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Who would have thought it?
Anyone out there been playing long?
About twenty one years for me.

Not long, just from the first edition boxed set D&D. Not long at all and still playing it at 3.5...

I remember when Monster Manual came out, thinking, "Why didn't they release the DMG first?" I still use the same MM. None of that 2nd edition crap for me! I still have Basic and Caverns of Chaos, too.

I lost my Arduim Grimoire during a move. Pity.

What about the option, "Liked it but then the weather got nice" or "Liked it but then got other interests".

Forgive me for writting this but somewhere down the line your character lost a "saving throw versus perpetual geekness" didn't it. :P

Yes the poll is missing one option, that of "I played it when I was a child but stopped when I became an adult!" :lol:

Yes I played as a kid and thought it was cool at the time, but then I discovered other things like Sega Mega Drive, Playstation, Playstation 2, Girls, then Women, marriage, then debt, then mortgage, then credit cards and working 9 to 5 in an office (or pretending to)!

Still have 2 things left to try, kids and divorce! hopefully the second one is optional and as such I may not need to study for that one!

And in all that D&D has nothing to compare. "Quick roll a D6 to see if you have enough money to pay the telephone bill!", "You are ambushed by your wife and dragged kicking and screaming into the dark abyss known as Clothes Shopping!" & "Can I get the Holy Credit Card with rubies in the hilt and -3 to hit maximum balance in one hit?"

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...And in all that D&D has nothing to compare. "Quick roll a D6 to see if you have enough money to pay the telephone bill!", "You are ambushed by your wife and dragged kicking and screaming into the dark abyss known as Clothes Shopping!" & "Can I get the Holy Credit Card with rubies in the hilt and -3 to hit maximum balance in one hit?"

:twisted:

Classic :!: :lol: :lol:

All in all, I think I enjoy D&D over debts and mortgage. :D

I'm 24 and have been playing, mostly as DM, for about 5 years now. It's a generally good way to have fun with friends, and an excellent way to vent our insane tendencies. :wink:

I have been playing, mostly DM, for about 15 years now, and also enjoy several other RPG's. I love it, and have a weekly game that we hold at my place.
I love telling this one, when someone asks the inevitable question, "So, if it's not a board game, how do you play?"
Tell them the following-
First you make an imaginary person. Then you are introduced into an imaginary world. Then, you act out the ations of your imaginary person kind of like playing house when you were a kid, except with more rules.
"Then what?"
Then...you walk into a bar.
Only the RPers will get that one.
WWJD
Amen.

Then...you walk into a bar.
Only the RPers will get that one.

:lol:

Every epic quest to save the world starts in a seedy bar, with the obligatory Mysterious Stranger (tm) sitting in a dark corner. Everyone knows that!

All in all, I think I enjoy D&D over debts and mortgage. :D

I'm 24 and have been playing, mostly as DM, for about 5 years now. It's a generally good way to have fun with friends, and an excellent way to vent our insane tendencies. :wink:I think anyone who plays for more than 2 years becomes a DM--it's a power thing. I haven't played in 8 years or more, but I was DMing right up to the end.

I started to play D & D as a child. From there i went onto Fighting Fantasy books, and then I started Playing Warhammer 40,000.

I still play Warhammer every now and again, But I too have discovered more to life than games.

I think anyone who plays for more than 2 years becomes a DM--it's a power thing. I haven't played in 8 years or more, but I was DMing right up to the end.

I actually started out as a DM, since none of my friends had any RP experience and it was my game set. In the beginning I had rather crappy adventures that all had to be carefully planned in advance. Now I just make stuff up as I go along. Somehow it becomes a lot more fun that way. :)

I think anyone who plays for more than 2 years becomes a DM--it's a power thing. I haven't played in 8 years or more, but I was DMing right up to the end.

I actually started out as a DM, since none of my friends had any RP experience and it was my game set. In the beginning I had rather crappy adventures that all had to be carefully planned in advance. Now I just make stuff up as I go along. Somehow it becomes a lot more fun that way. :)Especially when you want to start offing people just for the hell of it. :lol:

diary of a D&D character... (http://www.sixsixfive.com/285.html)

diary of a D&D character... (http://www.sixsixfive.com/285.html)

That is perhaps one of the funniest things i have read in a long time, and again with the bar.
WWJD
Amen.

Never held much fascination for me when D&D came out as I was already over 30 when the first board games started proliferating. Only after I got my first computer in 94 and had too much time on my hands did I play the TSR games..talk bout primitive...

it's possibly worth taking a dig around the rest of the site (www.sixsixfive.com), it's not being updated anymore, but there's all sorts of short pieces like that

Yes the poll is missing one option, that of "I played it when I was a child but stopped when I became an adult!" :lol:

Yes I played as a kid and thought it was cool at the time, but then I discovered other things like Sega Mega Drive, Playstation, Playstation 2, Girls, then Women, marriage, then debt, then mortgage, then credit cards and working 9 to 5 in an office (or pretending to)!

Still have 2 things left to try, kids and divorce! hopefully the second one is optional and as such I may not need to study for that one!

And in all that D&D has nothing to compare. "Quick roll a D6 to see if you have enough money to pay the telephone bill!", "You are ambushed by your wife and dragged kicking and screaming into the dark abyss known as Clothes Shopping!" & "Can I get the Holy Credit Card with rubies in the hilt and -3 to hit maximum balance in one hit?"

:twisted:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3655627.stm
To move from games that derive most of their value and enjoyment by exploiting your own imagination and intelligence and those of your friends to PS2 etc shows regression rather than progression.
I am quite used to people knocking RP games (and on a computer based RP site it is even more amusing than usual) and am happy if someone says they have moved away from them. But to say they have grown out of it is a little strange when those same people watch groups of men running around a field chasing variously shaped bits of pig skin or plastic, or they go to see films about things that never happened or read books with stories in that some one has just made up! It’s a game! People enjoy it and use it a means of socialising. (yes I do watch football, rugby etc and enjoy it)
So as sad and limited as the knockers are I can rise about the petty comments.

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To move from games that derive most of their value and enjoyment by exploiting your own imagination and intelligence and those of your friends to PS2 etc shows regression rather than progression.
I am quite used to people knocking RP games (and on a computer based RP site it is even more amusing than usual) and am happy if someone says they have moved away from them. But to say they have grown out of it is a little strange when those same people watch groups of men running around a field chasing variously shaped bits of pig skin or plastic, or they go to see films about things that never happened or read books with stories in that some one has just made up! It’s a game! People enjoy it and use it a means of socialising. (yes I do watch football, rugby etc and enjoy it)
So as sad and limited as the knockers are I can rise about the petty comments.

:wink:

You're right, that was pretty crappy for me to have started in on you on your thread but it was the only way for me to get the "saving throw" crack in there.

I've been playing since 3rd edition first came out. My friends had tried a couple of times to get me to play 2nd edition, but I never got it. I guess d20 made it easier for me.

I started out playing, and after about a year, I tried DMing. My friends loved my campaigns so much that they insist that I DM. Unfortunately, that means I rarely get to play, since we usually only have one campaign running at a given time. :(

BUMP!
WWJD
Amen.

Wow....30 years of nerds. Who would have thought there would be so many of them actually reproducing? :eek:

Been playin' since 1st edition was new. :) Still play whenever I can ... although I am morally opposed to 3rd edition and will slice anyone's throat who brings it out when I host a game. 2nd edition is fine, but keep the Skills and Powers up your ass where they belong.

I usually play by custom rules. AD&D is one of, if not the worst roleplay systems ever devised. I hear 3rd edition is better, but some of the rules were just inane. Like, being unable to use a shield as a thief; we all just used to play as Warriors Who Steal Things.

I generally find that AD&D encourages a hack 'n' slash mentality, and not much actual roleplaying gets done, unless you think "I kill all the townspeople! How much xp do I get?" is roleplaying. Also, I have no respect for someone who GMs a campaign out of a book.

And in all that D&D has nothing to compare. "Quick roll a D6 to see if you have enough money to pay the telephone bill!", "You are ambushed by your wife and dragged kicking and screaming into the dark abyss known as Clothes Shopping!" & "Can I get the Holy Credit Card with rubies in the hilt and -3 to hit maximum balance in one hit?"
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Ever tried D20 modern. It's d&d in our time. I'm sure most of the things you described could happen in the game.

Been playin' since 1st edition was new. :) Still play whenever I can ... although I am morally opposed to 3rd edition and will slice anyone's throat who brings it out when I host a game. 2nd edition is fine, but keep the Skills and Powers up your ass where they belong.
I started playing and 2 weeks later, 1st edition ended.
I'm of the same mind as you. Down with Skills and Powers!

I usually play by custom rules. AD&D is one of, if not the worst roleplay systems ever devised. I hear 3rd edition is better, but some of the rules were just inane. Like, being unable to use a shield as a thief; we all just used to play as Warriors Who Steal Things.

I generally find that AD&D encourages a hack 'n' slash mentality, and not much actual roleplaying gets done, unless you think "I kill all the townspeople! How much xp do I get?" is roleplaying. Also, I have no respect for someone who GMs a campaign out of a book.
No in 3.0 you(Rogues) are not proficient in shields, big difference. Proficiency means you have some training.

You can take a feat for it. You get one every 3 levels plus level 1. Fighters get bonus feats.
I play 3.5/Warcraft D&D currently. Been playing D&D for 6 years, I'm 21. So since I was 15.
Wizards and Sorcerors are also not proficient in shields.
A Fighter can learn how to steal by using skill points that you get each level.
You will never be as good as a Rogue in stealing usually but then again you aren't a rogue.

Yes the poll is missing one option, that of "I played it when I was a child but stopped when I became an adult!" :lol:

Yes I played as a kid and thought it was cool at the time, but then I discovered other things like Sega Mega Drive, Playstation, Playstation 2, Girls, then Women, marriage, then debt, then mortgage, then credit cards and working 9 to 5 in an office (or pretending to)!

Still have 2 things left to try, kids and divorce! hopefully the second one is optional and as such I may not need to study for that one!

And in all that D&D has nothing to compare. "Quick roll a D6 to see if you have enough money to pay the telephone bill!", "You are ambushed by your wife and dragged kicking and screaming into the dark abyss known as Clothes Shopping!" & "Can I get the Holy Credit Card with rubies in the hilt and -3 to hit maximum balance in one hit?"

:twisted:

Outstanding post! I can identify ... in spades! Actually though, you have far more than "2 things left to try." There are many more after having kids, such as grandchildren ( whom you can spoil to hell and back since you don't have to live with the consequences! ), and divorce ( which can actually be seen as a liberating experience ... and a dynamite opportunity! ). And beyond that there are things like starting your own business, going so far into debt you begin to think you'll never see daylight, digging your way out of debt and discovering that it really didn't kill you, discovering that exercise has rejuvenating effects, on and on. Life has only begun for you ... enjoy! :D

Wowwwww

I feel old.

I moved and found all my old stuff.

Original D&Der here. Sill have the Worlds of Greyhawk and about 6000 minitures.....

Wowwwww

I feel old.

I moved and found all my old stuff.

Original D&Der here. Sill have the Worlds of Greyhawk and about 6000 minitures.....

You should hang onto them. They might be worth something a few years down the road.

No in 3.0 you(Rogues) are not proficient in shields, big difference. Proficiency means you have some training.

You can take a feat for it. You get one every 3 levels plus level 1. Fighters get bonus feats.
I play 3.5/Warcraft D&D currently. Been playing D&D for 6 years, I'm 21. So since I was 15.
Wizards and Sorcerors are also not proficient in shields.
A Fighter can learn how to steal by using skill points that you get each level.
You will never be as good as a Rogue in stealing usually but then again you aren't a rogue.

This is generally why I dislike AD&D. The rules are extremely arbitrary, and there's far too many of them.

Edit: I realise my previous post suffered from rather poor sentence structure; my rogue comment wasn't related to the clause stating that 3rd edition might be better. I've only played 2nd edition, in which I was told my rogue couldn't have a shield. I seem to remember the reasoning behind it being quite ludicrous.

I started in 1976, so I guess that makes... no, not 28 years. Surely not!

:eek:

Original D&D stunk, but it was all we had. I soon moved on to better things, but actually I bought 3E two years ago, and discovered it had finally developed a skill system (hey, Traveller had one in 1978, but there you go...). No, it's okay. I had some fun times with D&D. But there are far better games out there (and have been for some time). Cthulhu. Ars Magica. And so on.

Still, kudos for the nostalgia thread...

Original D&D stunk, but it was all we had. I soon moved on to better things, but actually I bought 3E two years ago, and discovered it had finally developed a skill system (hey, Traveller had one in 1978, but there you go...).

1977, I think you'll find.

I used to play D&D but now its all about numbers and who can make the character with the best stats instead of actually having fun like it used to be. Now every stinking little 14 year old in my town thinks they can play D&D and Warhammer 40K. I only play once a while now, Ive got plenty of time between my job and my normal life

This is generally why I dislike AD&D. The rules are extremely arbitrary, and there's far too many of them.

Edit: I realise my previous post suffered from rather poor sentence structure; my rogue comment wasn't related to the clause stating that 3rd edition might be better. I've only played 2nd edition, in which I was told my rogue couldn't have a shield. I seem to remember the reasoning behind it being quite ludicrous.
Yeah 2nd edition was weird. Your AC was backwards, your attack bonius was backwards, and you died when you hit 0 hp

In 3rd when you hit 0 Hp you are possibly knocked unconscious but bleeding anyway. -1 hp till healed after ever action. Heal checks will help though.
When you hit -10 you died. I like that extra time.