The Grenzland Campaign is coming to a close after almost 9 years. Tomorrow we'll have our "diplomacy game debriefing session" and next weeks friday will be the very last in person session.
It will be a time to look back, revisit some highlights, and maybe even revive the one or other character. I exepect we won't need any rules for that very last session.
Just let ideas flow freely, and I hope to get some nice impressions of seasoned characters riding off into the sunset.
Last night's OD&D game:
* It took only 3 minutes for someone to start talking about "perverts" - a real record!
* To avoid accusations of interfering with the prison's supply chain, the PCs wandered a bit to try to establish an alibi, ended up in the dungeon
* The Wandering Monster RNG brought woe with a four encounters, one of which... well, they'll find out...
* Two PCs got entangled in webs in a rather "delicate" position together
It was just one of those nights!
@Emperohr auf Seefahrten kann man dann vom Kurs abkommen. Gefährliche Begegnungen haben Auswirkungen auf die Planung von Expeditionen, Umwege müssen in Kauf genommen werden und „Reisen“ werden schnell zu Abenteuern oder wie letztens in unserem #odnd Game zu Survival Horror 
Ausrüstung, Planung…das zählt dann auf einmal. Das Resultat ist Drama und damit das Gegenteil von Langeweile. Im 5e Kontext rate ich zur Anwendung der Exhaustion-Regeln, damit kann man arbeiten 2/n
If you'd like to see what I concocted back in 2009, here's the links:
Players Handbook: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Siege-Perilous-Players-Rulebook.pdf
Game Ref's Guide: https://chgowiz-games.etinerra.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Siege-Perilous-Game-Referees-Guide.pdf
(Edited - put non-Google Drive links up, these links are to my own domain.)
Just a random observation...
I was really surprised when I realized that the wish spell is not part of the 1974 LBBs.
The first time the M-U spell appears is in Greyhawk Supp 1.
The LBBs do have a ring of three wishes in Book 3, but that's it.
It goes to show how much GH really influenced what we see as "OD&D" when in reality, GH was a huge change from the original game.
I had always just "assumed" that wish had been there from the beginning, but NOPE
1/
Treachery and betrayal? Or simply a long-overdue balancing of the scales? Watch it all play out on ... GRENZLAND: ELVES GONE WILD! #odnd #faction #grenzland #TheEndTimesAreNeigh
On the subject of how rules differ between versions...
OD&D/LBBs - the spell "Cure Light Wounds" heals d6+1 same for potion.
AD&D/1e - the spell "Cure Light Wounds" heals d8 (no +1 pip), but the potion is 2d4+2!
OD&D/LBBs - natural healing is every other day (even days), complete rest required.
AD&D/1e - natural healing every day, complete rest required. CON factors into this (penalties always, bonuses after 1st wk).
Gets me EVERY TIME I switch games!
Another wild & crazy OD&D session!
Imagine, if you will, this beach scene: a elf-mage laying on his back, recovering from death. A cleric running his hands through sand looking for dropped gold coins. Another cleric pining for whales or dolphins to talk to. A fighter surveying a boat consumed in magical fire. An elven fighter rubbing his brow in the most "wtfjusthappened" way. A human mage plotting how to sacrifice the sleeping guards to the demon idol for more lucky gems.
Learning my way through the #ODnD style encounter tables, and this was a brutal lesson! #osr #sologaming
https://tulkaas.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/far-hills-campaign-session-3/
@phf Eigenlicher Grund für DIY Hexpaper war, dass wir in der zweiten Hälfte des #osr Wochenendes, #Adnd spielen wollten, in Fritz Leibers #Lankhmar Setting - um uns ein bisschen mit der Periode auseinandersetzen, in der Setting und „Story“ eine größere Bedeutung gewinnen. Sind dann bei #odnd geblieben und hatten kein Hexpapier dabei. Unserer Referee hat dann in Windeseile die Hexmap erstellt, auf Grundlage des Outdoor Survival (1972) Spielplans.
Sitze im Zug und blicke auf eines der schönsten #pnpde Erlebnisse der letzten Jahre zurück: #osr Wochenende im Harz. Irgendwie hatten alle Mispielenden nicht nur total Bock auf Rollozock, sondern auch Lust, sich während des Spiels und in den langen, von Kuchenverzerr und Spaziergängen geprägten Pausen intensiv mit der Geschichte des Hobbies und den Spielprozeduren auseinanderzusetzen: #dnd #odnd 1/2
@wandererbill komplett drüber bisweilen und constant reminder: DU bist hier nur 1 kleines fragiles fighting män-chen mit Mini-Entourage und hinter dem nächsten Hügel lauern 90 Banditen oder Schlimmeres. Wenn man das am Spieltisch in einen emergent narrative übersetzt, was verdammt gut funktioniert, irrt man sofort durch eine verheerte bzw. Verheerung antizipierende Bizaro-Landschaft. #odnd
Second day of our #osr Weekend in the Harz Mountains. After some of our characters barely survived yesterday’s dungeon crawl in the #PalaceOfTheVampireQueen we stick to #odnd trying out the wilderness exploration rules (original plan was to switch to Adnd). Random encounters quickly pushed our group into a f****** Fantasy Vietnam Situation, where the characters have to deal with 90 (…) brigants in an unpleasant swamp which is also inhabited by ghosts which are also after our poor characters.
Made it to dungeon level 5 of the #PalaceOfTheVampireQueen before our 1st lvl characters were taken out by vampires one by one. Our magic user Dr. Karl was the first to go and my bard did not make it as well, but at least our cleric Ulderich von Borkenhorst and our thief Kip-die-Erdhummel escaped alongside some retainers to lvl 4 to fight another day. For ancient funhouse dungeon the module was surprisingly entertaining! Emergent story galore #odnd #osr
@luigirenna we Are aiming at a game historical approach: today it‘s all about #odnd plus material from the #Greyhawk and strategic Review supplements, tomorrow will be #ADnD 1st ed all day long. We play in an old house in the Harz mountains, in sight of some castle 
All of those RPG questions going around can be answered for me with three games: OD&D, AD&D and Classic Traveller 1977.
I've been playing them since 1978 and actually played all three in the past month or so.
@Phoebe #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons
Weekend. Ich zuckel gerade mit der Bimmelbahn in den Harz. Und dann so #Adnd und #odnd bis Montag. Die DB macht Mucken, aber ich werde es schaffen. Tschoo-Tschoo 
Auf geht’s ins #osr Weekend! Fahre zusammen mit Leuten, die ich u.a. auf der #Cauldron2023 der #PinkPonyOfDeathCon 2024 kennenlernen durfte in ein Haus im Harz, um ein Wochenende lang #Adnd und #Odnd zu spielen 
Ran an die Klassiker. 
OSR Weekend - OSR Weekend - OSR Weekend - Weekend - Weekend
4. Run the most? - #ODnD
5. Favourite? - #ClassicTraveller #3LBB #GURPS
