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An excellent, comprehensive exploration of the E in BECMI. Second to none, thanks.

Man I missed the boat back in the 80’s lol. Just a bit too young.

Picked this up recently off of ebay. Remember staring at the ads for it in the back of comic books and always wondering what it was. The show and rpgs in general were something that passed me by until muuuch later. Dig the video!

When you showed the combat table, I looked at the ranged combat below and it immedeately made click with me, and then shortly after you mentioned that this (indirectly) evolved into the Romeaster combat system and that made me happy^^ Doesnt take much nowadays^^

Glad that I found this! Thanks for the deep dive.

It never got as much support Trinity or Aberrant, and I haven't looked at the new stuff, but there was Adventure!

This game was so ahead of it's time. First RPG I ever bought. I'm on my 4th Boxed Set now. Wife and I moved into her parent's house and had no idea my brother in law, who passed away 5 years ago, was a gamer. Found a beat-up copy in the attic this year. Even found some of his old characters in the box. Made me both nostalgic and sad at the same time. Would have loved to have played with him. Shame that the revised rules done by Bill Logan had to be removed from the web after the LaNasa/TSR fiasco. They were well done. I did some work with him on the Star Frontiersman fanzines. If you haven't seen Bill's Frontier Space, I would suggest checking it out. It's an excellent successor to Star Frontiers, though my heart will always be most fond of the original. Looking forward to seeing your overview on Knight Hawks.

I've heard that for 1st release of Marvel, wanting people to play the established characters was a decision of Marvel, not TSR. Wonder if that also happened here?

Never played, but I would go with Sallah every time.

Played some Marvel in the mid 90s. Don't remember exactly but it probably was the Revised. We would alternate between that and Heroes Unlimited. Later in college moved on to Aberrant.

I have no knowledge of or familiarity with this franchise (Robotech, not Palladium) except the movie Macross Plus, which I've probably watched a few hundred times.

Power attack combat, I immediately thought of Belgarath and Ctuchik. Or Rand and Rahvin.

Ah, level drain... One of my 2e characters made to level 9... three times.

7th term scout rolls 12 on last year of enlistment..... dies.... NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

1E core rulebook read as a technical manual. 2E has been refreshingly more like a traditional game book. We had a demo game with the quickstart guide 4 weeks ago, and last weekend we had our first character creation session. Ending with a training dogfight between the players ship and another federation ship to introduce some ship to ship combat. Excited to play more 2E games!

This is a great introduction. I had a similar experience as a kid in the 80s. I love Traveller so much that I have been running a play by email campaign/s since 2002. I hope you will do more content regarding Traveller.

Its so over convoluted its rad.

Love the new look, and sound was great....thank you for all the hard work.

BECMI was so good. It was before my time (I learned on Dragon Strike, and the 1991 reprint of Basic before moving to AD&D 2nd revised). As an adult, I went back and read BECMI- that was the best introduction to D&D. I have no idea why they didn’t keep that as the standard way to learn.

Ferengi are finally a core player race?! Now i have to buy it.

Hello! Can you provide an example of how Starship Conflict damage works for PCs & a GM? The NPC starship examples have me confused.

This weird because I am exited but a little disappointed with companion rules I feel cheated because the art is copied from red box 1011 my favourite set and period of Dungeons and dragons ever I remember my Dad wouldn't by this for me years later someone gave it to me and it was stolen a few months later I have never played this set but it's iconic I am looking all over facebook for players in London it's getting annoying I am already bored playing 2024 rules, the companion set is still a great read though I cannot wait to get my Masters rules set!

I own them and i bought these sets recently it's almost impossible to find people who are still playing becmi, i am annoyed!

Freaking amazing videos @TheOldDragoon! I really love how you go over all the basic info for each book you cover. I never got into Palladium Fantasy growing up, I was more into Robotech and GURPS. Now I know a lot more about Palladium Fantasy and Marvel Super Heroes and all the games I didn't get a chance to try growing up. RPGs from the 80s rock! It would be so freaking awesome if you made a video about Shadowrun 1st Edition, and some GURPS vids would be awesome too (3e, of course!) My new favorite channel, keep up the awesome work!

I fell HARD for the Palladium Gaming System almost immediately after paging through the Rifts Sourcebook (this is Dec '92) and finding out from my little brother that they had a rule set for their fantasy setting (this very video is about the 2nd Palladium book I ever paged through). Turns out that the same system is (roughly or completely) compatible with TMNT, Ninja's & Superspies, Beyond the Supernatural, Hero's Unlimited, etc. Holy Cow! The fact that Rifts made it possible to merge ALL of these into an environment heavy with inter-dimensional incursions was just icing on the cake.

My friend, I encourage you to track down a copy of the Wayfarers RPG. I’d buy the single-volume version on the secondary market. I think you’d like it.

I ran a few sessions, and I would gladly run it again.

This game is so fast. The rules are easy to master, so you can concentrate on keeping the adventure going at a good clip. No taking 15 minutes looking up a rule. Marcus' stats are in The Fourth Nail (ST 36, MO 48, PR 60, BA 64, IN 92, AP 64; KNO Archaeology, First Aid, Surveying; LAN English, German, French, Spanish, Romany).

Have you checked out Wight-Box by The Basic Expert? It is PWYW I believe. It is the 3 original books, using the alternative combat system, with parts of Chainmail added in. There is weapon vs. armor modifiers, etc.

IF you notice the BECMI sets they have the same guy on the cover progressing from basic fighter to immortal

This was a very well done walk-through.

My favorite version of OD&D is White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game. It's incredibly easy to homebrew for and it encourages modifying the rules. I've been experimenting with some Frankensteined and altered rules from other systems to see what'd feel right to run for a campaign. I'd probably use a separate system inspired by one of my favorite video games for inventory management though for simplicity's sake.

Perfect timing for me, I was looking at a clone of these books. Was thinking of looking for them on drivetheurpg. Thank you for another great video and all the hard work you put into it.

The discussion of Armor around 32:15 reminds me of the Rolemaster Arms Law tables versus various armor types. Good times.

Didn't know about the Outdoor Survival game. Great Video. Thank you!

Pretty sure you're looking 9 years too far back for Melf's Acid Arrow. It was in AD&D Unearthed Arcana.

Good timing, just printed off the 3 little brown books and chainmail. Starting into my own deep dive

I wonder if you could do a 1-36 where you erase the G4XP thing, and give a level per session or two per session and just try it out. You'd almost want to work to plan out PC progression up through that level just to make the rate of leveling not be super taxing on Players building PCs. I know for me when I level fast, it's hard to keep up with the new abilities.

Mentzers advice is not to over-use dice. You're kind of not meant to always roll the dice every time the thief tries to do something, meaning that you don't need to worry too much about many of those % totals looking a bit low.

Sound was great!! Never played chainmail but thinking I’ll try it solo style… Great video…watched it three times so far and enjoyed it every time

Steampunk people weird me out, ngl

Nice tribute. Hang in there. That name, Nystul, rings a bell...

Just found your channel. Subscribed!

Great video, never thought of running this style game, but maybe my group would be interested…..thank you for all the hard work!!

The volume... 😢

I was always interested in looking into Star Frontiers, but had my hands full with other games and pass times. Thanks for the video.

I love Palladium. It has a method of keeping players on their toes with exciting moments coming from the opposed roll combat system. Feels very dynamic and alive.

Audio was solid. I've never played Chainmail, but back in the 20th century the grognards I played with mostly played Napoleonics or Modern Micro Armor (or Harpoon/Flethcher Pratt). Have played some Battlesystem; wondering how it compares.

I have this game. It's not great, but it's not as bad as people like to say it is. Where did that come from?!