White Box - Everything you need to start playing OD&D today
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2022
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White box is the one I keep in my backpack at all times. Character sheets fit on index cards, so its easy to have a pick up game or introductory game when and wherever- the ultimate game-on-the-go.
What I like about using 100 XP per monster HD is that at the low, more vulnerable PC levels you will advance faster, while at higher levels it puts the focus on your goal (treasure, etc.) rather than risking your life fighting excess monsters, many of which will have special abilities that give you no more XP for beating them.
It is my to go version of D&D. Great review.
Thanks for the review! I picked this up from Amazon today. It's so cheap it's almost a pity not to. I also made sure that I got that awesome black & white cover.
As I am looking to change D&D because I can’t stand how big a bunch of money grubbing assholes they have become your video post is very helpful.
I used to run a dnd club at the school I worked at. I ran a roll-under version of this (players roll under stat a la Black Hack, my favorite rpg), and it was a ton of fun. Kids loved it.
Fair assessment of one of the finer options for OSR play.
Descending AC is better than Ascending. This is a pretty good and cheap book, I like it but still prefer BX rules.
You can get a pdf copy on drive thru for free if you want to check ig out.
I found that you still need more tools to actually use this. I suggest Delving Deeper's exploration guidelines. I look forward to do this at some point.
Thanks! Love your videos 😊
Great video! Very insightful.
Liked and Subscribed. Really looking forward to seeing how this channel develops. Well thought-out content and great delivery.
Picked this up a month or so ago, and I really love it. Quick, easy, enough crunch to feel like it has something to it but light enough to leave your imagination spinning.
Yes! This is my #1 go-to overall and my personal go-to in the realm of OD&D, otherwise it’s B/X full force….or RISUS or (maybe odd as I’m a Yank) any iteration or clone of FF (like Troika or Spellzard). Heh
Another great osr game.
White Box as the main system, with Delving Deeper to 'supplement' it with more detailed rules (or absent rules) is a good option. Delving deeper has more on wilderness travel and hexcrawl generation (which is missing from White Box altogether).
The issue with all weapons doing the same damage in ODnD is fixed if you use the 2d6 combat tables from Chainmail, as was originally intended (d20 attack rolls were technically the optional system, even though it became the more popular system). In Chainmail, different weapons were more or less effective depending on the AC being attacked (Daggers had a hard time hitting plate, while maces did so with relative ease). Though with how Gygax wrote, it is very hard to tease out the true workings and nuances of that system, so i get why d20 was preferred
Weapon damage in OD&D was 1d6, but you were supposed to use the Chainmail combat system with it. This system gave weapons different benefits based on things like size weight and length, but it wasn't some complicated list of stats and attributes. Basically bigger weapons had more reach and could more easily get through armor, while smaller weapons were more maneuverable and faster to use.
I look forward to more of you reviews. Did I see once apon a time a black box vrs also? I could be wrong there is sooooo much more out there now then back in the day, hard to track it all sometimes.