess.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2013 17:17:52 GMT -6
RC
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Post by Ynas Midgard on May 2, 2013 18:35:22 GMT -6
From the list, definitely OD&D, for its simplicity.
I haven't had a chance to play AS&SH, so my other favourite D&D-esque game would be Mazes & Minotaurs (or Vikings & Valkyries, they're essentially the same).
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Post by Ghul on May 2, 2013 18:50:24 GMT -6
AD&D
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Post by alcyone on May 2, 2013 19:34:38 GMT -6
RC, but I'd be happy to play most of those.
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Post by scottenkainen on May 2, 2013 20:15:04 GMT -6
My answer has varied over time. For most of my gaming years, 1st ed. AD&D would have been my answer. Nowadays, I feel that Holmes Basic gets it most "right".
~Scott "-enkainen" Casper
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Post by cleverkobold on May 3, 2013 6:09:30 GMT -6
I went with od&d, though I was tempted to choose WotC's ungodly mess. ;D From the playtest, 5e just resonates with me in a way 3e and 4e never did.
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Post by Ghul on May 3, 2013 6:13:21 GMT -6
My answer has varied over time. For most of my gaming years, 1st ed. AD&D would have been my answer. Nowadays, I feel that Holmes Basic gets it most "right". ~Scott "-enkainen" Casper Yeah, for me, Holmes is right up there with AD&D, but I picked AD&D because it is a complete game and I like all the class options (including UA! Yes, I said UA!). |
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Post by blackadder23 on May 3, 2013 7:26:25 GMT -6
Yeah, for me, Holmes is right up there with AD&D, but I picked AD&D because it is a complete game and I like all the class options (including UA! Yes, I said UA!). I agree. In terms of clarity and being able to play without house rules, I would take any of the versions of Basic over AD&D. But the class options, spells, and monsters in AD&D put it over the top for me.  Of course, you could do what we actually did back in the day, which was use mostly Basic rules for combat*, but add all the other goodies from AD&D. Then you get the best of both worlds. ;D * - Back in the 1980's I played D&D in three states, and I gamed with people from all over the country when I was in college. I never saw any of the following actually used: weapon speed, weapon vs. armor type, or segments. To this day, more than 30 years after I first bought the original AD&D books, I still don't understand how weapon speed and segments are supposed to work.  |
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Post by mabon5127 on May 3, 2013 8:56:15 GMT -6
OD&D to AD&D (with a "The Fantasy Trip" sidebar) We never used WS, Weapon vs Armor Type, ect, either.
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Post by geoffrey on May 3, 2013 20:18:04 GMT -6
[I never saw any of the following actually used: weapon speed, weapon vs. armor type, or segments. To this day, more than 30 years after I first bought the original AD&D books, I still don't understand how weapon speed and segments are supposed to work. That describes my experience exactly. Labyrinth Lord's Advanced Edition Companion tries to present AD&D as it is really played by the majority of AD&Ders: the D&D Basic rule structure with the added races, classes, spells, monsters, and magic items. |
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Post by blackadder23 on May 8, 2013 9:40:25 GMT -6
I went with od&d, though I was tempted to choose WotC's ungodly mess. ;D From the playtest, 5e just resonates with me in a way 3e and 4e never did. I really hope somebody votes for the ungodly mess. ;D The results are very interesting so far. The top three are pretty much what I expected, but there's a little love for all of them (except for the ungodly mess ). |
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Unsuccessfully, as usual. 
