Episode 38: The Grand 1E vs B/X Smackdown!

A lingering theme in our english language episodes has been the puzzlement of host Settembrini over the B/X and OSE crazes, given his fondness for AD&D 1st Edition. The time of reckoning has arrived, OSE-Module-Writer, B/X afficcionado and RC-DM Prince of Nothing steps up to defend the Basic family. We go through minute and sweeping differences, alleged beginner friendliness, the myth of the complicated wargame, mischaracterizations of 1e and theories of why Basic D&D remains the go-to strain in the wider OSR.

With Settembrini and the Prince of Nothing.

Shownotes

• Prince of Nothing’s Review Blog
• The Palace of Unquiet Repose
• The No-Artpunk Contest & Winner-Volume
• Grognard Files podcast. I think in the cast I say Grogtalk, but I meant these guys.
• The Aaron the Pedantic Show featuring Jeffro Johnson and an OSR Bro from the BROSR.
• The Gardens of Ynn