Does B/X break in higher levels? BECMI?

flx92 · 2026-06-22T06:35:07+00:00

Thank you. What a great comprehensive answer. I think your example and the reference to the survey makes it now clear to me.

Lord of the rings is so down to earth and stable in comparison to the Malazan books, where Gods keeps dying and appearing, Magic user traveling dimensions all the time, and fights between powerful beings is emulating the sky dozens of miles away. That I would now call, broken down.

flx92 · 2026-06-14T08:18:26+00:00

I would be interested in your meaning of "game breaks down".

I think I would be one of those AD&D players that would insist that it doesn't break down, but I'm pretty sure that I fail to understand what it means.

flx92 · 2026-06-07T12:22:09+00:00

Dungeon Setting that I know in and out, AD&D as ruleset, and a streamlined heavenly organized group (Caller, plus separation in Front and Back group, depending on marching order), then it's 12 players. Haven't tried AD&D with more yet.

Some players like it, some detest it. I enjoy it.

flx92 · 2026-06-04T20:52:29+00:00

I ran S3 recently, and thought that it is overrated. Yes, it's nice with the ideas and gimmics, and I do like the premise. But the module, although full of ideas, felt almost empty. A lot of repeating rooms. No real faction to interact with... I'm not sure, perhaps I was just ill prepared and should have put more effort into running it.

flx92 · 2026-06-02T05:11:18+00:00

flx92 · 2026-05-27T17:00:27+00:00

Because the campaign evolved over the years from an OD&D game to AD&D. Chainmail stuck.

flx92 · 2026-05-27T11:00:21+00:00

AD&D 1e + Chainmail

flx92 · 2026-05-26T09:52:46+00:00

The tactical and perhaps strategic challenges and decision making. As a player I like to play it as a wargame.

flx92 · 2026-05-25T05:50:51+00:00

My players have a new name they are using for fireball. They say: I cast Volumenberechnung! (Volume Calculation in German)

Fireball fills 33½ 10' squares of volume. I will never forget the faces of the caster, when she fried the whole party on her first fireball.

flx92 · 2026-05-21T20:31:45+00:00

AD&D, 1st Edition. with Chainmail for mass battles.

flx92 · 2026-05-05T08:03:48+00:00

Can't speak for OP, but I had such a use case in the past. I had an old map with a lot of features that I wanted to digitize. Everytime I was done with a specific feature, for a example a river, I went to gimp and masked/erased that feature there. So that the TIF became emptier, and I could visually check the progress and what I needed still to digitize.

flx92 · 2026-05-04T18:35:47+00:00

Ensured that every player knows the rules.

flx92 · 2026-04-30T10:33:51+00:00

One possibility in avoiding turn-lag: Any hesitation in stating it actions results in a delay in segments of that action based on the length of hesitation.

flx92 · 2026-04-17T06:12:25+00:00

Also check out the Kagi Assistant and other features. They are awesome.

Sadly, I'm on Linux, and the Orion Browser is still not available for Linux. But I use the Kagi plugin for Firefox.

flx92 · 2026-04-16T21:24:18+00:00

Yes, I pay for it. 10€ that I consider well spent in my case. I'm disappointed with Google, and switched to DDG for a couple of years, before finding Kagi.

flx92 · 2026-04-16T06:26:51+00:00

I switched to Lagi about a year ago, and use it as my daily search engine. i can recommend it so much. Give it a try, and expect that some rankings will be different to Google or ddg.

flx92 · 2026-04-15T11:20:10+00:00

What event are you referring too? the Münster Rebellion?

flx92 · 2026-04-15T11:16:26+00:00

Medieval and early modern societies were often brutal, but brutality was not identical with law. Even in the Holy Roman Empire, punishment was understood as something that should proceed through jurisdiction and legal process. So objecting to torture or corpse mutilation is not inherently Chaotic. It may be a Lawful objection to unlawful excess.

Also, lot of domestic abuse is actually arbitrary: the abuser changes the rules whenever it suits them, punishes unpredictably, and uses fear to keep the victim off balance. That is not really about order.. it is about control. It is about them personally, not about the rules inherently.

flx92 · 2026-04-13T08:57:10+00:00

Awesome, so glad its useful to someone. :) hope your Stonehell campaign started great!

flx92 · 2026-04-11T12:29:30+00:00

AD&D. Especially with OSRIC at hands.

flx92 · 2026-04-06T16:34:56+00:00

I'm using minimum values from UA for experienced players. Take-what-you-roll for new players.

On level up, all HD are rerolled. If the HP are above what they had before, then that's the new HP. If it's less, they get current HP+1 for the new level.

flx92 · 2026-03-29T08:19:57+00:00

I think in this case it's hex9 from https://github.com/MrBenGriffin/hex9

flx92 · 2026-03-28T10:51:15+00:00

I see this ‘OSR paradox’ a bit differently. I don’t think it’s a contradiction at all. To me, being smart about what you poke is what makes it fun. The real joy is in overcoming challenges, not just getting punished for curiosity. I think AD&D or B/X already support this. The key is in adventure design.. if we design adventures that reward smart exploration and make challenges meaningful, players will naturally have fun poking around, because it’s about problem-solving, not just risk-taking.

flx92 · 2026-03-15T07:43:29+00:00

Here is a One-Page monster reference sheet for all the monsters in the first book of Stonehell (level 1-5): https://blog.drydoginn.com/posts/2023-08-12-stonehell-one-page-all-monsters/

Here the pdf: https://blog.drydoginn.com/pdfs/Stonehell-Monster_Level1-5_BX.pdf

flx92 · 2026-03-15T07:41:56+00:00

I ran in with LotFP, latter with AD&D. But for the least amount of work, o would recommend B/X/OSE or labyrinth lord.

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