Welcome to the Saving Throes podcast! This is my Tabletop role-playing game podcast, part of the Red Rooster's Gaming Coop network where I talk gaming and gaming culture every week. Each episode will feature a topic or theme along with my take on current happenings in the world of tabletop role-playing games and semi regular updates on the games I am currently involved with, or new games or products I have come across.

There was a lot of D&D 5e news today so I thought it would be a good time to talk about how I approach making my D&D 5e games feel more like old school D&D (TSR era specifically). I have touched on this in the past, but haven't ever done a full episode on it. First I must say, if you are considering this, my advice is to try to actually play an actual edition of old school D&D or one of the many OSR titles that accomplish it. However, if you can't get your group to move from 5e, or maybe you lack the desire or just the confidence to move out of the 5e space, then the good news is that you can certainly achieve the old school feeling without having to mess with too much mechanically in 5e. It is all about changing the core assumptions of the game and familiarizing yourself with certain concepts and rules that frequently get passed over or hand waved, but have been in front of you the whole time. Tune in to see if there is anything you can use in here. 

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