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Brilliant !

VERY GOOD observations ,were second edition through and through although me being five years older than my brother played ad&d first, very much enjoyed this video , thank you .

I agree with everything you said in the spirit of what you said. But. Woke has a very specific meaning, it is a gnostic - cult like - understanding of the world, where you have awakened to the "reality" that the "system" is rigged against you (your colour, sexuality, weight, sex etc.) but you realize that YOU are actually the god ( make up your own reality) and the worthy one(s) and any degree of deceit and manipulation is OK because YOU are the important one (the god - a demiurge-society, white man thin people, men...., has kept you captive). This cult has reworked the words of inclusive, racism, fairness, Diversity, Inclusion, science (even), and repurposed them to their ends- they don't mean the same things YOU mean. They get your approval BECAUSE these are all good things - but they mean something else. Fairness might mean that you give your life savings to someone who is considered "oppressed" because you are Male, or White, or some other category that THEY get to define (whoever they are- probably a council, WEF, WHO, ie Soviet). Inclusion means Excluding people and making compensations This is not fair OR inclusive. In this way good people are sucked into their diabolical scheme. These "woke " people are up to no good, they have nothing good in mind. Don't use their language, understand that they are not misinformed it's intentional (except for the sucked in people) - it's an operation and it's deadly. Look up James Lindsay's work on New Discourses.

I started my journey with AD&D 1e, and it's still my favorite by far. I tried 5e and disliked it quite a bit. Ran it for maybe 4 months or so. One thing that kind of irks me, though, is that many of the people hating on 5e either disliked it so much they didn't play it or simply didn't read the rules. You've been no exception to this. Several of your gripes are a misunderstanding of the rules. Bare in mind that I still dislike them. -Edit For the record, several of the things you've changed for your own games are likewise made under misunderstandings of 1e rules as well. Like poison.

That is a awesome box set you have made. I wish I could be that organized. Just out of curiosity, (because while I have played AD&D since the early 80's, I have only just in the last year learned that AD&D and D&D were two different games) why do you say start with Holmes? Is Holmes not BECMI? I don't suppose you live in Chicago and DM do you? Thank you for your time.

Good video. And I agree. Still play Basic (Holmes Basic) for short 1year campains. Many thanks.

Ive been done with them since gygax got kicked out. Ill never give wotc or Hasbro a penny they hate us they wont even recognize the geniuses that invented the game f has ro and their wokeness

More grogs need to tell osr fan boys (the rude ones) to kiss their ass lol. Im glad that certain games lead people down a path of discovery.....but you can still play the real thing.

I completely agree there's a big difference between woke and awake and for the most part I can care less what anybody does that is an adult the issue always comes down to the kids and how they are pushing that ideology in schools kid drag shows among many other things no one cares if you're gay no one cares if you're trans no one cares what you identify as just stop pushing it on everybody else and stop emphasizing that in all media and entertainment that's why games like dragon age fail guard fail in the game it literally tells you to punish yourself for misgendering somebody I for one will not be a part of that or support that I will support good games. When I look at a game I look at three things game mechanix, story, and legacy.

the only distinction that 1e made for sex was strength (18.50) so if its ok for a halfling to have a strength limit why not a woman Iv yet to see the strongest woman IRL match the strongest man

I agree with many of these points, while AD&D does have some clunkiness that slows things down, the parts where it’s more rules-light makes things more of a GM adjudication. In general, skills-light systems allow for more flexibility, roleplaying, and opportunities to be problem-solvers. However, I don’t think there is a “best” RPG - I’m not a believer in edition wars - for different times and places and groups, 5e or Kobolds Ate My Baby or Paranoia might be just as good as AD&D. There are also a lot of interesting recent OSR or OSR-adjacent RPGs which have some fun ideas and smooth some of the rough edges off AD&D - things like Old School Essentials and Shadowdark or Crown & Skull.

"Time is the most precious thing to offer. I love you for giving me yours." Holy cow, that's profound.

pssssst. Hey Kenny. I used to comment under the ParasiteHouse handle, you had some good words for me when my dad died and I've always appreciated that you took the time out of your day to say something to a random dude who was openly grieving in your comments. That being said, I gotta reveal my ulterior motive now. Leading question: Do you keep digital scans of the older items your collection? I seem to remember you saying you had a good collection of scans, but it's possible I said that about my own collection while listening to one of your videos and the wires got crossed in my brain.

I am 22 and despite my age I actually got into DND with ADND rather than 5e. I played with my father at 11 to 13 and we played with the books we had which were also the books he played with at 11 to 13. I have always found the 5e style of play boring and artificial. I think certain people are overly attached to 5e and the boring LONG slogs of combat that treats every individual combatant like their own superhero who has to have their moment as if they arent fighting alongside another unit of people. Side based initiative alone makes combat so much less cumbersome. It makes players actually coordinate an attack with one another and create defensive strategies that actually make sense. I DMed a few 5e games and it was such a pain, convincing them to swap to OSE was hard but it actually made the campaign happen regularly. Its on a haitus now but thats because im in college

Traveller is prob my second fav rpg after ad&d 1e.

Give me 2nd Edition and add anything the DM wants, Winged Folk, Barbarians or whatever. The magic of the game is that it inspired so much amazing writing and art.

OK, you’ve had a 30 day break. Start producing again so we can get the 2000 subscribers.

“Woke is bullshit, woke is good”… lol Basically what you’re actually saying is you hate the tactics of the wokescolds but you believe in mostly what they believe.

Well said, Grognard!

Grandpa, I'm a marine veteran, intersex, transgender... And a long time tabletop gamer to boot. I promise you those old political cartoons that have exaggerate caricatures of people like myself pissing in front of scared little girls and they're disturbed mommies are literally just that. Caricatures and exaggerations of things that literally don't happen for the most part. 99.9% of the time complete fabrications, or the corner cases of corner cases. And as far as "biological male" goes ... Sir obviously you have not been keeping up to date with science and in particular biology. If you were prescribed hormone replacement therapy long-term, estrogen in particular, The effects on your body and mind would be... Not fun to say the least. There are physical biological rooted in science reasons why these treatments and operations work the way they work for the people they work for. They are not the same kind of people as you. 4 minutes and 11 seconds in, And so far I like everything you have to say but I had to address that, because yes you are old and kind of out of date on this. I wouldn't even... How to summarize this.... If there was an argument even worth having I would bother having it with you Gramps. Trust me this is a non-issue.

Really liked this video. One comment on the "role-playing" vs "roll playing": I think there's something to be said for embodying a character who can do things that you might not be able to. For instance, you don't get up out of your chair and demonstrate swordplay in order to attack, and you certainly don't need to master the arcane language and somatic movements of spellcasting. You roll for it. By the same token, I think it's perfectly acceptable for a player who might not have been born with a silver tongue, but playing a character who was, to be able to influence the game world with some degree of objectivity. An NPC might be very receptive to a joke, for instance, and a character with high charisma might be able to come up with one on the spot, even if his player could not. I think it's still important for players to make an effort, and to describe what their characters are doing and embody their characters as best they can, but at the end of the day, the role they are playing is meant to be someone other than themselves, and oftentimes greater than themselves. I think we should let them do that in all aspects of play, not just attacking.

No! No one was "woke" just yet. The extreme levels of tardation didn't hit until 2016.

Vecna's Ur-Flannae weren't very amicable though.

Ya know. I like your perspective on the deal spiral. I've been working on my own 3 stat system wherein your "stats" represent the amount of focus your character places on the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of their life. Your character endures stress when placed in life or death situations, and the stress that is dealt lowers total focus in a given aspect. This makes it harder to perform actions as their focus wittles down, and their stress leaves them more prone towrds making deadly mistakes. I was feeling insecure about what others might think, but your views confirm to me that it embodies the realism that I'm attempting.

What's the intro music?

the death mechanics in 5e are silly, I once had to tank as a rogue because the people who were better equipped for the task were afraid of their characters dying, so my rogue went below 0 hit point multiple times that combat but kept being healed a tiny bit by the cleric so i couldnt die but i feel like i should have been dead from the trauma/bloodloss

As I see it, and I was there, D&D began being about shilling books with 2nd. And the physical quality of the books in 2nd were to be blunt shyt. AD&D 1st is still an ok purchase. It's just that OSRIC is the same product but you only need one book. As a DM, one only book appeals to me a lot more than it might to many others. Castles and Crusades, ok, too many books. OSE ok, too many books. OSRIC, just one book. If you buy the hardcover it will cost more than Whitebox or Basic Fantasy. If you MUST measure price, you download OSRIC and print it yourself. Looks great, especially if you have book binding skills like me. I really couldn't care too much about opinions of editions after 1st AD&D. Even if offered the edition for free, I still need to use it, carry it, and manage it at the table. So go ahead, say you like 2nd 3rd 3 point 5 or 4th or 5th and recently 5th the scamming. But the best of D&D is 1st AD&D and earlier. Otherwise, you are just putting money in the pockets of shareholders.

Consider a look at Harnmaster for a death spiral injury system.

"Dungeons and Dragons in name only" - boom that got you a subscribe!

Hmm... should have used your opening disclaimer in my last video 😆. A lot of pantywaists hout there these days.

Yeah, I'm not even watching the videos critiquing the hollywood slop as often either, I can't even get angry over the defilement of yet another IP (or the further defilement of the previous ones), I own the only 6 Star Wars movies ever made (Han shot first) and I've found a new appreciation for the prequels. I own so many books, comics, tv shows and movies as to never have to buy anything again. Some books/comis/rpgs I haven't read/played yet. My "pile of shame" now grows with older stuff.

Thac0 was never an issue. It's virtually the same die roll just looking at the numbers opposite. Like we always used thac0 in virtually the same way we use the to hit now. A 16 Thac0 is no different than needing a 16 to hit AC 20.

I typically let 1st and 2nd edition be mixed it's mostly backwards compatible. There are some issues but some 1e classes are just funner and better than their 2r counterparts.

Hey as someone running a Westend Games Star Wars game and about to run an AD&D game this was great.

If there's one new thing I could say I like, it would be the new Frasier seasons. Drinker isn't really my bag for vicarious viewing of stuff I don't like, although he is an occasional guest on the place I do; his presentation is a bit too angry and I'd rather make humor and lightheartedness from these bungled messes.

Always a pleasure to watch Your videos. D&D and those old shows brought comfort to many of us I guess. History is showing us that we must enjoy those moments as they pass by. I do not watch Star Wars or Star Trek anymore for similar reasons then You do. I try to live with my time and I am turning my attention where the quality is in this troubled era. Thank You!

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19:32 thank you. I tapped out at The Last Jedi. I walked out of that turd dumbfounded. I got into my car and just sat there. I finally said "it Disney LucasFILTH doesnt give a crap, I don't give a crap." My kid refused to watch the rise of soywalker as well.

It's funny. The only reason I even went to see Rise of Skywalker was because my brother in law paid for us to go. Regretfully, I did watch Kenobi, lol. I haven't seen any other disney Star Wars. Dont care anymore.

Critical Drinker is a -grifter- pretender anyway. Edit: Looks like "grifter" can only be used in courtrooms. Sorry, didn't know that.

I wore out the animated Hobbit tape that was at the library pretty much single handedly. I had a shirt with Gollum in his little boat in like first grade. Was also in love with TOS in syndication, TNG and DS9 later on. Star Wars figures coming out my ears. Doctor Who glow in the dark keychain was a prize possession, wasn't able to afford the Tom Baker scarf that the comic book shop owner's wife knitted by hand to EXACT specs or I probably would have gotten beaten up for wearing it to school every day. I have no interest in the shows that wear the skins of the originals that are masquerading as entertainment these days. I just watch my DVDs of DS9 over and over now.

Star Wars came out in '77, but it did stay in the theaters for a long time.

I've been ignoring most of that tried to watch Strange New Worlds. Stopped as it messed up Spock. Stopped with Jodie thought Ruth was the better Doctor. I quit Disney+ intended to wait until August after end of s2 of the Mandalorian, but they've yet to release anything I want to watch. Amazon's Rings of Power not interested and they've only reinforced that viewpoint. Still like star trek from enterprise back to classic star trek.

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I want to play at this guy's table so bad right now. I don't necessarily think 5e is "objectively worse," but it sure is a completely different taste to what I'm being offered here. And much like pizza and burgers, I can enjoy both for different reasons. And I just learnt I've never had a good burger in my life, so I know what I'm craving right now!

Am I missing somthing with spell slots? I could have sworn there were spell slots in AD&D 2.0 and for sure in 3.0/.5.

So no more Bad Robot rubbish?

I love what you said on Inspiration: A trend I see with OSR heads is hating on something such as Inspiration or Advantage because 5e has it, as if it wasn't a houserule for YEARS 5e just streamlined a lot of floating modifiers which is, ironically, a criticism levied at 3e a lot lol. 5e's problems are more in the rules it adds, how complex they are, how they interact, and how they train players to play. That complexity and make is the problem, not any one rule, not the genuinely good ideas it has lol. Also, 5e's Spellslot system was taken from Wizardry! A game from 1980, based on ADnD!

Hail fellow Grognard! Good video, good words. Right there with ya. Friendly suggestion - move mic closer to you. A fan noise is interfering with your audio. PC fan maybe? 🤟😎🍕🎲🎲