So You Want to Learn AD&D?
You've come to the right place. I have a series of blog posts designed to introduce you to vintage AD&D and teach you how to play it more or less by the book.
Here are the links:
(Philosophical Introduction to the Game)
(How I Convinced Modern Players to Go Old School)
(Why Rules Are Your Friends)
(Intro to AD&D Miniature Movement in the Modern Age)
(Core Rules of Combat, part 1)
(Core Rules of Combat, part 2)
(Core Rules of Combat, part 3)
(Obscure Rules With Value: System Shock, Level Cap, Crushing Blows, Spell Costs, Zero HP Bedrest & More!)
(How to Use Psionics in a Non-Terrible Way)
(Old School DM Theory & Philosophy)
(Old School Player Theory & Philosophy)
(Theory on running High-Level AD&D games)
(Mechanics to keep High-Level games on track)
(Hows and whys of clerics, demons & deities)
(How to handle magic item manufacture)
(Researching Existing & New Spells)
(How to do it by the book)
(Wherein I repeat myself from other blog posts)
“Inconveniences are adventures wrongly considered.”
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