2 Questions about playing 1e with the Classic ruleset
So I want to run 1e (or even OD&D) using the 1e extension and the classics/2e ruleset. I doubt I am the only person (or the first person) to try this, so I had a few questions for those that have already. . .
1) Do you use the 2e core books in your games? I wasn't sure if I needed to buy those or if it was too weird.
2) How do you speed up combat so it doesn't get bogged down like 5e combat seems to? I always used to run Theater of the Mind back in the day, but now when I play on FG, the thing that really seems to grind it to a halt is gridded combat. How do I run that so it doesn't take 2 hours for a single combat?
Any help is appreciated.