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5 years ago ::
Mar 28, 2008 - 10:29AM
#11
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This is a good 1E AD&D or OD&D site: http://knights-n-knaves.comThey even have a free download called OSRIC, kind of the SRD of 1E (but it's meant more as a teaser to get you interested than as a game in itself).
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5 years ago ::
Mar 28, 2008 - 10:27PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 13, 2007
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eBay 1e AD&D Books are dirt cheap, every day of the week.
Long live the game of Gygax!
Wow, people who play Magical Teaparty Make-Believe Time bashing people who play Magical Live-Action Make-Believe Time? It's like I'm really on the Internet! - Rustmonster, commenting on RPGers vs. LARPers
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4 years ago ::
Sep 01, 2009 - 5:21PM
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You know, amazon.com is a really good source for classic D&D products.
If your looking for basic, don't forget about the Rules Cyclopedia. Easier then tracking down books and boxes and colors.
the rules cyclopedia is great i have it, it is perfect for the original Dungeons & Dragons.
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 9:45AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 11, 2007
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I know this is a zombie-fied thread, but I've been thinking about scouring sites for good, cheap, OOP modules. My 4e group has broken up and my new group prefers 1e/2e. I have some really old "monochrome" modules, including the one that introduced Tharizdun and Norkers. What I'd like to collect is the entire B series. I have B2, Keep on the Borderlands, and I think I have a PDF of B1, In Search of Adventure. Anyone know the titles of the rest of them? Heh-heh, I know a lot of people are converting their old modules to 4e, but I'm one of those weirdos who's going backwards. I just redid Kobold Hall for our 1e/2e game!
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4 years ago ::
Sep 07, 2009 - 6:15PM
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Date Joined:
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I know this is a zombie-fied thread, but I've been thinking about scouring sites for good, cheap, OOP modules. My 4e group has broken up and my new group prefers 1e/2e. I have some really old "monochrome" modules, including the one that introduced Tharizdun and Norkers. What I'd like to collect is the entire B series. I have B2, Keep on the Borderlands, and I think I have a PDF of B1, In Search of Adventure. Anyone know the titles of the rest of them?
Heh-heh, I know a lot of people are converting their old modules to 4e, but I'm one of those weirdos who's going backwards. I just redid Kobold Hall for our 1e/2e game!
Many of my favorite modules....  B1) In Search of the Unknown B2) Keep on the Borderlands B3) Palace of the Silver Princess B4) The Lost City B5) Horror on the Hill B6) The Veiled Society B7) Rahasia * RPGA Module #2) Black Opal Eye - a continuation of B7 for lvs 2-3 B8) Journy to the Rock B9) Castle Caldwell & Beyond B1-9) "In Search of Adventure" - a super-mudule from '87 combining the above modules, in whole or parts, into one linked adventure. Personally I'd rather do such work myself, but, the collection isn't complete without it. So...
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4 years ago ::
Sep 08, 2009 - 6:42AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 11, 2007
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OMG, I recognize so many of those names! I used to have damn near all of them! Then I trusted my brother to help me pack some things when we lost the house years ago and he waited until the last second to pack some of his stuff, leaving quite a lot of stuff down in the basement, including some family heirlooms as well as half my old D&D collection. Silly me, I was busy finding us a new place to frikkin' live! Needless to say, I was quite upset. Man, I gotta round up those oldies, thanks!
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4 years ago ::
Sep 08, 2009 - 9:39AM
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Date Joined:
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I love the BECMI system. Maybe wizards will put out a Hollow World product now that they are revisiting old settings. And maybe a unicorn will show up in my garden tomorrow... Basic is a terribly misleading term - there were five box sets - basic (red box), expert (blue box), companion, master, and immortals (I forget the color of the last three right now). The Rules Cyclopedia has most of the rules from the first four (ie: not immortals). The B series mega module is nice. It doesn't include all of every module, but most of it (for instance it only includes one of the three paths from Journey to the Rock, but the party would only travel down one of the three paths anyway). The only problem with it is that all the adventures are designed for characters level 1-3, and your players will probably be quite a bit above that by the end. Of course level draining monsters help with that. That's one of the biggest differences in first edition: level draining is both prevalent and permanent. You meet your first wight in the very first module: Keep on the Borderlands (which came with most of the red box sets). X2: Castle Amber (my all time favorite adventure) is a great one if you can find it. If you go the AD&D route: Tomb of Horrors, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, the G,D,Q series, and the Temple of Elemental Evil/Village of Hommlet are classics well worth the read. Edit: And be sure to roll 3d6 six times, in order, for character generation 
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4 years ago ::
Sep 08, 2009 - 11:12AM
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Date Joined:
Apr 11, 2007
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Companion Set was a nice teal/turquoise color, Master Set was in black, and the Immortals set was appropriately gold. Yeah, I'd probably have to houserule a few things to keep things from getting too ugly! I'm thinking of BECMI-izing Keep on the Shadowfell...
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4 years ago ::
Sep 08, 2009 - 2:16PM
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Companion Set was a nice teal/turquoise color, Master Set was in black, and the Immortals set was appropriately gold.
Yeah, I'd probably have to houserule a few things to keep things from getting too ugly! I'm thinking of BECMI-izing Keep on the Shadowfell...
It is strange but I do think it would make a great BECMI adventure. Please let us know how it goes if you go ahead.
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3 years ago ::
Dec 29, 2009 - 5:13PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 13, 2008
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My best advice, get the three core books, or OSRIC (for free). Stay away from books that you can use with AD&D 1e and 2E, as they mix the rules up.
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