January 10, 2026 Session
This was the first session for our 1E AD&D campaign. I used this session to talk about how 1E AD&D is different and how I will run things. I discussed the background behind the campaign and the whys behind the character types that we're going to need. We rolled up our characters. Finally we began our first quest. How is 1E AD&D Different? There has been a lot written about this and many You Tube videos. I played this game back in the early 1980's and one of the things to understand is that there wasn't an internet or social media to tell us if we were right or wrong with how we played. We had the rule books, made the interpretations as best we could, and went from there and had a great time. Dungeons and Dragons comes from war games. I enjoy playing a lot of old school war games. Something really important to know about these games - even though the rule books are extensive, they aren't exhaustive and you find that once you sta...