tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post7039469783979829411..comments2023-11-11T03:38:28.863-05:00Comments on Once More Unto the Breach!: Early-Afternoon Reflections & Some Gamer ADDAnthony Simeonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-49635704351815597882011-05-10T23:58:25.467-04:002011-05-10T23:58:25.467-04:00@sirlarkins: Thanks for checking in, and thanks fo...@sirlarkins: Thanks for checking in, and thanks for the link. It's late, so I'm about to pass out, but glancing over your post, I see you also get a stirring of the adventuring fire when you see Elmore's work. I'm the same exact way. It's such a visceral reaction, it's sort of strange. I just associate his art with all that's good about roleplaying/D&D.<br /><br />I'll have to read your post with more clarity tomorrow...Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-53160272574697780832011-05-10T23:27:55.627-04:002011-05-10T23:27:55.627-04:00I posted last year on some of the differences betw...I <a href="http://shirosrpg.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-box-memories-tale-of-two-red-boxes.html" rel="nofollow">posted last year</a> on some of the differences between the two sets and got some good discussion generated in the comments as well.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-76373149191434246542011-05-10T23:15:43.221-04:002011-05-10T23:15:43.221-04:00I agree. I've always found a strange beauty in...I agree. I've always found a strange beauty in the BE of BECMI, whichever that is. Moldvay?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829996874605560287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096473056453931834.post-82572109967448748602011-05-10T13:11:52.261-04:002011-05-10T13:11:52.261-04:00For a long time (most of the 90's), I was enam...For a long time (most of the 90's), I was enamored by the sheet beauty of Mentzer's 1-36 masterpiece, BECMI. The reality is, my campaigns never last that long, so BX is just fine.<br /><br />Mentzer stretches abilities over 36 levels, so low level thieves really suffer, for instance. Why start a game that stretches a career for 36 levels when you're only going to play 18 months anyway? The red books aren't as functional as the earlier red book because of all the tutorial stuff interspersed.<br /><br />I do love the Elmore art, and the Companion set is brilliant all around - great wrestling rules, tournament and dominion rules, war machine, etc, just love it.<br /><br />These days I tend to think the Labyrinth Lord approach (levels 1-20) are a good fit, I just wish LL had the art, layout and production values of TSR's heyday. I find BX eminently functional at the table.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031181424520125213noreply@blogger.com