CashWiley Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That would explain the buzz around this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowRaven Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Buglips, quit rolling in the thread.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I remember finding the Basic set at Waldenbooks. That's what got me into the game. I got my set at a local mom & pop hobby shop. They ordered it for me & I knew they didn't really want to (demonic in all). My first gaming experience was playing in a game as a fighter that I fondly remember falling into a giant pit with the rest of the party with a ghoul at the top staring at us. I threw it a bone. When I seriously got into the game my preference was Basic D&D over AD&D. Got a level 31 cleric (based her on the Larry Elmore cleric illustration in the red book set) Why I got into the game. You know I have no idea why, . I was a star wars junkie when I was little but I've always have had a thing for dragons, swords & magic I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisler Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Yes, the days of yore when playing a dwarf or an elf was your character class and you could only get to level 4 or 5 that way. First house rules instigated within minutes of reading that section. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was a star wars junky at the time, too (Empire had yet to be released!). I had a bunch of 'action figures' and thought the detail was so great and then that little Tom Meier elf sploded my brain socket. Hooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buglips*the*goblin Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I don't know why, but it always surprises me to find that there are so many of us who loved playing D&D back in the day, but haven't done so for a very long time. (Even though we still might have our old books and still collect minis) I'm guessing most are like me, that once your long standing group breaks up you're probably at an age where it's hard to find similarly minded people who'd fit your particular mold of folks you'd want to game with? Possibly. I suspect the reasons are different for many people. For me it's a combination of things - for one, as much as RPGs fire the imagination the big failing they have is they drop 95% of the work into one poor sap's lap. (compounded significantly when said sap is also responsible for the miniatures, the terrain, etc) A good game is a freakin production. Compounded with this, I derive much less satisfaction from playing it than thinking about playing it. Players are frequently gripey, ungrateful, and prone to selfish, stupid things. As a player, I find most games lacking in depth enough to gain my interest. The game just never seems to realize its own potential, from either side of the table. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbill Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Possibly. I suspect the reasons are different for many people. For me it's a combination of things - for one, as much as RPGs fire the imagination the big failing they have is they drop 95% of the work into one poor sap's lap. (compounded significantly when said sap is also responsible for the miniatures, the terrain, etc) A good game is a freakin production. Compounded with this, I derive much less satisfaction from playing it than thinking about playing it. Players are frequently gripey, ungrateful, and prone to selfish, stupid things. As a player, I find most games lacking in depth enough to gain my interest. The game just never seems to realize its own potential, from either side of the table. I would have to closely resemble this remark. I think about playing an rpg all of the time. For a modern version, I have found Dungeon Crawl Classics to be quite tasty. It tickles my funny bones quite nicely. But of my group of 5 regular players in my group, 2 of them are married (to each other) and prefer board games or Magic. That is fine, but I want something...more. The 3rd one I don't think cares what he plays either way. The 4th one and myself would love to play more wargames and even get in a good rpg session once a month. But, that won't happen with just the two of us! So, I just dream about how awesome my campaign would be if I ever got around to writing it. LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araziel Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hm, I suddenly feel very young. Granted the very first few games I GM'd were D&D red box. I got the Norwegian translations for christmas one year. I remember struggling to read/understand it so maybe ~'92 . We never really played it much though, I read the books and drew maps, but the sessions were few and far between. Starting with AD&D we played a bit more. The game I "grew up on" and played to death was RuneQuest 3rd, so that's sort of my special nostalgia game. I guess it's also instilled in me a distaste for the super-heroic stuff, like levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Sundseth Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 The game I "grew up on" and played to death was RuneQuest 3rd, so that's sort of my special nostalgia game. I guess it's also instilled in me a distaste for the super-heroic stuff, like levels Second ed. was much better*. Edition wars: not just for D&D. * I actually do prefer the way second handles magic and didn't like the AH version of the rules much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJames Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It's funny that so many people who've posted here have stated that they started 31 years ago. What the heck happened 31 years ago that got folks into the game? (I've been in for 35/36 years) I don't know the exact number of years but I started playing Ad&d 2nd ed in high school about sophmore year so somwhere in the neighborhood of 18-19 years ago. I had the D&D box set a year before that but couldn't figure out the rules on my own very well, It didn't help that I also had bought the 2nd ed monster manual the year before that and didn't realize that they were essentially two different games, but man did I love paging through the monster book. I didn't start playing actual campaigns until about 6 years later and for the longest time I had been running campaigns near continuosly every week since, even as various players left and new ones came in. Sadly I think the streak has ended, we haven't played my campagin in almost a year and only can play in another's campaign every few weeks at most as everyones lives and work schedules get in the way. I had been burning out as well, I think. I used to be able to do a lot of my Dm'ing on the fly but lately I had been struggling with even simple story ideas. I really want to get back into playing and DM'ing but I think I need to find more time for reading first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaperbryan Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I got into it in 1984 when my Dad bought me a set of dice and a module. Didn't even own the rulebook, because we didn't know the module wash't the rules. Played the module as a solo player, inventing the rules for battle as I went. about halfway through, realized that this was probably supposed to have other players, too. The D&D Cartoon series premiered in 1983, being the 31 years all of you keep pointing at. I know that that was a major factor in me asking Dad to buy the book for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
araziel Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 It didn't help that I also had bought the 2nd ed monster manual the year before that and didn't realize that they were essentially two different games, but man did I love paging through the monster book. I also had the 2nd ed monstrous manual thing for a looong time before getting the actual AD&D 2nd ed rulebooks, can't recall if I actually used it for regular old D&D though. The images in that book are superbly done, especially the DiTerlizzi pieces. They're still the iconic/correct images of most monsters for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJames Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) I never actually tried to use the 2nd ed monster manual book for D&D basic since I never actually ended up playing basic. I just remember being confused whe monster descriptions and alignments didn't match up right. (In basic Elves were lawful, hell hounds were chaotic white dragons were neutral i believe) A friend taught me how to play 2nd ed, and that's been the main thing for me since. We play 3rd ed and pathfinder on occasion and we did a very fun Star Wars game using the Hero system but 2nd ed is my favorite still. Also Man I would have just look at that book longingly at the bookstore all day if I could have. The day I finally had enough money to buy it was a great and happy day in my youth. PS. Diterlizzi's work are some of my favorites as well. It's a shame he isn't as promonint in the industry as he once was. Edited January 28, 2014 by EvilJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonStar Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I got into it in 1984 when my Dad bought me a set of dice and a module. Didn't even own the rulebook, because we didn't know the module wash't the rules. Played the module as a solo player, inventing the rules for battle as I went. about halfway through, realized that this was probably supposed to have other players, too. The D&D Cartoon series premiered in 1983, being the 31 years all of you keep pointing at. I know that that was a major factor in me asking Dad to buy the book for me. On a similar note, I first got a module for the TSR/Marvel Super Hero game before I got the actual rule books just because I loved Daredevil. I remember the cover was yellow with Daredevil and a few others on it (maybe Black Panter?) and still have it somewhere. As for the D&D cartoon, I think that was a catalyst for a lot of people our age in really getting us into D&D. When I bought the DVD box set a while back I was so excited to find the game book inside to play as the various characters. I think as a kid, all my allowance was split between TSR, Kenner, and Hasbro. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maceswinger Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I have been Playing D&D for about 17 years now, so still a noob compared to some of you guys 😉. Even though I didn't Start Gaming with D&D (Living in Germany at the Time there was no Way getting around DSA, the dark eye) I quickly converted to it.And It was those halfpage D&D ads In late 80s-early 90s in Marvel Comics that I was Reading from my fathers Collection that caught my interest in fantasy Gaming in the first place, so I went to this Little geeky gameshop I heard about and the Rest is History. And While I played around with "close to distant relatives" of D&D I seem to always come back to it. Game on everybody, game on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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