Supplement V?

[godentag]

Hey guys...1st post...I tried to get on board with just "godentag" but my wife deleted the password thinking an email regarding the "Knights & Knaves Alehouse" was better left unopened...

Anyway, here's a question for the good grognards around the fire...for those of you who play/played OD&D now or in its heyday, what do you make of "Swords & Spells"... did this thing ever really happen?

It seems like all the mention of OD&D is either the 3LB or 3LB + Supplements 1-4. Personally, I started with Otus Basic, so OD&D was already on the downswing when I was a lad. But I downloaded a PDF fairly recently because I just was never happy with BattleSystem back in the day, and this actually seems much more playable for miniatures (which I've also recently gotten the bug for).

Why does this book get the short shrift...people not into strategic wargaming or is it just not a very good ruleset when played on tabletop?

[Finarvyn]

I have Swords & Spells and have never liked it.

1. OD&D is a simple enough system most things (missile ranges, spell effects) are already given in inches for miniatures battles if one desires. S&S is sort of redundant.

2. Also, most general fantasy battles can be fought with Chainmail rules; perhaps a bit simplistic but still a great set of miniatures rules.

We just never felt the need to play S&S.

[godentag]

Interesting point, Finarvyn...I unfortunately don't have a copy of chainmail, and since I thought it was scaled for 1:1 combat, I was hoping that the x:1 scale of S&S would bring something to the table(top).

I do like how it incorporates variable damage as well as weapon type vs. armor...and how it seems superior to Battlesystem as regards ease of play...but maybe it's not really worth recussitating.

Ah well...