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But, I’m really looking forward to playing some WB:FMAG and S&W. My tastes are changing, and OSR is pleasing to the palate. I've never played the White Box system, whether that be D&D, S&W, or FMAG. I have WB D&D and FMAG in PDF, plus WB S&W in hardback book form, but I've never done anything with ...

I don't think that it's overpowered either, especially considering how vulnerable Magic Users are at lower experience levels. B/X also allows "victims" to wake up with a slap or a kick, etc, but I've never seen Holmes Basic so I can't comment on anything from there I'm afraid. What I don't fully und...

Hello! I’m brand new here and recently was bitten by the OSR bug. I’ve got WB:FMAG and waiting for S&W to arrive in the mail (have the PDFs though). If: • you’re still rounding up people, • and playing one of the above, • and also don’t mind someone who has never played PbP before and might need so...

During our session on Saturday the 19th of May the PCs continued with their mini campaign playing B2 The Keep on the Borderlands in The Stormkiller Mountains. They rested at Stormkiller Keep for just over a week, whilst the guards of the Keep kept watch upon the wooded area to the south west. No rep...

I've played other editions, mostly 1e and earlier, and a little 5e (blame my kids). Nothing in between. But I only DM 1e. I didn't realize until I played OD&D with a couple guys at another forum that I DM quite like someone running an OD&D game :) (RIP Holy Schmidt, my OD&D cleric who made it to se...

Still, we are coming up on fun times! I have a feeling you and I run OSRIC/1e in a similar, stripped down, manner Bill! Yes it should be a lot of fun! It's a shame if what you say is true about the release date being put back, as I am looking forward to getting my hands on a copy. Still, if there's...

It has come to my attention that OSRIC is getting a new edition, and that it will be released by Mythmere Games! Also, Matt Finch is going to be more involved with it this time rather than starting it, taking it to a certain point, and then handing most of the heavy duties over to Stuart Marshall (I...

It's all good. I've emailed a couple other folks, so stand by, we'll get this thing going! Like a PbP dumpster fire, it'll be something to see.... (and we've got plenty of rulesets to choose from) Have you had any joy rounding some people together yet? It doesn't matter if you haven't as these thin...

Thanks for posting the draft version I'm currently giving it a skim. I wish the best of luck to Dan and the Goblinoid crew, but just how well this does in the currently overcrowded B/X marketplace we'll have to wait and see (I know that LL has moved forward from its B/X roots, but it will always car...

Yes Abbie got very lucky indeed! And yes, the firearms really showed their worth at the session - if it wasn't for the party using them they would have very probably lost at least one party member to the mad hermit and his lion. We'll just have to wait and see how things fare for them at the ravine/...