This site hosts information about "Erin1478," a game played using the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules by-the-book, and in a club style.
“By-the-book” means to us, playing a game where the participants follow the rules as written rather than changing or ignoring them. In a game like this which allows for completely open-ended game “moves,” it’s not possible for the game designer to anticipate every rule that would be required. As such, by-the-book play includes the addition of rules as needed to adjudicate situations not addressed by the printed book and which are created in the same spirit as those rules in the book. Such rules become part of the game and are thereafter followed consistently. We favor rules interpretations which create a clear, understandable system that the players can rely on without needing to wonder how the referee will rule.
By "club style," we mean that participants in the game may easily drop
in and out from one session to the next. This is unlike the traditional
way in which the game is played where a mostly consistent group of
people play in every session. There are two features of the 1979 rules we use that were omitted from later editions, but which facilitate this sort of play. First, is 1:1 time-keeping, meaning that between game sessions as one day of real time passes so does one day in the game world. The second is that players may have more than one character in the game.
Sections on this site describe the rules we use in more details, the setting in which we play the game, our schedule, and resources to facilitate game play. A leader board shows the current progress and performance of the active players and all of the characters (active, inactive, or deceased), and in-game "news" describing events, rumors, and propaganda within the game setting.
Please join us for a game in person, and for discussion on Discord using the 7QbNjzN server code.
"BY ORDERING THINGS AS THEY SHOULD BE, THE GAME AS A WHOLE FIRST, YOUR CAMPAIGN NEXT, AND YOUR PARTICIPANTS THEREAFTER, YOU WILL BE PLAYING ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE."
- Afterword of the Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax