The RetroClone Bandwagon: I'm off of it.

[foxroe]

I'm easily confused at the moment because I'm recovering from having my skull reshaped by a surgeon, so ignore me if I'm talking utter nonsense.

Yikes! That has to suck (I'm a couple of months into abdominal surgery recovery myself, so I sympathize)! Hope you're feeling better.

[foxroe]

Wheggi scratches his belly, fishes something from his teeth with his tongue. Chicken gristle? Yes, definately chicken. Then he cracks his fingers, and types. . . [/i])

Their game sucks. My game is better.

<posts picture of Mr. Eastwood chewing a cowboy-killer>

I love you guys... in a strictly platonic way of course.

[Benoist]

I like the retro clones they allow new players to try old style play for little or no money. (many can be downloaded free) I also play OD&D, AD&D, all Traveller including Mongoose and the dreaded 4th edition sure there are new games that are good, even the latest D&D has a following
what we need to remember is this is not Original vs retro clone vs modern. I game to have fun if a game is not or group is not fun I will do something else. Remember we are all GAMERS now lets slay some Orcs.

(On the screen in front of Wheggi a member has posted a plea for brotherly peace, a proclamation of inclusiveness that at its very core is a shining example of maturity and positive thinking. If more members of the broader gaming community adopted the mindset of oldgamergeek there would be less strife and inevitably more constructive conversation on the internet. Imagine! Gamers young and old - from LBB toting grognards to virtual table pilots - coming together, arms open, singing praises for our hobby. We would be a united force, a vanguard for RPGs in general and Dungeons and Dragons in particular. Defenders of a once-dying hobby, heralds of a New Era of Gaming! It would be glorious. And it could all start right here.
Heady stuff.
Wheggi scratches his belly, fishes something from his teeth with his tongue. Chicken gristle? Yes, definately chicken. Then he cracks his fingers, and types. . . )

Their game sucks. My game is better.

- Wheggi

LOL Epic.

[Bard]

I'm using the original AD&D books for my game, but when something really doesn't make any sense to me in them, then I turn to OSRIC and there is good chance I find the answer, if that doesn't work, then I go to some AD&D forum like K&K, or Dragonsfoot and use the search function...

In Hungary, where there were never AD&D first edition, people are going old school using melan's Kard és Mágia rpg. Which is not a retro clone, but still relevant.