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Dungeons & Dragons in the original and advanced flavour, of course.

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I would assume one of the more recent lite OSR games like Knave would be very well suited for one-shot with a group of very inexperienced players.

But since I have never played it, I'd just use Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rules. If it was good enough for kids almost fifty years ago, it ought be good enough for adults today.

Regarding adventures, I'd just use one of the one-page dungeons from the One Page Dungeon Contest, probably from one of the early compendiums (2009–2012).

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To be honest, I don't really know. I don't watch much TV anyway. Deus Ex might be cool as TV series. But only if they include the mine trick to explode Gunther as he runs into the plane. Or was it the cyborg lady? I don't remember anymore...

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A simple character sheet builder I could use to make bespoke character sheets that are either form-fillable PDFs or hosted so they can be shared with players. That'd be awesome.

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Since I run games online, my most appreciate accessories are:

I use the above three in every session!

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My favourite form is “all-in-one-book” no matter how thick and unwieldy it is! Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia is a classic example, while Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised and OSRIC are modern examples. Consequently, by buying all three of these you will effectively have full OD&D, D&D, and AD&D games.

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Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy Rules Tome is very easy to use. Combination of clean layout, terse writing, and information concentration make for a great reference book. It is a good example of applying technical writing principles to a RPG book. Alas, it also spawned a horde of copy-cats who just imitate OSE look, without understanding the underlying principles of the technical writing!

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What is great writing? To me, great would be evocative, inspirational, not too terse and not too verbose, and clear. I don't think I've encountered any RPG book yet that hits all of those criteria.

Three RPG books that I immensely enjoyed reading, even if they were verbose and opaque at times are classic Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax, Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised by Matt Finch, and The Arcanum Second Edition by Stephan Michael Sechi and Vernie Taylor.

Now, none of the above are terse, and do require some effort to parse. But boy, are they inspirational! Whenever I'm in a rut I can grab any of the three, and I'm full of ideas within moments.

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Drats, I just packed my RPG books because I'm moving them to another location, so I'll have to go off my memory. Three RPG books that have memorable art are:

  • Broodmother SkyFortress features great comic-like art by Ian MacLean.
  • HackMaster 4e features a ton of art in the vein of 1e, but more extreme, more tongue-in-cheek, and just more of everything.
  • AC9 Creature Catalogue features art by Jeff Anderson, Helen Bedfod, Gary Harrod, Tim Sell, Brian Williams, Geoff Wingate, and Pete Young. Not all pieces are great (or good), but there is some indescribable charm to them!

And all three are great for play as well!

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Dungeons & Dragons Basic / Expert have served as foundational rules for my long-running campaign Conquering the Barbarian Altanis—101 sessions over two and half years. Later this year we will be transition to original Dungeons & Dragons, ie. rulebooks published prior to the Advanced and Basic split.

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