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Just Justin 01-11-05, 04:38 PM	Im sorry if this is infinging on any copyright laws :( question 1 dose anyone know where i can get a 1974 white box set of the three first books, my dad saw my books and his birthday coming up sorta of a nostagia type of thing Question 2 is there any open game content rules for the first edition i know its probley iligal for any pdf's right?
DwarvinJedi 01-11-05, 04:42 PM	check Ebay and Used book stores
Just Justin 01-11-05, 04:58 PM	is there any open game content
GreyLord 01-11-05, 05:34 PM	Surely you jest! OGL for older editions! As if Wizards would ever do that...they wouldn't want everyone abandoning 3e for the older ones! :P
Just Justin 01-11-05, 06:03 PM	so the only way to know the rules is to find these anchient books
ORC_Paradox 01-11-05, 06:41 PM	No older edition is covered under the open gaming license. There is NO open gaming content for the edition you're looking for. The white boxed set is considered the Holy Grail of D&D. If you can find it, expect to pay top dollar for it.
edgelett 01-12-05, 03:16 AM	so the only way to know the rules is to find these anchient books OR (and I know I'm going to get shot for this) you can try Hackmaster http://www.kenzerco.com/rpg/hackmaster/basics.php It's a parody of D&D but it's based on the 1st & 2nd edition rules. It is not an EXACT recplica of those older rules, and will be very different in many ways to the original D&D your dad used to play, but does include things like: Critical hit charts, called shots, restrictions on classes/races, negative armour classes, etc. The rules are solid, it's just the game has a real monty python esque sense of humour.
Attila 01-12-05, 05:58 PM	Those original sets are what collectors spend their lives searching for. Expect to pay $1,000+ for a set if you find one.
Scarlet Knight 01-12-05, 06:23 PM	According to this website (http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/Rulebooks.html), some of the later printings of Original D&D in good condition are worth between $60 and $160.
DrWorm 01-12-05, 06:43 PM	Areb you kidding me...a card shop in town was selling them for like 15 bucks a piece, and they were in good-excellent condition. We are talking the white cover ones right? They clamied that they were just not much desired. Heck I was not even inclined to pay 15 clams for them.
GreyLord 01-12-05, 10:31 PM	Areb you kidding me...a card shop in town was selling them for like 15 bucks a piece, and they were in good-excellent condition. We are talking the white cover ones right? They clamied that they were just not much desired. Heck I was not even inclined to pay 15 clams for them. Hmm, you should be aware that there's Original D&D, and then there's the original Boxed D&D. The White ones were actually copies made of the originals. Those came in the white boxes, and yes, they are worth something if they are actually the White Box edition. However, the real ones, I think only a thousand ever came out. They were made in a dank and dangerous dungeon by those hidden from light used their staples and other items to hand assemble their precious...that was theirs...their precious... Uh...excuse me...I mean...if I recall correctly, the original copies weren't actually white...but a brownish tan type color (not sure how to describe it). Only ~1000 were made. However, it soon became apparant demand was quite high...and thus the birth of a great hobby for millions. However, if your dad played he might have played the original white boxes...or he could have played a later version...which was more widespread. The White boxes in some ways were more of a nostalgia thing...if I remember...of course I might not remember correctly.
Just Justin 01-17-05, 10:02 AM	Thanks i went over my grand mums and asked her about it. she said it could be in the attic, so i went up there and on one corner of the attic there was a book shelf i found a off white box with 5 little booklets in them men and magic, monsters & treasure, underworld & wilderness adventures, Reference Sheets booklet also a blackmoor book the cover of the box has the same picture as the men and magic book. i think this is the first edition am i right i dint tell him yet its my and my grand mums secret
GreyLord 01-17-05, 10:26 AM	Thanks i went over my grand mums and asked her about it. she said it could be in the attic, so i went up there and on one corner of the attic there was a book shelf i found a off white box with 5 little booklets in them men and magic, monsters & treasure, underworld & wilderness adventures, Reference Sheets booklet also a blackmoor book the cover of the box has the same picture as the men and magic book. i think this is the first edition am i right i dint tell him yet its my and my grand mums secret Well, I'd say give it to your dad. He'll either be overjoyed that you've found something he's been wanting, or kill you for moving something that he thought he had stored in a safe place. Good Luck.
Sulaco 01-17-05, 10:53 AM	No older edition is covered under the open gaming license. There is NO open gaming content for the edition you're looking for. The white boxed set is considered the Holy Grail of D&D. If you can find it, expect to pay top dollar for it. Word. I saw OD&D for sale in a shop a few years back. Each of the books was going individually for $75. By the time payday rolled around a week later they were gone. :(
Just Justin 01-17-05, 11:20 AM	il give it to him when he gets home tonight My grandmother said he tried looking for that before but couldnt.