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Your Favorite Version/Clone of D&D (OSR or no)

Started by Zachary The First, June 07, 2014, 08:51:39 AM

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#45
June 10, 2014, 10:02:38 AM
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#46
June 11, 2014, 03:54:40 PM
It would have been interesting to see the poll choices organized by order of creation so one could get a visual sense of old versus new. I voted for OD&D, which came first but was near the bottom of the poll.

I would also have enjoyed having more than one choice, as I have played and enjoyed many of the options on the list.
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#47
June 13, 2014, 07:47:34 PM
Red Box Hack and Barbarians of Lemuria aren't in any way shape or form clones of D&D.  They're storygames.   This poll is thus pointlessly flawed.
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#48
June 13, 2014, 07:57:51 PM
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;756518My hatred for 3.PF is unbridled. Awful game, so unlike D&D it hurts. Yes I said: "D&D 3.x and Pathfinder are not D&D". /rant

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TristramEvans

#49
June 13, 2014, 10:44:56 PM
Voted 2e mainly because I dont agree that Mazes & Minotaurs belongs on that list, but also because overall it was the best presentation of the rules with the best support.

Plus, Planescape.

The Butcher

#50
June 14, 2014, 02:51:41 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;758009Red Box Hack and Barbarians of Lemuria aren't in any way shape or form clones of D&D.  They're storygames.   This poll is thus pointlessly flawed.

BoL is a storygame? WTF?

Not a D&D clone but very much a trad RPG.

TristramEvans

#51
June 14, 2014, 03:10:29 AM
Yeah, Red Box Hack isn't a storygame either.

S'mon

#52
June 14, 2014, 06:44:31 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;758009Red Box Hack and Barbarians of Lemuria aren't in any way shape or form clones of D&D.  They're storygames.   This poll is thus pointlessly flawed.

Barbarians of Lemuria was a trad RPG last time I looked at it. If it wasn't for the stupid armour rules it'd be a good game, too. :D

S'mon

#53
June 14, 2014, 06:45:33 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;758067BoL is a storygame? WTF?

Not a D&D clone but very much a trad RPG.

Maybe he's confusing it with something else?

Rincewind1

#54
June 14, 2014, 06:48:35 AM Last Edit: June 14, 2014, 06:55:58 AM by Rincewind1
Quote from: S'mon;758083Maybe he's confusing it with something else?

It's the True Law of Fives striking again. Where you have a hammer that you can only use on storygames, it's best to find some screws that look like them.

That, and there's no D&D 5e on the list.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

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#55
June 15, 2014, 11:44:52 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;758070Yeah, Red Box Hack isn't a storygame either.

Bullshit. If I recall, it was once described as "a game about having played Red Box D&D".

As for Barbarians of Lemuria, it was designed by/in the Forge and was described as explicitly a "Narrativist" system.  That's old-timey talk for Storygame before they tried to rebrand themselves away from GNS.
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#56
June 15, 2014, 11:49:52 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;758442As for Barbarians of Lemuria, it was designed by/in the Forge and was described as explicitly a "Narrativist" system.  That's old-timey talk for Storygame before they tried to rebrand themselves away from GNS.

What? Barbarians of Lemuria is designed by Simon Washbourne whose known for his old school RPG design like Woodland Warriors and Tombs &Terrors: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/simonwashbourne.

TristramEvans

#57
June 16, 2014, 12:28:54 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;758442Bullshit. If I recall, it was once described as "a game about having played Red Box D&D".

As for Barbarians of Lemuria, it was designed by/in the Forge and was described as explicitly a "Narrativist" system.  That's old-timey talk for Storygame before they tried to rebrand themselves away from GNS.

RBH is free and about ten pages long. Dont care what its described as, snyone can read it & see its not a storygame.

S'mon

#58
June 16, 2014, 05:18:34 AM
Quote from: TristramEvans;758450RBH is free and about ten pages long. Dont care what its described as, snyone can read it & see its not a storygame.

Likewise the 1st ed of BoL is free here - http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/barbarians-of-lemuria
Shouldn't take more than a quick read to see it's not a storygame in any way.

danbuter

#59
June 16, 2014, 06:06:04 AM
You left out BFRPG, but included Barbarians of Lemuria, which is nothing like D&D?
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