@cynical13 Awesome. Just re-read and played some #Adnd2e Still loving it a lot.

A week or so ago, I was watching a video on older versions of #DnD and #THAC0 finally really clicked hard with me. Once life settles down a bit, I'm going to work with members of my #Pathfinder group to develop an #ADnD2e game loosely based in #AlQadim as a backup for when we are missing one or more players.

I'm dying to get back to AD&D2e. That was the game I started with and that's the version that still really excites me.

I'd happily play some version of Basic D&D or one of the retro-clones, but I think if it's going to happen at all, I'll have to be the one to run it. But that's fine, I love the freedom of the earlier editions to tell a really fun, engaging story for my players.

#TTRPG #GMLife

I'm on Chapter 5 of #BaldursGate. I first got the box set with TotSC included and maps and everything back in 2003, when it was in the charity shop I worked at. A woman was going to buy it for her son. She asked me what the age rating was, because she couldn't see it, and when I showed her it was for 15+, she decided against it, so I snapped it up and started on the road to becoming an #ADnD2e fangirl! I later found the #DnDBasic set in another charity shop a few years later for £2.50. They had a lot of miniatures too, but I never bought them. That's when I went full-on fangirl, bought the guides, started crafting my own campaign world and got my nephew to play for a short time.

I never finished Icewind Dale. I couldn't defeat the final boss. I don't think I ever installed Icewind Dale II. I'm not sure if it's because I needed a break from the series or because it wouldn't work on my crappy netbook.

AD&D2e will always be the best version for me. The only issue was the crappy alignment definitions, but people have made fixes for that, so it's fine (I'm a chaotic neutral btw).

#BG1 #StarFrontiers #DungeonsAndDragons #nostalgia #IcewindDale

I really miss playing or running #ADnD2e. That's the game I started playing, and I love the overall feel, weird rolls aside. I can't wait to get to have players start working on characters for a backup game I'm working on for when not all of my Sunday players can make game.

#TTRPG #GMLife

@critfail_press #CastlesAndCrusades and #ADnD2e for sure. I love C&C for the simplicity of the SIEGE engine mechanic from what little I've gotten to run with it. AD&D 2e was the first game I played and I love it despite/because of the weird sub-systems for rolling. I'm going to run an Al-Qadim based backup game for my Pathfinder group.

I've even started running my Pathfinder game more OSR-style. My players are incredibly creative and I find that I need to make a quick, fair ruling on the spot if I don't want to drag things down looking for specific rules. A couple of my players do usually have tablets or computers up to help me find some rules on the fly though, so that helps.

I find that there's an incredible amount of trust required for OSR games. You have to feel like the GM is going to be fair and balance resolutions for the story and for the characters. I think it's a little more intimate of an experience, which I love. I feel honored that my players trust me to bring a satisfying gaming experience at my table and I don't want to betray that. It makes me be a better GM, I think.

I really wish I had more #TTRPG things to post here. At this point, I've got a primary and backup #MasksANewGeneration (#Masks) games, a primary #Pathfinder game, and we're working on getting a time to make characters for a backup #ADnD2e game at some point, but we've been reliably unreliable in meeting.

I've been spending a lot of time reading up on news and politics, because as an American, I'm in the thick of it all and I'm less likely to panic if I know what's going on. However, I don't want to turn my account into a highly politicized one.

I do miss RPG shop talk though. I keep my eyes on the hashtags. I just haven't had any burning questions I wanted to ask folks.

#GMLife

I'm super excited to get to run #ADnD2e again, even if it's just a backup game for our #Pathfinder group.

I'm hoping that everyone is interested enough in that game that I can run some classic modules when we finish the #RiseOfTheRunelords campaign.

It'll be nice to finally get to run #AlQadim. I've had the boxed set and campaign book for a while now, and I haven't gotten to use it. Looking forward to some tomb raiding, djin wishing, carpet flying adventures!

I think I'll make a few quality of life improvements to the old system and work out ascending instead of descending AC to make it easier on the players though.

#GMLife #TTPRG

I'm going to work on a backup #TTRPG game for our Sunday #Pathfinder #RiseOfTheRunelords campaign for when we can't all make a session.

I'm leaning towards the #AlQadim #ArabianNights setting. I've had the boxed set for years, and I haven't had the chance to use it yet.

It'll probably be #ADnD2e but I'm not above trying to make it work for #CastlesAndCrusades. If it's AD&D, I'll probably convert AC to ascending instead of descending, for the ease of the players (and for me!).

#GMLife

1. First #TTRPG ever played: Holmes Basic D&D
2. First you ever ran? Holmes Basic D&D
3. Played the most? #Rolemaster very likely, not something I'm proud of 😜
4. Run the most? Has to be either #ADnD2e or #Shadowrun2e
5. Favourite? Probably #Shadowrun
6. Most recently played? #Shadowdark
7. Most recently run? #MazeRats

I GMed for years before I had a chance to actually be a player.

1. First #TTRPG ever played? AD&D
2. First you ever ran? AD&D
3. Played the most? AD&D 2e or D&D 3.5
4. Run the most? D&D 3.5
5. Favorite? AD&D 2e or D&D 3.5 (I also love FASERIP Marvel)
6. Most recently played? D&D 3.5
7. Most recently run? D&D 3.5

#Dnd #ADnD #ADnD2e #FASERIP

1. 1st #ttrpg played: #ADnD
2. 1st run: #Homebrew
3. Most played: #ADnD2e
4. Most run: #StarWars2e
5. Favorite: Hard to say… #Shadowrun? #SavageWorlds? #ADnD2e?
6. Most recently played: #5e
7. Most recently run: #SavageWorlds

1. First ttrpg ever played? #ADND2e
2. First you ever ran? #ADND2e
3. Played the most? #DND35e
4. Run the most? #GURPS
5. Favourite? Toss up between #ShadowRun and #OpenLegendRPG
6. Most recently played? #StarWarsWEG
7. Most recently run? #OpenLegendRPG

Bei @Mellando abgeschaut:

1. First #trpg ever played: #MERS
2. First you ever ran? - #DSA
3. Played the most? - #aDnD2e,
4. Run the most? - #DnD3.5e
5. Favourite? - honestly, I'm not sure...
6. Most recently played? - #dnd5e
7. Most recently run? - #OldSchoolEssentials

#pnpde

Da es grad die Runde macht, muss ich wohl auch. 😉

1. First #ttrpg ever played:
AD&D 2nd Edition #adnd2e

2. First you ever ran?
D&D 3rd Edition #dnd3e

3. Played the most?
D&D 3rd Edition #dnd3e

4. Run the most?
d20 Modern #d20modern

5. Favourite?
Currently my own rebuilt version of the Warhammer Fantasy RPG 4th Edition. #wfrp4e #wfrp

6. Most recently played?
D&D 5th Edition #dnd5e

7. Most recently run?
Warhammer Fantasy RPG 4th Edition #wfrp4e

#pnpde #rollenspiel #roleplay

1. First #TTRPG ever played: #VampireTheMasquerade1e 
2. First you ever ran? - #ADnD2e 
3. Played the most? - #SLAIndustries 
4. Run the most? - #DnD5E 
5. Favourite? - #DCCRPG & #DeltaGreen
6. Most recently played? #DnD5E & #SLAIndustries
7. Most recently run? #DCCRPG

I GMed for years before I had a chance to actually be a player.

1. First #ttrpg ever played: #Midgard2e 
2. First you ever ran? - #Midgard2e 
3. Played the most? - #Adnd2e 
4. Run the most? - #ADnD2e 
5. Favourite? - #OSE (B/X) and #TrophyGoldRPG
6. Most recently played? #Shadowdark 
7. Most recently run? #Shadowdark

Monstrous Mondays: FOR1 Draconomicon
For today's Monstrous Monday I want to get back into exploring the Forgotten Realms. I have been going through the early AD&D 2nd Edition books and I am not up to the very popular Draconomicon.
#adnd2e #ttrpg #rpg
https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2025/03/monstrous-mondays-for1-draconomicon.html

As I run my players through the #Pathfinder adventure path #RiseOfTheRunelords, I've reinforced my dislike of extensive numbers of feats and systems with higher amounts of crunch and my preference towards more #OSR type games.

I've all but gotten rid of battle maps. I largely ignore the lists of feats on enemy NPC entries. Unless they're built-in to the forms, I mostly ignore them. It might be different if the information was listed on the entries, but as it is, I'd have to cross-reference across at least one other book, possibly more. That just slows down the session.

A side effect of getting rid of the battle map, I fudge distances, ignore strict rules about flanking for sneak attacks in favor of a more *shudder* #DND5e approach. If an enemy is engaged, the rogue can sneak attack. It's simple, and I don't have to worry about drawing maps or, now that we have one player remoting in, screw around with a VTT.

If I had my druthers, I'd be running #CastlesAndCrusades or #ADND2e. I really don't care a whit about character optimizing, skill points, or feat chains. Let me describe the action and let the GM adjudicate the results with a roll.

But I'm glad my players are happy and that they're happy to let me drop some annoying rules here and there to streamline the experience. /1

#GMLife #TTRPG

I distract the Paladin…… #adnd2e #dnd #ttrpg

Yay! He's not actually human, he's Feralian. Maybe I need to get back into my #ADnD2e campaign world. I did a few updates:
https://blog.outtolunch.me.uk/2023/02/08/my-add-campaign-world-dungeon-master-version/
I still need to get round to digitising my world map. I think I got a bit stuck on scale. Or... maybe I just got lazy

#DnD #BG1 #baldursgate1