TSR 5 Fun Facts about the 1991 D&D Black Boxed Set

bmfrosty · Jan 30, 2025

Mannahnin said:
OD&D, 1977 Holmes, and 1981 B/X don't put them in the character descriptions, but they're only a few pages away or in the Combat section (and in the quick reference tables at the back of Holmes). 1983 BECMI and the 1991 Rules Cyclopedia had them in the character descriptions, like 3rd and later.

Ah. My recollection was incorrect. I had thought that the saves didn't move until cyclopedia. My peeve is when I'm building a character and I have to hunt them down at all.

Voadam said:
Learning D&D in the 1e era I normally just wrote down stats, AC, HP, and equipment on a sheet of paper for my characters. Usually with the damage for weapons in parentheses. Sometimes with languages or class and race abilities as well. No THAC0 or saves.

We would say we rolled a 17 and the DM would figure out if we hit or saved.

Telling the DM what you rolled and relying on them is a way to do things. When I DM, my attention is pretty split, and it takes some load off me to arm the players with enough information that they can tell me what their modified attack roll is so all I have to do compare to the DC. If they know that their fighter at level 4 gets 2 points better to hit, then I don't have to remember to take that into account.

R_J_K75 · Jan 30, 2025

I bought a few used books off a friend of mine around 1997-1998 and I think a book or two from this box set was among those. The Dungeons & Dragons font looks the same. In it was a sample adventure or setting that was in Dalelands from the Forgotten Realms. Being familiar with FR at the time I immediately recognized the map, except for one additional Dale Id never seen before, Silverdale. The book has long since disappeared, but besides there I've never seen this Dale mentioned before or since and can't find anything on the FR Wiki. Anyone else remember this?

TSR 5 Fun Facts about the 1991 D&D Black Boxed Set

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