I go over why I like the basic and expert dungeons and dragons rules so much. MSJmaps.com msjmaps.locals...
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@Tysto8 ай бұрын
1:48 The moment he breaks the lid of a pristine 47-year-old collectible game box.
@wanderinghistorian6 ай бұрын
The pain...
@rickjones28485 ай бұрын
Man those dice will do it every time sux to see this
@BanjoSick4 ай бұрын
That was painful to watch. Have og Rolemaster box with original 20 sided D10s. This could happen to me.
@SilverAphelionАй бұрын
god damnn he even said the YOLO shit
@rednight2476 Жыл бұрын
my favorite is the Rules Cyclopedia -- it's the final edition of the original series. I am glad people are starting get interested in continueing this D&D rule-set now as I have always preferred it over the AD&D rule-set.
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
I have a copy too and agree it's an excellent version of the game.
@frank44magfrank80 Жыл бұрын
@@mstephenjoy what are some of the New classes you can get
@michaelwallace6851 Жыл бұрын
BX is my favorite version of the game.
@baileywatts13048 ай бұрын
I dig the race as class thing. It reminds me of the original Star Wars aliens where the character exists as the representative of that race as a whole. Like Chewbacca is not the wookie pilot/archer. He's the Chewbacca.
@mstephenjoy8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment, that's a neat way of looking at the race as class.
@pugbuddykachoo2 жыл бұрын
Great observations! I have all of these and enjoy them immensely. I very much agree with your viewpoint on Race-as-Class. It makes for unique races and allows players to play them in a unique manner (without reference to skill options). B/X Options was not used for OSE; it came out after OSE, as I recall. B/X Options is about building classes in the mold of B/X. OSE is, according to the designer, a copy of the original B/X rules in a more user-friendly format. OSE later added "Advanced Options" for the game, which were 1st Edition game options back-fitted into B/X.
@mstephenjoy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you :) Right, B/X Options came out a lot later and isn't a TSR product.
@brettsimpson15052 жыл бұрын
Great to see, Stephen. B/X D&D is my system of choice too. It’s perfect for building an interesting campaign world. I was gifted the PDF of BX Options by the author who is a follower of my campaign. I’m inspired to purchase a POD copy after seeing it here.
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
I got mine printed at Staples. I prefer it because it lies flat and I don't care if it gets marked up.
@johncartwright3130 Жыл бұрын
Great to see another B/X fan.
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
For sure, there are a few of us still around
@TheFatalT Жыл бұрын
B/X is where I started and where I stay. It is truly the best of all the editions.
@mstephenjoy10 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment. There is just something about those books right? I think the hole punches just scream "take me I'm yours!" lol
@YukonJack885 ай бұрын
I'm watching the excellent Halls of Arden Vul 3D6 Down the line Lets play and am loving it.... OSE at its finest. However there is no way in hell I would play months and years of sessions roll playing: gathering and tracking treasure, problem solving around getting back to town, all to justify levelling up.... I'm playing Symbaroum with milestone levelling, and we haven't turned into murder hobos... Our game is rich with quality play. Treasure for XP is a Gigax idea and not required.... I deal with numbers at work, I'm not into more accounting while gaming... Having stated that, the great thing about the sheer breadth of rpgs is the style of play available. Great to see your passion here in the videos...
@mstephenjoy5 ай бұрын
I like the milestone system of leveling too. I'll have to check out the lets play. Thank you for commenting.
@BX-advocate5 ай бұрын
This is also my favorite version but that's because it's objectively the best system.
@mstephenjoy5 ай бұрын
I have to agree with you there :) Thank you for commenting.
@BX-advocate5 ай бұрын
@@mstephenjoy Yeah you're welcome. To be honest I am partially commenting on your videos to appease the algorithm gods. I know it helps small channels so when I find one I like it's a way I try to help out.
@mstephenjoy5 ай бұрын
Well I really appreciate it because it does help a lot :)@@BX-advocate
@machfront5 ай бұрын
I began during the era just after B/X…the Mentzer era of BECMI, etc. But, the first books I ever owned were bought from a friend…which was B/X. I imagined newer was better so when I got the RC, I thought I’d finally had the greatest. Once I hit my late 30s (around about 2010), I realized just how well B/X is constructed! I really love clones of OD&D a lot (things being simpler and more open)…but….B/X is SO super solid and wonderfully structured but super easy! It’s ready to go! SO much! And still SO easy to deal with house-rules-wise! ❤
@mstephenjoy5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment and I couldn't agree more. In my case players in my game were unwilling to play B/X once AD&D was discovered. It made me sad since I love B/X but when in Rome.
@randomrickreviewsrrr46627 ай бұрын
Nice, had the basic set back in the day.
@mstephenjoy7 ай бұрын
You don't have it anymore?
@randomrickreviewsrrr46627 ай бұрын
No long gone, haven't played a table top in some years now.@@mstephenjoy
@SwordlordRoy Жыл бұрын
I fear I am too young to have played B/X or BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia, having been about 5 when TSR cut the line in favor of 2nd edition Advanced, so my first edition was 3.5. That said, the older editions have always interested me, and I have discovered BECMI/Rules Cyclopedia and fell in love with it...Always did find it a little odd that there are too many Retroclones of B/X to count (Labyrinth Lord, Old School Essentials, Basic Fantasy...Lamentations of the Flame Princess...just to name a few), but only one (Three if you count the edition that had all the creator's house rules and the edition that was halfway in-between the two) of the Rules Cyclopedia (Dark Dungeons).
@brianevans9719 Жыл бұрын
because B/X appears to be one of the most favorite versions out of all the different rules sets that TSR published. It is so simple and allows for the DM and the players to really let their imagination soar without a lot of complicated rules to get in the way. It is also my favorite version to run and play.
@MarkHyde Жыл бұрын
I got my start with the later Mentzer BECMI Basic D&D - now I'm into Basic Fantasy RPG and OSRIC/1e AD&D. Great stuff Moldvay/Cook/B/X is awesome.
@mikeha Жыл бұрын
used to have the Basic set back in the 80s, played D&D on the weekends at my friend's house
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
Me too. Those were some of the best games :)
@BX_Disciple8 ай бұрын
B/X is my favorite!Great channel btw!
@mstephenjoy8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the comment
@KabukiKid6 ай бұрын
Yeah, I started with B/X too. Also still a favorite edition. We then moved to AD&D 1e, but we always kept a bunch of stuff we preferred from B/X, so our game is something of an amalgam homebrew. 40+ years later and we are still playing it. :-) And btw... the Basic book takes you through third level, not fifth.
@josephpurdy839010 ай бұрын
A bard class that insists on granting a party wide bonus. However, with a small penalty of letting the whole damn dungeon know precisely. Where exactly your located. If more bard begin singing and playing along. Then, the greater the bonus. Never mind those pesky enemies that by DM fiat. They that may very well earn that bonus as well.
@VhaidraSaga Жыл бұрын
It's so great!
@brianinthebunker7407 Жыл бұрын
You spend most of your time on ad&d. But thanks for showing the Dungeon and Dragons by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. -Brian.
@BanjoSick4 ай бұрын
Prefer AD&D 1st tbh, but use B/X when playing with my kids.
@mstephenjoy4 ай бұрын
Have you tried Old School Essentials?
@mitchelltyner56702 ай бұрын
around the 11:00 mark, did you mean to compare the Barbarian and the Bard? I figure with the assassin it was like for like but you caught me off guard with the two different ones.
@GrognardPiperАй бұрын
I think I’m going back to B/X
@cragland949 ай бұрын
a wonderful game to run and my players like it too.
@mstephenjoy8 ай бұрын
Right? It's one of my favorites for sure. Thank you for the comment.
@TKFKU Жыл бұрын
BX only covers a fraction of the BECMI system, seems a shame to ignore the rest.
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
BX came before BECMI. They are different editions of the game by different writers.
@groovegnome10 ай бұрын
And how many people actually play above level 14??? I’ve only ever used those books or rules as a DM
@TKFKU6 ай бұрын
@@mstephenjoyYes I know what order they came in, I owned and still own both and they aren't all that different. Mentzer just rebooted it to fit with going farther. You want to stop at 14 and not do the other stuff okay.
@TKFKU6 ай бұрын
@@groovegnome We did, a couple times.
@destroso9 ай бұрын
5:24 it’s only $40
@seanfaherty Жыл бұрын
I did not like the race based classes. Every dwarf was the same, every elf was the same Still loved it
@mstephenjoy Жыл бұрын
A fun thing to do in a homebrew is create variations of the different races. Also some of the Gazetteers had different races for players.
@hillerm Жыл бұрын
I find I enjoy the racial classes because it discourages infravision.
@Yoloman1478 ай бұрын
Or you could just play GURPS instead.
@BanjoSick4 ай бұрын
or you could just not do that and play Rolemaster:)