Timeline for What are the differences between Holmes, Moldvay, and Mentzer D&D?
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| Nov 9, 2023 at 14:36 | comment | added | Sean McMillan | Link on "wishy-washy" is dead. Anyone have a backup or alternative? | |
| Nov 18, 2018 at 19:59 | history | edited | V2Blast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 12:33 | comment | added | Simon Hibbs | I believe another difference was that in Moldvay there was a rule that if a character tried something not covered by other rules, you should roll 1D20 and try to roll =< a suitable characteristic value, perhaps with a modifier for difficulty. I think this was removed in Mentzer? | |
| Feb 9, 2015 at 14:33 | comment | added | Robert Fisher | All weapons doing 1d6 is actually the standard in Moldvay. The damage-by-weapon is an optional rule. (Although I think everything else TSR published for B/X assumed this optional rule was in effect.) | |
| Feb 9, 2015 at 14:31 | comment | added | Robert Fisher | Moldvay has individual initiative as an optional rule. | |
| Feb 9, 2015 at 14:30 | comment | added | Robert Fisher | Early versions of the Holmes box came with geomorphs and a monster & treasure assortment instead of a module. | |
| S Feb 3, 2013 at 17:41 | history | suggested | CommunityBot | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
It's actually the Mentzer set that has the solo game on pp 2-8, not Moldvay.
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| Sep 4, 2010 at 18:17 | comment | added | Adam Dray | Hi, Frank! Thanks for your kind words. Revel in surviving them all! I met Tom at NEOcon in Akron in the late 80's. I was a high school kid with big dreams of game design and he was very kind to me. Moldvay's death saddened me in a way that the deaths of Gygax and Arneson didn't, because I had met him and talked for a couple hours. | |
| Sep 4, 2010 at 1:34 | comment | added | ExTSR | I'll endorse this answer. :) --FM (Tho it's depressing to be the sole survivor of the three.) | |
| Sep 3, 2010 at 4:29 | comment | added | aramis | Oh, and Moldvay's individual weapon damages are from Gygax's Supplement 1. By using supplements 1 & 2, one was essentially playing AD&D. | |
| Sep 2, 2010 at 16:50 | comment | added | Pat Ludwig | A couple nits. Later printings of the Holmes' set came with B2 (including my copy :) Holmes uses the same rules for surprise that OD&D does, 1-2 out of 6. (From Maliszewski - grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/07/…) | |
| Sep 2, 2010 at 16:11 | vote | accept | Ry St | ||
| Sep 2, 2010 at 16:09 | history | edited | Adam Dray | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 2, 2010 at 16:02 | history | edited | Adam Dray | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 2, 2010 at 15:37 | history | edited | Adam Dray | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Sep 2, 2010 at 15:22 | history | answered | Adam Dray | CC BY-SA 2.5 |