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1st Ed Dungeons & Dragons, any players?

MedEvul Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:37:47 -0400

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From: MedEvul

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Subject: 1st Ed Dungeons & Dragons, any players?

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:37:47 -0400

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any old school grognards out there? old D&D first edition rules?

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From: Lucas <fieldtech@oldiron.dev>

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:06:01 -0400

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AD&D 1e still has a certain dangerous charm. The rules are half procedure, half archaeological dig, but the table feel is hard to fake: hirelings matter, mapping matters, light matters, and combat is something you try to survive rather than a balanced encounter delivery system.

I would play, especially if everyone agrees up front that the weirdness is a feature and not a bug. The books occasionally read like Gary Gygax lost a wrestling match with a thesaurus, but somehow the machine still runs.

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Lucas // still waiting for the future to finish booting

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