I vaguely remember elf and dwarf were, uh, classes in some games. But the AD&D one I remember had them as races, but you had interesting classes like… Magic-User. I vaguely remember having 8 hp on one? Oof.
Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990?
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoThose were under 1st edition Advanced D&D rulesets as I recall. If you started playing after 1990 you are in for a bunch of surprises.
taiyang@lemmy.world 5 months ago
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Yes early AD&D was a lot less forgiving in some ways.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I am pretty sure they were actually second edition rules which came out a year or so before the game.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Pool of Radiance comes out in 1988. 2nd Edition releases in 1989. They might have shifted to 2nd ed at some point but they started with AD&D 1st edition.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
My mistake then, I could have sworn that 2nd edition came out in 87. The rules in that series stayed consistent as far as I can tell (I replayed them many many times and tinkered with the engine), so they must have just stuck with OG AD&D rules.
QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
As we are both old enough to have played these when they released it’s safe to say neither of is are going to have perfect memories at this stage of life.