#bxdnd — Public Fediverse posts
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Fun Fact: In the 1970s and 80s, TSR published the maps for their D&D adventures in blue to prevent piracy. This specific color of blue wouldn’t copy on analog optical photocopy machines. Today, D&D maps in “non-photo blue” are easily reproduced with scanners or digital copiers. New adventure maps in this blue are now only done for aesthetic purposes and nostalgia’s sake. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dnd #adnd #bxdnd #tsr #tsrhobbies #tsrinc #1980s
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Fun Fact: In the 1970s and 80s, TSR published the maps for their D&D adventures in blue to prevent piracy. This specific color of blue wouldn’t copy on analog optical photocopy machines. Today, D&D maps in “non-photo blue” are easily reproduced with scanners or digital copiers. New adventure maps in this blue are now only done for aesthetic purposes and nostalgia’s sake. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dnd #adnd #bxdnd #tsr #tsrhobbies #tsrinc #1980s
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Fun Fact: In the 1970s and 80s, TSR published the maps for their D&D adventures in blue to prevent piracy. This specific color of blue wouldn’t copy on analog optical photocopy machines. Today, D&D maps in “non-photo blue” are easily reproduced with scanners or digital copiers. New adventure maps in this blue are now only done for aesthetic purposes and nostalgia’s sake. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dnd #adnd #bxdnd #tsr #tsrhobbies #tsrinc #1980s
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Fun Fact: In the 1970s and 80s, TSR published the maps for their D&D adventures in blue to prevent piracy. This specific color of blue wouldn’t copy on analog optical photocopy machines. Today, D&D maps in “non-photo blue” are easily reproduced with scanners or digital copiers. New adventure maps in this blue are now only done for aesthetic purposes and nostalgia’s sake. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dnd #adnd #bxdnd #tsr #tsrhobbies #tsrinc #1980s
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Fun Fact: In the 1970s and 80s, TSR published the maps for their D&D adventures in blue to prevent piracy. This specific color of blue wouldn’t copy on analog optical photocopy machines. Today, D&D maps in “non-photo blue” are easily reproduced with scanners or digital copiers. New adventure maps in this blue are now only done for aesthetic purposes and nostalgia’s sake. #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dnd #adnd #bxdnd #tsr #tsrhobbies #tsrinc #1980s
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"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
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"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
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"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
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"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
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"Tucker's Kobolds" from 1987 is about giving weak #dnd monsters (honestly) excessive tricks including traps. It's a meme now, picked up on YouTube.
Looking through editions, there are zero references to kobolds using traps before it. #odnd just says they are weaker than goblins, basically the crappest humanoid. #adnd1e has them just fighting. #bxdnd says they "ambush". All before 1987. But #adnd2e (1989) has heavy reference to traps for them. TSR eating their own memes.
https://media.wizards.com/2014/downloads/dnd/TuckersKobolds.pdf
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I couldn't resist buying myself a Christmas present. I have such affection for #OSE! #OldSchoolEssentials #necroticgnome #bxdnd
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The modern GM prepares #KeepOnTheBorderlands
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I never liked #BXDnD back in the day. "Why would I want 'basic' when there's 'advanced'?" I asked myself. Now I know that all the stuff that annoyed me about #DnD was mostly just AD&D and WotC-era "innovations".
1E+: The invisibility spell makes a creature invisible until it attacks. Here are 6 paragraphs of legalese to define the precise meaning of "creature", "invisible", & "attack".
BX: You're invisible until you attack. You know damn well what that means! If you don't, ask the DM.
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This morning on the way to school, my kid asked me what version of #DnD is the "Honor Among Thieves" movie based on. He's only played #bxdnd via #OldSchoolEssentials so I wasn't sure if I should get into all the editions in the short time we had.
Luckily, he got distracted by telling me about his idea for a druidic lich so I didn't have to explain the tangled mess of OD&D, BX, BECMI, AD&D1E, AD&D2E, 3E, 3.5E, Pathfinder, 4E, 5E...
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I'm just getting into solo play, and I'm looking to run a dungeon with OSE + Solo Heroes.
I'm thinking of using B1 In Search of the Unknown, but does anyone have any other recommendations for relatively simple OSR dungeon to run through? Does not have to be made for solo play. I'm looking to play through some classics using BX / OSE
#bx #dnd #ose #osr #SoloRoleplaying #OldSchoolEssentials #bxdnd #ScarletHeroes
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Are #introduction posts required if you are the only person on the instance? I don't know but figured I'd try installing my own copy of #pleroma / #soapbox (a lightweight alternative to mastodon #fediverse social network). I can also be found @theredcaps (tabletop.social) and you might get follow requests from both accounts as I try and keep the two sync'd
I enjoy old school #dnd styled games typically in the #osr sphere, and specifically my favorite being #bxdnd or #basicdnd. That said I'll play anything as long as people are having a good time.
I have a #podcast which can be found at www.theredcaps.net or via your podcatcher of choice.
I'm still figuring out the fediverse and especially with this standalone instance I'm running how it connects to other timelines etc - so feel free to ping and chat.