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

Raven · June 07, 2014, 02:12:15 PM

Adventurer Conqueror King is the closest to my ideal iteration of D&D that I've found. I love it.

Akrasia · June 07, 2014, 02:27:49 PM

Other: Crypts and Things.

A 'swords-and-sorcery' variant of S&W.

jeff37923 · June 07, 2014, 04:20:03 PM

Quote from: Zachary The First;756301"Maybe," I said to myself, "it will be different this time. Maybe I'll post this poll, which I fully comprehend is not sufficient to entail all available options, and is fully subject to my own personal failings and bias, and these goodly gamer folks will see this, gently comprehend, and not ride me out of town on a rail".

"The hell you say," retorted my inner voice, which knows far better than to believe such nonsense.

I considered this, nodded resignedly, and hit "Post" anyway.

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Marleycat · June 07, 2014, 04:23:37 PM

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I should use it with Zack's permission of course, but I really like my current one.

Minotaurians · June 07, 2014, 05:34:06 PM

Neither Barbarians of Lemuria nor Mazes & Minotaurs are clones of D&D - they use their own game system, with different attributes, classes (careers in BoL) and resolution mechanics... so why are they included in this list at all? If "being inspired by D&D" is enough to qualify, then the list should also include games like, say, Tunnels & Trolls, Chivalry & Sorcery, Dragon Warriors, Forward to Adventure, Arrows of Indra... and myriads of other fantasy RPGs. So perhaps this list should actually only include games which are either versions of D&D or proper retroclones (ie games which were designed as such).

(Incidentally, for those who wish to know about how, when & why Mazes & Minotaurs came to be, back in late 2005: http://storygame.free.fr/how.html )

Skywalker · June 07, 2014, 05:39:57 PM

I have three as they cater to different play styles:

My favourite official versions of D&D are B/X, 1e and 4e. For the first two, I enjoy Basic Fantasy and Castles & Crusades a little more as they are cleaned up takes on the original.

So, Basic Fantasy, Castles & Crusades and 4e.

For D&D variants, I would say Crypts & Things, True 20 and Dungeon World.

crkrueger · June 07, 2014, 07:14:11 PM

First the obligatory gripe. Red Box Hack, Barbarians of Lemuria and not Hackmaster? :idunno: HM4 was an officially licensed variant of 1e for Christ's sake. Might as well pull off OSRIC and ASSH and add Dungeon World and Torchbearer. :banghead:

For the answer, I'd have to say 1e still but there's a lot of games fighting for the second spot.

Skywalker · June 07, 2014, 07:19:02 PM

I agree that there is almost nothing "D&D like" about Barbarians of Lemuria.

Bloody Stupid Johnson · June 07, 2014, 07:28:47 PM

Would FantasyCraft count as 'D&D like' or too different? If yes, would that be listed under 3.x or just under 'other'?
(not asking because I like FC though, I voted 3.x for its own sake).

Marleycat · June 07, 2014, 07:58:11 PM

Quote from: Bloody Stupid Johnson;756376Would FantasyCraft count as 'D&D like' or too different? If yes, would that be listed under 3.x or just under 'other'?
(not asking because I like FC though, I voted 3.x for its own sake).

I consider it an alternative rather then a clone or retrocone like Arcana Evolved for example. Even though it's my goto game for 3x even above AE.

Simlasa · June 07, 2014, 08:12:58 PM

Quote from: Minotaurians;756353Neither Barbarians of Lemuria nor Mazes & Minotaurs are clones of D&D - they use their own game system, with different attributes, classes (careers in BoL) and resolution mechanics... so why are they included in this list at all?

I voted for DCC but I'd be tempted to say the same about it... it's not a 'clone' of any particular iteration of D&D and has features that aren't found in any version.
LotFP and S&W would be my 'truer' choices if DCC weren't on the list.

3rik · June 07, 2014, 09:14:52 PM

Quote from: Skywalker;756374I agree that there is almost nothing "D&D like" about Barbarians of Lemuria.

Which is why I picked that one.

The Butcher · June 07, 2014, 11:05:49 PM

Quote from: Zachary The First;756301"Maybe," I said to myself, "it will be different this time. Maybe I'll post this poll, which I fully comprehend is not sufficient to entail all available options, and is fully subject to my own personal failings and bias, and these goodly gamer folks will see this, gently comprehend, and not ride me out of town on a rail".

"The hell you say," retorted my inner voice, which knows far better than to believe such nonsense.

I considered this, nodded resignedly, and hit "Post" anyway.

I know that feel, bro. I suppose we're all been there at some point.

Tetsubo · June 08, 2014, 12:48:37 AM

Depending on the day my favorite ranges from Pathfinder to Radiance. There don't appear to be many PF fans on this poll.

Marleycat · June 08, 2014, 01:57:00 AM

Quote from: Tetsubo;756453Depending on the day my favorite ranges from Pathfinder to Radiance. There don't appear to be many PF fans on this poll.

It's a old school site. Why would you expect any hardcore PF fans to be here? Just look at the abuse Jibba gets for liking 2e storytelling style like myself. But his problem is that he insists on using DnD for it.