* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : D&D Resurgence for 30-Somethings? Started at 04-27-04 02:50 AM by WizzyBlackmore Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=228709 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : WizzyBlackmore Date : 04-27-04 02:50 AM Thread Title : D&D Resurgence for 30-Somethings? I'm going through a re-discovery after 23 years, spoke to several people, they are or know people that are too......... ...theory my bro at Alakazam Comics (who sold me those insane pieces incl. mint Deities w/ Elric) and I threw together: D&D as a kid High School, girls, sports (D&D goes away) College (D&D still gone) Marriage/kids (D&D comes back) Full Circle! or something like this...... I'm even gonna help him convert his shops into gaming shops!!!! 1981 again!!!:angel: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : Algolei Date : 04-27-04 03:43 AM Huh, I think I skipped the second through fourth steps. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : diaglo Date : 04-27-04 07:39 AM right... sorta skipped some of those b/c i still played the game in high school, sports, girls, and college. i did slow down when i got married tho. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : Yorlum Date : 04-27-04 07:50 AM Well, I started in 6th grade, played through HS. Stopped in College when the group all moved away. Restarted after college Stopped again when I got married Started again when the kids started getting old enough to pass the torch. [I intend to have the only kids in the county who don't use 'feats' and who think Bards are the only Prestige Class] So, it isn't *quite* your cycle, but not too far off, actually. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : Thailfi Date : 04-27-04 08:29 AM Don't know anything about those steps either. I have been playing with the same group for 24 years now without stopping. That covers 8th grade through college, jobs, marriage, and family. Only one of our players has yet to have any kids. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : kengar Date : 04-27-04 08:58 AM Started in elementary school (6th grade, 1978-79), played through HS. Played sporadically through college (no regular campaign). Went through a dry spell for about 3-4 years (still interested, but stupidly stuck in a relationship with a psycho-GF who was virulently anti-gaming). Started playing RPG's again mid-20's off & on, then got a pretty much regular game started once I offered to DM & host at my place. Been that way (with a few short hiatuses for things like babies being born) for the last 3-4 years. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : WizzyBlackmore Date : 04-27-04 09:42 AM Ok, forget the steps..........still it's cool to hear that I'm not alone, some people think i'm crazy....also, I took the family to Sea World, I go to the bathroom, come out, my wife bought me a wizard hat w/ stars and moons, just to be cute, so I have it sitting on the table where my little campaign is, sister comes over and freaks, what is that??? I say I wear it when I play (I don't really, I swear) callls me a dork.......but that's ok, I found a happy place 4 levels below ground!!!Hahhahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : skathros Date : 04-27-04 02:05 PM funny thing i noticed...most folks tend to slow down on the gaming once they get married...glad to know i'm not alone. My first 2 years of marridge really put a kink in our Gaming routine. Until one sunday morning i woke up and turned to my lovely wife and said "Babe, i love you...but i really got to go out there and kill something unholsome". Sice then, she takes sundays to do her "arts and crafts" and my buddies and i Role Play (and never shall the twine meet). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : Thailfi Date : 04-27-04 02:30 PM For the last 15 years we have restricted our gaming sessions to one Saturday per month (of course we play from noon to 1 or 2 am). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : RobertFisher Date : 04-27-04 02:39 PM Thread Title : Re: D&D Resurgence for 30-Somethings? Originally posted by WizzyBlackmore 1981 again!!! Check my location. :) I've had a couple of dry stretches in my gaming career. First after moving away from my home town a couple years out of high school. Then when all the people from my group ended up moving out of town at about the same time. (College graduations as well as other reasons.) I found my latest group when 3e was released. Although I've kept gaming most of the intervening years, I'm having something of a "resurgence" of my own as I've recently discovered that I'm preferring classic D&D and classic Traveller to just about anything that has come along since. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to get them addicted to this hobby. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : furgig Date : 04-27-04 02:55 PM I didn't discover D&D until I was 28 (2 years ago). Our group is about 8 strong (including 3 couples) and we play 1st edition. Our DM is a long time player, and there's two others of us that are learning to DM. We're able to get together about once a month, and spend about 10 hours playing. It's hard with busy schedules and lots of time commitments, but it's a good time still. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : Gandalf_Istari Date : 04-27-04 03:50 PM For myself, my playing has mostly only been inhibited by lack of other players. I had nearly a ten year stretch without gaming that was due to lack of other players primarily, but also had alot to do with my own lack of free time from real life stuff. I've been married four years though, and I can say marriage has not kept me from gaming. My wife not only understands the need I seem to have to game (and not just D&D, but computer games, board games, etc.), but she in fact has gotten into gaming with me and enjoys playing D&D (unless its with rules lawyers, which she feels kills the fun). Right now in fact I am contemplating looking for 2-3 players to start up a campaign, and my wife and I have our first baby due in October! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : Stonebeard Date : 04-27-04 08:28 PM started at 14, still going at 36. I've played this game in all sorts of bizarre situations. I even got away with playing it in boot camp for the navy, during smokes and cokes. We got the first set from the Navy Exchange. Later I picked up expert at a book store on base. I was in a 900 company at the time in bootcamp, specifically state flags (no I don't remember what state I carried). We were waiting for a parade to start in the nearby town and yes right next to me was a book store with expert in the window. I handed my flag to one of my players and ducked in to snatch it up then proceeded with the parade with the expert boxed set shoved half way down the front of my pants. My tunic covered up the rest. Boy those were the days, we never did end up getting far but it was great fun none the less. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 14] Author : imayb1 Date : 04-27-04 09:45 PM I've been gaming... uh, yeah, a long time. Certainly since the 80's. My husband and I both game... so we did the whole college, dating, marriage & kids thing together. Other players have come and gone, but we have not given up our favorite hobby. :king: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 15] Author : Algolei Date : 04-28-04 04:44 AM Originally posted by Stonebeard started at 14, still going at 36. Cool. I'm 14 going on 40. (Which might explain my lack of wife and kids. ;) ) All of my dry spells have been due to burn-out. The longest one began in high school, continued through the first two years of university, and ended when I suddenly asked my friends (and other players) "Why haven't we been playing D&D?" Later that night, dice were clattering again.... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 16] Author : Wyldwil Date : 04-28-04 11:35 AM Thread Title : Happy to be back. I am the embodiment of this thread completly. Just started DMing a campaign after a 20 year hiatus! (really wanted to play, and have never DMed before, but I had most willingness and really wanted to get playing again.) I haven't really thought about D&D until about 3 years ago, when a friend handed me a copy of BGII for PC... Well, if it's not too late to make a long story short, I went to my local comics/RPG store to check out new (3rd ed.?) DnD stuff, liked the pictures and the gloss. But, something just did not feel right. Two days later a guy I know starts talking about the old days, says he still has some stuff. I took a week, planned & planned...We've met four times now. I am happy as hell. My wife thinks it's cute and one of my best friends asks "Is this the 14th level necromancer?" everytime I call him (even though such a class is not permitted in my game). We are having a great time. We keep things pretty simple. And I've used thie site (tho I have not posted B4) as a guide since we started. I was extremely happy to see this wonderful diversion so alive and well. I am 34 and have no children (yet), and would have to add "dabbled heavily in drugs" in those steps somewhere. I could easily see becoming addicted to DnD, but what a healthy way to escape for 8 solid hours every two weeks! Also just dropped 100$ on Ebay restocking most of the old stuff I once had that my friend did not have. Besides that, besides sex, this is the most fun anyone can have for free. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 17] Author : WizzyBlackmore Date : 04-28-04 02:26 PM Great!!! Welcome aboard!!!! Ebay changed my life by collecting all the 1st ed. stuff.......really fun.......I play solo (not ideal) it's the most fun someone can have by themselves except for........:D :D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 18] Author : pillarofautumn Date : 04-28-04 03:57 PM I just play online now... pbp (play by post). The fiancee isn't into it, but with broadband over a wireless network, it's not too tough to find a game board. You don't have the tabletop experience/personal contact... BUT you don't have the table top experience/personal contact! ;) - no pizza boxes, no kicking the hangers-on out of the house, etc etc. Seems to be too few DMs/GMs for the number of potential players on the WotC boards, but that's an okay thing. After settling down, gaming helps my mind wander again... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 19] Author : imayb1 Date : 04-29-04 10:12 PM Originally posted by pillarofautumn Seems to be too few DMs/GMs for the number of potential players on the WotC boards, but that's an okay thing. Gee, it always sounded to me as if most players and GMs switch places. I'm running Saturday's game this week, but my group has two other player/GMs. Then again, maybe I just visit the forums where GMs are liklier to be? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 20] Author : Wyrmbane Date : 04-29-04 10:51 PM Sounds like I'm not completely alone here. Started in 6th grade, played through high school, deployments, and everything after. Never did the marriage or kids thing yet (of course, I'm not dead yet) so that hasn't created any problems. My only dry spells have been from lack of gamers, but they haven't lasted too long, or been too often. Yet. Real life is the biggest problem, sometimes hard to find a time when everyone is free. Limits games to once or twice a month at best, but the sessions themselves are quite long (noon til midnight maybe). One thing I've found out though, I sure can't stay up as late as I used to, and it takes longer to recover! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 21] Author : Sarta Date : 04-30-04 12:10 AM Looks like quite a few people feel the same way: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3655627.stm Check out the various reader comments at the bottom. Sarta -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 22] Author : pillarofautumn Date : 04-30-04 01:02 AM Originally posted by imayb1 Gee, it always sounded to me as if most players and GMs switch places. I'm running Saturday's game this week, but my group has two other player/GMs. Then again, maybe I just visit the forums where GMs are liklier to be? You miss my point. I'm talking about online PbP games like on the Real Adventures boards on WotC - the games tend to fill up real fast. I'm not talking tabletop or AIM or IRC like you seem to be... the time commitments are just different. Besides, you can't say that I'm not doing my part as a GM since you don't know me. I'm organizing my own Dark Side campaign for Star Wars d20 on a different board since I've heard that "evil"/bad guy campaigns are forbidden here. I've got a 1e Jovian Chronicles (from dp9) campaign on the back burner. I'm just saying that PbP is a good alternative for those of us "old fogeys" who mostly don't have the time to do tabletop anymore. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 23] Author : Zaxon D'Mir Date : 04-30-04 01:55 PM Wow, you guys are like kindred spirits or something. I've been out of the gaming scene for six years mainly because of my wife and kids but things are different now. My wife understands that I need to be around people with the same interests as me. I'm getting back into it tomorrow (5/1) with a group of guys I met through a local board. We've decided to try 3.5 and if doesn't strike our fancy we're going back to the ol' stomping ground of 2e! It's nice to know that I'm not the only thirty-something that still has the desire to roll dice, fight hordes of orcs and pillage dragon hoards! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 24] Author : kengar Date : 04-30-04 03:13 PM Originally posted by Zaxon D'Mir It's nice to know that I'm not the only thirty-something that still has the desire to roll dice, fight hordes of orcs and pillage dragon hoards! Correct me if I'm wrong, but the esteemed Mr. Gygax was 35 in 1974. :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 25] Author : Zaxon D'Mir Date : 04-30-04 08:48 PM That makes me feel even better!;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 26] Author : Algolei Date : 04-30-04 11:59 PM 15 years ago, I was playing with a guy in his early 40s. Best campaign ever! And that was because of the sincerity he brought to the group as a player. Age is nothing. Maturity is something. Desire is the most. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 27] Author : fanpythonmonty Date : 05-01-04 10:37 AM I found my people!! :D I'm almost 34 now, just began playing again and haven't played since I was 15--I began playing at 12. The group I've found are mainly around 10 years younger than me and I didn't have a problem being the "old woman" of the group, up until the DM and I were discussing when D&D came in red and blue boxes and one of the "kids" looked at me as if I were from another planet. :rofl: I felt OLD, I might as well have been describing early cars and their need to hand crank the enigine or something! It was pretty funny. Oddly enough I've lasted longer than the kid! It's taking me a little longer than I expected to get back in thee swing of things, but I'm glad I'm playing again! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 28] Author : Warhead Date : 05-01-04 05:57 PM Played from 11-16, then it died when girls, cars and university arrived. Attempted a revival when we were about 22 which lasted for two sessions (of what was only intended to be a three session game). Had a revelation a couple of years ago (I'm 34 now) that I wanted to play again, so dragged four players in (two from the bad old days). We're five sessions in of a seven episode story, but other commitments have got in the way of me writing the last two parts, and if I'm not careful it's going to be two years since the last game...}:( -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 29] Author : Algolei Date : 05-01-04 09:43 PM Jeez, Warhead, how do you post with your finger up your arse like that? :mymy: *scratches Warhead off his list of people he'd accept a dinner invitation from* *thinks about it* *puts Warhead back on the list...somewhere near the middle* -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 30] Author : James McMurray Date : 05-01-04 11:02 PM I've played since I was 10 (I'm 30 now). I haven't played D&D the whole time, but I've been gaming pretty much straight on through, resorting to solo adventures and the various fighting fantasy style books when I couldn't find a group. A lot of stuff has changed (got a wife, 2 kids, and a dog now) but gaming has been a constant through it all. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 31] Author : Skooky Date : 05-02-04 10:25 AM My experience has been about the same. Played in School (1980, was 12 years old) Still played in High School with upper classmen and had to DM after they graduated and went off to College Slight absence after High School (2-3 years) Started Playing again Played some more. Got married had children still played though not as much. Opened Game Store and played LOTS of games !!! Closed Game Store after 12 years (but still play lots) Children now old enough to play.... Life is Sweet! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 32] Author : James McMurray Date : 05-02-04 02:39 PM Closed game store!?!?!?!? How dare you!!??!!?? ;) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 33] Author : Shapedoctor Date : 05-07-04 02:12 AM Back when I used to play we had no shoes and we had to game in the snow. Started in `81 or `82, 1st Edition mixed with Gamma World & Basic. First character was killed in "The Hall of Random Bodily Functions". The next three died the same night. I have no idea why I ever played again but I did with a couple 5 year breaks. During these times I continued working on a generic FRP universe as a hobby. The last 2 years I've been GM for a steady campaign (3.5e). My old books are in storage and I've been itching to dig them out because the modern stuff is great, but it's also left behind some really good material. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 34] Author : Joel_d_d Date : 05-14-04 07:55 PM I started playing as a HS sophmore back in 1981 (gee that makes me what? 38?), then stopped for about five years while in the military. However I can now say I've been playing constantly since 1990 (with the execption of taking breaks for a few months every now and again). I started with 1E, and made my way to 3E. Everything has sort of gone full circle for me now though. I have another friend that's been a group member since 1983, and he and I have decided that it's time to pull 1st Edition out of attic storage and start playing it again. 3E is nice, but we've decided that our current group (ages 16-22) needs to experiance what the game was was like before there were Feats and Skills. Like my friend said "Hey, they can't powergame and treat it like Diablo if they don't have the Feats and Skills to do it you know... We're looking forward to it. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 35] Author : Date : 05-18-04 01:30 PM Hmmm...I seem to remember my wedding vows including something about: "...in good games and bad, in sickness and health till death do you part..." There was comprimise in my wife's and mine relationship...I cut back from gaming 3 days a week to one 18 hour game session every other week after my kids were born. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 36] Author : kengar Date : 05-18-04 02:26 PM Originally posted by Φ╪< Hmmm...I seem to remember my wedding vows including something about: "...in good games and bad, in sickness and health till death do you part..." There was comprimise in my wife's and mine relationship...I cut back from gaming 3 days a week to one 18 hour game session every other week after my kids were born. :eek: An 18 hour session every two weeks?? You have way more stamina than me! I have one kid (1yr-old daughter) and I DM two different campaigns (one online, the other table top). Each one meets every other week for 3 hours on average. Granted, I spend a lot of "down" time between sessions on things like painting minis & writing adventures, but in terms of DM-ing, that's about my limit. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 37] Author : Aliquid Date : 05-18-04 04:13 PM first started playing at age 10 played on and off through 17 Rediscovered the game at 28 Now 30 and happy to be playing. It is actually quite a common scenario with anything "geeky". I went through the same routine with LEGO. Not the exact same ages, but the same idea. I rediscovered it in my adulthood, and wondered "why did I ever stop playing with this stuff, it rocks!" Now I mix the two together... play D&D, and use lego people instead of lead figures :) Lets me build 3d environments. Scale works great too, one LEGO stud = one foot. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 38] Author : WizO_Catoblepas Date : 05-18-04 11:38 PM Absically, I took the break for college, marriage, and the kids then got back into the game. I know I mentioned it to a friend at work who is about my age and now he and his wife age getting back int the game. I guess it can be addictive. ps: Started at 12, still playing at 36. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 39] Author : Dwaelin Hotspur Date : 05-19-04 02:00 AM I personally started with the old blue and red basic and expert boxed editions myself. ("Gary sent us...") It seems crazy that I have been doing any one thing for 23-odd years, but I suppose that's a testament to how fun and open-ended roleplaying can be... I have managed to dodge the marriage bullet so far, so I guess that helped a little. The thing here is, if having fun like this is a little "immature," then I can't say I really want to grow up...:rolleyes: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 40] Author : Shapedoctor Date : 05-19-04 04:56 AM [i] Now I mix the two together... play D&D, and use lego people instead of lead figures :) Lets me build 3d environments. Scale works great too, one LEGO stud = one foot. [/B] Aliquid said that, and I'm not so good at quoting. Outside of family, there's only a few relevant thing in my life I've been doing longer than RPGs, they include Legos, bugs, & girls. I started early with girls, know hemipterans are the only true bugs, & built a bong out of Legos. Bla, bla, bla... Isn't it about time for us thirty-ish people to take over the world or something? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 41] Author : vader42xx Date : 05-19-04 08:52 AM I'm in the same boat. I started at age 9 with the "red basic box" (which I guess is BD&D) and have never stopped. I skipped right over 1e and went into 2e not long after it came out and played that for what seemed like forever. I dumped that for 3e when it came out and am just now, at age 27, getting back on my 2e feet. Hmmm...I do sound a little like a junkie. :D -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 42] Author : badboy Date : 05-19-04 10:44 AM Thread Title : The Chills OK, 1st off I feel better now.. I used to play AD&D in the mid to late 80's (still have the 2nd E. players book and Dm guide..they are just waiting to come out of the cubby hole...) I haven't played in 15 years, but no matter what goes on in my life.. wife,kids,house,work. d&d has always been in the back of my mind.. About 1 year ago I started looking for groups online and every post that popped up was out dated.. from like 1999 or 2000. I thought no one played D&D anymore except for 13 year olds untill today I find this forum and this great post!! I have not played a game or picked up a d&d book in 15 years but everytime I see a great history show or i read of some ancient figure, i think that would make a great adventure...(yes I'm a DM) Nice to see I am far from alone! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 43] Author : Date : 05-19-04 06:57 PM I have a ? what is this 1e 3e, blah blah blah stuff? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 44] Author : Falstaff the Fighter Date : 05-19-04 07:46 PM 1e = AD&D First Edition 2e = AD&D Second Edition P.O. = AD&D Second Edition with Player's (DM's) Option Series 3e = Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition 3.5e = Dungeons and Dragons Third EditioN Revised OD&D = Original Dungeons and Dragons (Three booklet set produced in the 70s.) OAD&D = Original AD&D or 1e BD&D = Basic Set and associated supplements Dungeons and Dragons B / X = Basic Set and associated supplements Dungeons and Dragons RC = Rules Cyclopedia Dungeons and Dragons (A compilation of B / X sets.) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 45] Author : skathros Date : 05-19-04 10:16 PM 20+ years and counting for me. Mostly switching between B/X D&D and the RC. With the occasional foray into 1E. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 46] Author : WizO_Catoblepas Date : 05-19-04 10:40 PM Most of my experience was in 1st edition AD&D, though I've played 2nd edition AD&D, B/X D&D, 3.0, and 3.5. (I forgot to put it in my original post ... :) ) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 47] Author : harmonic Date : 05-20-04 03:01 PM I started playing at 14, round about 1987. We were using a fusion of 1st and 2nd edition rules; 1st ed. monster & combat rules, Unearthed Arcana character creation rules, and the Spelljammer stuff that was pretty new. I joined the Army in '91, and didn't play, of course, during basic training, but found a small group at my perm. duty station and played for a few more years 'till I got out and came home. That was pretty much the end of it... all my gaming friends from H.S. were gone, my brother (whom I played with) had just started his Army enlistment, and I got married. Anyway, my oldest son started talking about D&D last year, and my bro is back home too, so we've been getting back into it. We play mostly by 2nd ed. rules, with a little bit of 3.5 mixed in. I like the idea of having to roll above all the target numbers instead of above some and below others. We're trying to adapt to this method while retaining as much of the 2nd edition system as possible. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 48] Author : imayb1 Date : 06-03-04 09:40 PM Isn't it about time for us thirty-ish people to take over the world or something? LOL. Who wants the responsibility? We're too smart to get tangled up in that, aren't we? :angel: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 49] Author : Varl Date : 06-04-04 01:25 AM I started in History class during my sophomore year in 1980 after watching classmates play it after class. I've been hooked ever since. 39 and holding, I just hope I can find new players or keep the ones I have for as long as I want to keep playing and DMing D&D, which is until I die. :angel: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 08:20 AM.