As an old school gamer I like products like this. The basic premise of 'what would the 2nd edition of AD&D have looked like if Gygax stayed on at TSR and was in charge", is neat and plausable to me as presented here. Though one very important part of this thinking that wasn't addressed (in my humble opinion), is what would Gygax have done to bring the Unearthed Arcana material into better compatability with the earlier Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide. Not to be nit picky though, I like the product but I probably won't use it for gaming, because its so close to the original, I'll just stick with Gygax's published AD&D when running a 1st AD&D game. A side note: I like alot the Necromancer, which I will use!

Truly, Adventures Dark and Deep is a step forward and a superb product. While the evolution and changes of AD&D to ADD is often subtle, the rules are smoother and much more playable for newer people. If you're not a newer player to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, then ADD will run beautifully and gel perfectly with your current game. Even in playtest form it's definitely a massive step forward, if you know where to look within for where the developments are. It can only get better going forward.

This product is great. It takes everything that was in AD&D 1E and puts it in one place. It also takes all the thoughts Gary Gygax said he wanted another edition to be link, from various letters and forum postings. This is the direction D&D would have one.

To the previous review, Gary was against Ascending Armor class, which is one of the reasons he did not sign off on 3E. The only reason S&W put ascending armor class in their books, was because they were following the OGL/D20 License to the letter. Think before you speak.

This series does indeed remind me of AD&D cerca Unearthed Arcana, but I find it hard to believe that ole Gary would have maintained the descending armor class and attack tables. These never made much sense and are only useful in terms of nostalgia, not actual play. My suggestion is the inclusion of an accending armor class and to- hit bonus option similar to those found in Swords & Wizardry.