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Post by Greyharp on Mar 26, 2019 6:43:32 GMT -6
Hello All. Re-joining the forum after several years away from the online scene. Been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to rejoin the fold. Found my original post on this thread in April 2008, which was interesting to read. I first discovered D&D with Holmes and B2 back in 1980 and the passion has remained ever since. Some will know me as the compiler of Holmes Revised and later as editor of the Single Volume OD&D. I also had a blog for a bit - There's Dungeons Down Under. Looking forward to catching up and glad to be back on what was always the best of the old school forums.
Dave
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Post by hamurai on Mar 26, 2019 7:05:34 GMT -6
Welcome back!
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Post by Zenopus on Mar 26, 2019 11:38:33 GMT -6
Hello All. Re-joining the forum after several years away from the online scene. Been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to rejoin the fold. Found my original post on this thread in April 2008, which was interesting to read. I first discovered D&D with Holmes and B2 back in 1980 and the passion has remained ever since. Some will know me as the compiler of Holmes Revised and later as editor of the Single Volume OD&D. I also had a blog for a bit - There's Dungeons Down Under. Looking forward to catching up and glad to be back on what was always the best of the old school forums. Dave Great to have you back here! You were one of the Holmes fans that inspired me to start the Zenopus Archives, and I remember reading your blog regularly back when I started up with mine. Z
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 12:18:59 GMT -6
...Glad to be back on what was is always the best of the old school forums. Fixed that for you.
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Post by Greyharp on Mar 26, 2019 17:29:30 GMT -6
Thanks one and all. Wonderful compliment Zach given how in awe I am of your Zenopus Archives. And spot on Raf, couldn't agree more. :-)
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Post by Finarvyn on Mar 26, 2019 18:02:33 GMT -6
Grayharp -- I tracked down your April '08 post hoping to find your earlier post count (so I could add it to your current one) but it didn't give one.
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Post by Greyharp on Mar 26, 2019 21:46:30 GMT -6
Thanks for trying Marv, technology doesn't always cooperate and I'm happy to start at level 0.
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Post by sirclarence on Mar 27, 2019 6:13:36 GMT -6
Hello All. Re-joining the forum after several years away from the online scene. Been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to rejoin the fold. Found my original post on this thread in April 2008, which was interesting to read. I first discovered D&D with Holmes and B2 back in 1980 and the passion has remained ever since. Some will know me as the compiler of Holmes Revised and later as editor of the Single Volume OD&D. I also had a blog for a bit - There's Dungeons Down Under. Looking forward to catching up and glad to be back on what was always the best of the old school forums. Dave Is that Dave from Tasmania? How long has it been? Feels like ages since we corresponded with each other. Glad you're still around, man, and great to see you again!
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Post by Greyharp on Mar 27, 2019 16:53:27 GMT -6
G'day Clarence, yes it is! And yes it has been more than a few years. Must admit it was seeing you join the forum a few days ago that made me finally knock on Marv's door and ask to be let back in.
I dropped out of online participation because of growing toxicity across the scene but looking back I'd met some good and decent people along the way, like yourself, and I was sad to lose the good with the bad. So here I am.
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Post by rredmond on Mar 29, 2019 8:05:10 GMT -6
Holy crap!!! Hi Dave, it's really great to see you here again! Be well man!!!
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Post by rredmond on Mar 29, 2019 8:06:48 GMT -6
As much I'd love to play online again for a change, Ron, I completely lack the time for it these days. A shame, really. That's a bummer for sure, I'm thinking of starting another PbP over on Unseen Servant. Likely 1E, and NO high posting rate.
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Post by Greyharp on Mar 29, 2019 19:10:02 GMT -6
Holy crap!!! Hi Dave, it's really great to see you here again! Be well man!!! G'day Ron, you too - and yes, HE'S ALIVE!
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Post by waysoftheearth on Mar 29, 2019 23:37:31 GMT -6
Holy crap!!! Hi Dave, it's really great to see you here again! Be well man!!! G'day Ron, you too - and yes, HE'S ALIVE! Welcome back Dave
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Post by Greyharp on Mar 29, 2019 23:41:41 GMT -6
G'day Ron, you too - and yes, HE'S ALIVE! Welcome back Dave Timely hello Simon, I literally just replied to one of your posts on another thread. Waving across the Strait
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Post by creases on Apr 1, 2019 21:01:11 GMT -6
Hello! I've been reading this forum with interest for a while now, and thought I'd throw in. I started gaming as a teenager in the '90s, cutting my teeth on the Rules Cyclopedia and AD&D 2nd edition. I don't play as much as I'd like to right now, but I try to keep up on current events and the state of the art and all that. Looking forward to contributing. Thanks!
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 3, 2019 15:00:28 GMT -6
Welcome to all our new members!
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Post by unparked on Apr 6, 2019 19:23:30 GMT -6
Please allow me to introduce myself: my name's Trevor, I'm a Canadian now living in the USA, and I started playing D&D in 1981, in the prairie town of Saskatoon. Believe it or not when I got introduced to the game we had a tiny D&D library in our 7th grade classroom: a copy of the Holmes rule book, a pastel B1, Monsters & Treasure, and The Underworld and Wilderness Adventures. All stamped property of the school, just like textbooks. Dunno what became of Men & Magic -- I never even saw a copy till I bought my own in the '90s. About a third of my class played D&D; I heard that before I got there, some local college students (the University of Saskatchewan was a mile down the road) had taught them how to play on a volunteer basis. I learned to play from my classmates, soon buying a Moldvay Basic Set of my own, followed by the inevitable slide into AD&D. But In Search of the Unknown is still my Platonic idea of a dungeon, and nowadays I'm happily poring over Delving Deeper, Blueholme, and Full Metal Plate Mail!
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Post by aldarron on Apr 13, 2019 16:34:36 GMT -6
Hello All. Re-joining the forum after several years away from the online scene. Been lurking for a bit and thought it was time to rejoin the fold. Found my original post on this thread in April 2008, which was interesting to read. I first discovered D&D with Holmes and B2 back in 1980 and the passion has remained ever since. Some will know me as the compiler of Holmes Revised and later as editor of the Single Volume OD&D. I also had a blog for a bit - There's Dungeons Down Under. Looking forward to catching up and glad to be back on what was always the best of the old school forums. Dave Been missing you Dave; super glad to see you posting again.
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Post by Greyharp on Apr 14, 2019 6:55:22 GMT -6
Been missing you Dave; super glad to see you posting again.
Thanks Dan, that means a lot.
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Post by Finarvyn on Apr 14, 2019 8:03:59 GMT -6
That's a bummer for sure, I'm thinking of starting another PbP over on Unseen Servant. Likely 1E, and NO high posting rate. I'd set you up here with a space if you want to run an 1E game here. No pressure, just an offer.
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Post by Drandorin on May 22, 2019 12:13:30 GMT -6
Hi, I'm Gabriel, I'm from Uruguay, I started playing trpgs a year ago, I love old school games more than new school games like 5e D&D or Pathfinder. My favourite games are S&W and Delving Deeper, and I hope to learn I share experiences with all of you.
Regards!
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Post by demicanadian on May 22, 2019 15:34:21 GMT -6
Hello. I'm Bob, I'm from Europe and I never played D&D. Baldurs Gate and 3rd Ed were first time I managed to even see this game, so to me the classics are Warhammer, Kult and Cyberpunk, That said, I'm a big fan of role playing history (enough to get Arts & Arcana just for the Tomb of Horrors), so I'm a constant lurker in this forums. So I decided to finally register.
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Post by hamurai on May 23, 2019 21:58:32 GMT -6
Welcome, newbies!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2019 23:51:32 GMT -6
Hi, I'm Gabriel, I'm from Uruguay, I started playing trpgs a year ago, I love old school games more than new school games like 5e D&D or Pathfinder. My favourite games are S&W and Delving Deeper, and I hope to learn I share experiences with all of you. Regards! "Drandorin", please check your PMs.
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Post by rredmond on May 29, 2019 11:03:26 GMT -6
That's a bummer for sure, I'm thinking of starting another PbP over on Unseen Servant. Likely 1E, and NO high posting rate. I'd set you up here with a space if you want to run an 1E game here. No pressure, just an offer. Thanks Marv! Much appreciated, but as a Mod/Admin there I know the ropes and have the powah, :lol: Plus Real Life hasn't let up yet, so I have no clue when I'm starting that game. But I know I can count on you!! Thanks again! --Ron--
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Post by D.M. Wilson on Jun 10, 2019 7:19:36 GMT -6
Greetings, I'm new here and really like these forums so far. I've been playing trpgs off and on for about 15 years. Started with 3e, tried out 4e, then dove in deep about five years ago with 5e. During that time I also played in a weekly 1e game for about a year which I greatly enjoyed but had to drop out of due to time constraints. That 1e game planted the seeds for my interest in old school games and I've spent the last few months looking at and reading various old editions and retro clones. Anyway, excited and glad to be here!
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Post by tkdco2 on Jun 11, 2019 0:13:02 GMT -6
Welcome to the forums!
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Post by rredmond on Jun 11, 2019 7:32:40 GMT -6
Welcome B3L7! T'is a good place to lurk and discuss. --Ron--
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2019 14:39:13 GMT -6
Hello everyone, I've been lurking this boards from time to time in the last two years or so and decided to finally jump in. I'm Spanish, although I live in Germany and I'm 31. I started role-playing with age 7 as my brother run several Star Wars d6 for me and my cousins. After two or three unforgettable years of adventures, we moved to MERP but by that time their enthusiasm for RPGs started to wane. Mine not, though, so I moved and introduced my group of friends to both games which I run. I even modified the SW system to accomodate it to several campaigns I run in Archaic/Classical Greece and another in Middle Age Mongolia. We also played two or three campaigns with 1st edition Warhammer RPG. After three years or so things started to fade again until I got to play again with my best two friends from those times and some new ones, but this time it was AD&D 2e, since those two best friends and me grew up in the 90's/early 2000's we counted the videogames based on the AD&D 2e system as our top favourites. That's why we decided to play tabletop AD&D. Beign a historian, I started to take interest in the history of D&D and ended up loving OD&D above any other system to a point that it's become one of the things I enjoy more in life. And that's what brought me here, basically
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Post by tkdco2 on Jun 15, 2019 15:07:40 GMT -6
Welcome, baldorar!
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