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Poll: What did you like most about AD&D 1st Edition?

Poll ended at Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:34 pm
Alignment 7%       7%  [ 3 ]
The Planes of AD&D 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
The Character Classes that seemed to cover the entirety of Fantasy fiction 5%       5%  [ 2 ]
The wealth of Spells for Magic-Users, Clerics, etc. 14%       14%  [ 6 ]
The Game Mechanics (Saving Throws, THAC0, etc.) 30%       30%  [ 13 ]
The fascinating Campaign Settings (Ravenloft, Dragonlance, etc) 7%       7%  [ 3 ]
The fact that it could be expanded into gamebooks, novels, computer games, etc 0%       0%  [ 0 ]
The fact that there were so many rulebooks you felt like you could simulate almost every situation 2%       2%  [ 1 ]
The fact that you could simulate almost any Fantasy story with it, even if you had to tweak the rules a bit 14%       14%  [ 6 ]
The art 23%       23%  [ 10 ]
Total votes : 44

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Post Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:34 pm 
 

Well? What was your favorite aspect of AD&D?
  

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Post Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:19 pm 
 

corum wrote:Well? What was your favorite aspect of AD&D?

AD&D's very existence blew me away.  Wow, rules for a game that can be anything!
  

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Post Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:03 pm 
 

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:07 am 
 

I would say the fact that there so so few rulebooks...

Whats the point for rolling for everything, weather, rain.. the fact there were so few special abilities and rules... everything was new...

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:38 am 
 

The settings for me...course I started with BECMI D&D then 2nd edition AD&D.  It was fun to DM some of those settings as well as play in a couple of them.

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:41 am 
 

Hey guys, you forgot the most important option... which is the fantastic adventures that were available!
  

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:42 am 
 

I'd agree, I started out on AD&D, so imagination and ability to create a whole world, people and PC's was just incredible.
But I found nothing better than drawing a 'dungeon' and filling it with monsters etc.


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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:32 am 
 

I have to say it was the monster manual.

The fun pictures, the idea of fighting monsters.
  

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:09 pm 
 

The Art, the Mood and the Aesthetic... and that it was the first of it's kind.

the story and plot content was not intrinsically unique as that part can be brought by the players and is not mutually exclusive to TSR/AD&D...


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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:47 pm 
 

The way the game works.

By the way, Ravenloft and That setting which cannot be spoken would not be my choice as examples...


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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:44 pm 
 

I chose "The Art". Some of your other options are so wrong-headed :) I couldn't select them. For instance, there is no "THAC0" in 1st ed. AD&D. Ah, and I second the feeling about unspeakable campaign settings.


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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:44 pm 
 

Looking back on it -- I honestly have no idea.  Probably the funny-shaped dice, but that's not exactly unique to 1E.
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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:50 pm 
 

The fact that my mother (and her hippie friends) taught me how to play...and it was an escape from the mundane into a world where anything was possible.


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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:33 pm 
 

Go and kill strange creatures and take their stuff. What's not to like?  :D
From the perspective of a 10-11 year old, that's all one needed.
  

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:48 pm 
 

Try as might, I can't isolate just one aspect of it that drew me in.  There just isn't one "thing" that did it for me.  The whole concept just blew me away back then.  And still does today, to be honest.


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Post Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:52 am 
 

Creating a fantasy world and having it come to life when other people went there.


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Post Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:37 am 
 

The great mates and times had playing it.


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Post Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:33 am 
 

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I chose "The Art". Some of your other options are so wrong-headed :) I couldn't select them. For instance, there is no "THAC0" in 1st ed. AD&D. Ah, and I second the feeling about unspeakable campaign settings.


"THAC0" did exist in the 1st edition.  The acronym didn't officially take over for the combat tables until the 2nd edition, thus people associate it with the 2nd edition only.  I can't recall seeing it referenced directly in the books until later though.

I do like the art as well, it wasn't as fancy as the art out there now but that's what appealed to me.  Still, the game mechanics, despite the flaws are what I enjoy the most.
  
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