Alex I so get what you said about DND 5th ed. I too thought it was the best out there to understand and to teach. It’s what I cut my teeth on so it will always be special to me. But like just like you, Hasbro/WOTC missteps over the past few years have ticked me off. I started looking closer at Solo playing. When I discovered the multiple options out there as well as OD&D, I was like hmmmm, I no longer feel tied to 5th ed. As it was, I probably only stuck to about 75% of the rules for 5th ed. It was too hard for my family to grasp and too hard to teach them. Plus, we wanted to just play!!! Great insights!
I’m glad you’ve found something you like! I’ve never been able to get into OD&D, but I love Shadowdark and it gives me all those tools. There is hex crawling support coming out for it. I’m doing some solo play now though, so I might delve into some OD&D at some point.
My first edition of D&D was AD&D 2e, and by then I had already played several others RPGs. I played a little 5th Edition and thought it was okay. I never understood what made so many people like it though. Sometimes I think it’s the brand name plus Critical Role.
Shadowdark is my home right now. I am finding so much that can expand upon the game for me and what I'm doing with it at my table from OD&D. It's just been a wild ride finding so many interesting answers that were already there that have just been carved away for one reason or another.
Thanks for spreading the good word. I am having a great time delving into these foundational parts of the hobby. I hope to create things that find a place to stick amongst the halls of this shared story.
I love finding ways to improve the games I run and I love the idea of others finding value using what i'm creating.
Yesss! I want the same things. I day dream about higher level strategic kingdom level combat. So many boardgames my various friend groups play are like that but something this steeped in a cutom world would be next level. And I would 100% be on board for a community interview!
Alex I so get what you said about DND 5th ed. I too thought it was the best out there to understand and to teach. It’s what I cut my teeth on so it will always be special to me. But like just like you, Hasbro/WOTC missteps over the past few years have ticked me off. I started looking closer at Solo playing. When I discovered the multiple options out there as well as OD&D, I was like hmmmm, I no longer feel tied to 5th ed. As it was, I probably only stuck to about 75% of the rules for 5th ed. It was too hard for my family to grasp and too hard to teach them. Plus, we wanted to just play!!! Great insights!
I’m glad you’ve found something you like! I’ve never been able to get into OD&D, but I love Shadowdark and it gives me all those tools. There is hex crawling support coming out for it. I’m doing some solo play now though, so I might delve into some OD&D at some point.
My first edition of D&D was AD&D 2e, and by then I had already played several others RPGs. I played a little 5th Edition and thought it was okay. I never understood what made so many people like it though. Sometimes I think it’s the brand name plus Critical Role.
Shadowdark is my home right now. I am finding so much that can expand upon the game for me and what I'm doing with it at my table from OD&D. It's just been a wild ride finding so many interesting answers that were already there that have just been carved away for one reason or another.
Absolutely. Since I’m doing solo, I made all the rolls for Shadowdark player-facing. It was easy to do.
Thanks for spreading the good word. I am having a great time delving into these foundational parts of the hobby. I hope to create things that find a place to stick amongst the halls of this shared story.
I love finding ways to improve the games I run and I love the idea of others finding value using what i'm creating.
Yesss! I want the same things. I day dream about higher level strategic kingdom level combat. So many boardgames my various friend groups play are like that but something this steeped in a cutom world would be next level. And I would 100% be on board for a community interview!