A Cascade of D&D

Ha, so all our games were not drug and alcohol infused debauchery. Technically speaking, our first game system was from the Dungeons and Dragons Basic Set by J. Eric Holmes . Holmes uses a very simple weapon speed system - Daggers get 2 blows per round, long swords 1, and 2-handed swords 1 every 2 rounds. When the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook came out the summer of 1978 we…