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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Traditional Games > Older D&D and Retroclone Thread: From OD&D To 4E
 
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LincolnSmash
May 23, 2011

Six Glistening Black Eyes

OtspIII posted:

Reading about West Marches made me really want to try a good hexcrawl sandbox some time. The group I play in uses their scheduling system (which works really well), but we're way more megadungeon-centric. I'd love to hear more on the topic from Whitemage.

One solid retroclone not mentioned so far is ACKS/Adventurer, Conqueror, King, which is something between a retroclone (it uses Basic's core rules, although it does a few things like killing descending AC that are much needed) and a splatbook, in that it does a ton to flesh out kingdom management and general economics and make it much more gamey.

The other nice thing about ACKS is it actually includes small (but game-changing) rules that are mentioned in old editions of D&D, but left out of retro-clones like Labyrinth Lord, and especially Swords & Wizardry.

IMO, it's a little more accurate than the other clones/spin-offs in terms of fidelity to the basic procedures of old editions even though it changes some other things.

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LincolnSmash
May 23, 2011

Six Glistening Black Eyes
I've said it elsewhere, but S&W is the LBBs, through a glass darkly.

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