Originally Posted by
vodokar
Swords and Wizardry is an excellent game, but it isn't 1e, it is 0e. AC starts at 9 vice 10 for descending (or uses ascending). Single saving throw vice the 5 in 1e. Race as Class. +1 to -1 for stat modifiers vice +3 to -3 in 1e. etc. etc.
Nonetheless, if you use the Swords and Wizardy Complete version, it is as close to 1e as your going to get without it actually being 1e, because it is using every supplement for 0e that existed right up to the release of the AD&D Players Handbook.