tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post157049819094143858..comments2023-06-08T08:26:07.304-05:00Comments on Advanced Gaming & Theory: What is Old-School?RipperXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03506064393275174920noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-66245487811684764582016-01-02T17:57:57.773-06:002016-01-02T17:57:57.773-06:00Happy New Year, Rip. Great article! Part of the jo...Happy New Year, Rip. Great article! Part of the joy of DM'ing for me is writing the setting and the adventure from the scratch.<br /><br />I wouldn't take on defining what OSR is and what it is not. If we play the original material, then why is the OSR label self-applied to people publishing retro-clones (Labyrinth Lord, etc)? Why not play from the original game materials?<br /><br />As to myself, my views on D&D design and philosophy in general are embodied in this great little obscure poem written by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911), Two Gods:<br /><br />A boy was born 'mid little things,<br />Between a little world and sky-<br />And dreamed not of the cosmic rings<br />'Round which the circling planets fly.<br /><br />He lived in little works and thoughts,<br />Where little ventures grow and plod,<br />And paced and plowed his little plots,<br />And prayed unto his little God.<br /><br />But as the mighty system grew,<br />His faith grew faint with many scars;<br />The Cosmos widened in his view-<br />But God was lost among His stars.<br /><br />Another boy in lowly days,<br />As he, to little things was born,<br />But gathered lore in woodland ways,<br />And from the glory of the morn.<br /><br />As wider skies broke on his view,<br />God greatened in his growing mind;<br />Each year he dreamed his God anew,<br />And left his older God behind.<br /><br />He saw the boundless scheme dilate,<br />In star and blossom, sky and clod;<br />And as the universe grew great,<br />He dreamed it for a greater God. <br /><br />MC 900' Jesus recorded this poem in 1990 on his album, Hell With The Lid Off, under the title - A Greater God.<br /><br />Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-18559513139498363822016-01-01T09:26:30.173-06:002016-01-01T09:26:30.173-06:00Greetings! I like your comment Anonymous. You'...Greetings! I like your comment Anonymous. You've played the game longer than I have. We experimented with older rule sets, I own all of the basic and 1e AD&D, but we really prefer to play AD&D 2e, we don't want to play anything else. We are comfortable and as long as the system keeps giving, we'll keep playing!<br /><br />We do add our own stuff, the rules don't cover everything, and some stuff is so brief that we want a bit more out of it, so we'll agree on a change, play test it and compare it to core, if it works better, then we stick with it! Our problem was that we didn't ever give the true system a chance. <br /><br />RE: Ian Wyckoff, Thank you very much! While my ideas are always far from complete, positive feedback is always a blessing.RipperXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03506064393275174920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-84583026212272151152016-01-01T03:11:40.297-06:002016-01-01T03:11:40.297-06:00Nice take on the topicNice take on the topicGleblixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546938383587063556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370162161693557709.post-68076167987850835552016-01-01T00:38:49.288-06:002016-01-01T00:38:49.288-06:00Real Old School is tool kitting. Taking the basic...Real Old School is tool kitting. Taking the basic rules and then building beyond them as our imaginations directed us.<br /><br />Young roleplayers today are primarily consuming homogenized corporate product that is to what we did as frozen dinners are to chef's creations.<br /><br />How many of them know that AD&D was primarily written by us, the players. We sent our additions and modifications into the Strtegic Review (later The Dragon ) who printed them for others to use. Eventually, these were collected by TSR into what became Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.<br /><br />I enjoy pre-packaged world content. An entire city I dont have to build myself is a great time saver. But then I take it beyond and fill it with my ideas and stories.<br /><br />And that, is old school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com