Your Homebrew campaign has a prominent location for the Caves of Chaos and had to reworked to fit in the Village of Homlet.

lol ok you know your a classic ad&d player when you..............your mad wizards of the coast throws out most of the stuff that made dnd an just put a trade mark words like melphs acid arrow.

You know you're an old school D&Der when your favorite sub-forum is near the bottom of the page.

You know you're an old school D&Der when you describe your character's action to the DM, the DM looks at you with a blank expression, tells you "Roll against skill/feat/power X" and you look back at the DM with a blank expression.

You know you're an old school D&Der when your character dies and you have another ready, from scratch, in under 5 minutes.

You know you're an old school D&Der when every single thing you need to play, including ALL rulebooks, dice, player sheets, notepads and pencils, fit into one standard-sized cigar box.

You know you're an old school D&Der when you run your original D&D at CoastCon, and people actually stop and oogle over your books.  Your entire '74 boxed edition that cost you about $10 bitd now go on e-bay for hundreds.

You know you're an old school D&Der when you think Lou Zocchi has the coolest booth at a convention.

You know you're an old school D&Der when your rulebooks are about as old as some of your players parents.

You know you're an old school D&Der when you have trouble finding players.   :(

All great reasons not to play old school. haah

SombreNote DM wrote on Jan 7^th, 2011 at 6:21pm:

All great reasons not to play old school. haah

So, you're saying you're not interested in joining my bi-weekly 1e game? 

You know you're an old school dnd'er when you think THAC0 really isn't that complicated.  I'm looking for an old school AD&D (1e/2e) game if you have an opening or know of one.

If the new shop ever opens, I will run a 1e game.

beyonder wrote on Jan 16^th, 2011 at 3:02am:

If the new shop ever opens, I will run a 1e game.

Which shop is that?

Red Priest wrote on Jan 17^th, 2011 at 3:41am:

beyonder wrote on Jan 16th, 2011 at 3:02am: If the new shop ever opens, I will run a 1e game. Which shop is that?

Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or [/url] in Metairie is the only new store waiting to open that I am aware of.  If you're on facebook Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to or .

Oh, ok.  I remember this place now. Hasn't it been opening for like a year or something???

Something like that.  They had originally planned a grand opening for September 2010, but it's been pushed back multiple times.  For whatever reason they decided to totally renovate a retail space instead of just moving into one, so they've hit a few snags inspection-wise.  However, the plans for the layout of the shop are online and they look frickin' sweet.

Last I heard, they planned to open early January, but that obviously didn't happen.  We'll see.

They've pretty much resigned themselves to not choose an opening date.  They will open when they open and have a Grand Opening celebration shortly there after.  They do tend to keep their facebook status more up to date than the website as far as how things are coming, what they are working on, what is done, etc.

You know you are an old school D&Der when the numbers on your first set of dice had to be filled in with a white crayon.

you know youre old school when: your mother threw away your red box set, because it would turn you into a devil worshipper, and you barely knew the rules so you made it up as you went along, and used a cassette tape with blue writing on one side and red on the other as your dice. :o

jharris wrote on Jan 15^th, 2011 at 9:40pm:

You know you're an old school dnd'er when you think THAC0 really isn't that complicated.

Funny story, I used to play an ad&d game with some "old school" players.  We spent about as much time with them trying to figure out THAC0 as actual playing.  They also had a hard time figuring out BAB in 3rd/3.5.  The DM finally made a chart for these guys to figure it out.  They still had trouble.

Yeah...

For a scene known for being populated exclusively by nerds, it sure does attract a fair share of morons.

Basic math, folks - the whole point of THAC0 was simplification.

Pro Tip: THAC0 - Target AC = Minimum Roll to Hit Target

THAC0 so easy a Geek like me can do it.  :)

you know you are old school D&Der when  you think being an elf is as much a class as a race. "You should play an elf. You get a bow and you have magic!"

You know you're Old School when you remember that elf was a class, and from adventure to adventure, you had to choose whether your elf would be a mage or fighter.     :)

No... old is when you used the recommended 2d6 for combat in D&D instead of the d20 alternate rules that became standard LATER.

Raise your chainmail gauntlet if you know what I mean.

Man-To-Man Melee Table?
Fantasy Reference Table?

How 'bout the Jousting Matrix? 

I bet if you go to any Gary Con, you'll find the Battle of The Moathouse played out using Chainmail.  Now, for bonus points, name the module containing the moathouse in the battle.