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Post by Haldo Bramwise on Jul 3, 2008 21:06:24 GMT -6
Well, after 20 posts I thought I should introduce myself. I'm John Adams and I started playing AD&D back in 1984 in High School through college. Stopped playing when 2nd edition came out (more because of my career than anything else).
I got back into the hobby through C&C (3rd edition did not interest meat all). Found OSRIC a couple of years ago and that led me to Labyrinth Lord and my research of Basic D&D led me to OD&D which brought me here.
I've been married for 16 years and have three young boys. In my day job I'm a pastor. I started my own Game Publishing Company about six months ago so that ordinary gamers can get their best home brew material published.
Other than that, I'm short, bald and often geek-challenged.
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Post by makofan on Jul 4, 2008 6:26:41 GMT -6
Nice to have you on board. In high school, our chaplain played AD&D with us!
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Post by Haldo Bramwise on Jul 4, 2008 18:41:57 GMT -6
Thank you! I'm glad to be here.
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Post by hackman on Jul 4, 2008 18:53:48 GMT -6
Hey Coleston, welcome to the boards.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2008 13:26:13 GMT -6
Hi there! I've been playing/running tabletop RPGs for twenty years now. I've played all editions of D&D and numerous other games. I strongly came back to D&D specifically with 3rd edition. I still think it's one of the best iterations of the game, but I slowly made my way back to AD&D1 with a few of C&C's elements thrown in for good measure. The advent of 4th edition made me cross the decisive threshold to a full-fledged and proud "grognardism". I am a proud owner of ODD, and love the radical differences between its simple design and philosophy vs. all the other editions of the game. It makes it stay fresh and apart, whatever other edition one has played/still plays. I'm glad to have found a cool place to talk about it.
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Post by Meepo on Jul 6, 2008 14:25:49 GMT -6
Nice! Welcome aboard, highwayman, coleston, and rafael! ;D
It's interesting to see so many people coming back to their roots, or back to the roots for the first time. Bless this wonderful message board!
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Post by hackman on Jul 9, 2008 11:13:01 GMT -6
Welcome Highwayman.
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Post by Random on Jul 18, 2008 16:58:37 GMT -6
Greetings.
[Feel free to skim/ignore most of this. It's boring!]
In case you don't know me, I generally post way too much on too many boards under the name Random, and what follows is tale of my D&D exposure.
I started gaming in 1995 at the age of 8 years.
Having been introduced to the fanasty genre through the Ultima series of computer games a year earlier, I spied an AD&D advertisement in one of my eldest brother's comic books. I promptly cried (yes, cried!) until my mother would buy me one of those awful (and they were definately awful!) Introduction to AD&D (2nd Edition) boxed sets.
I never did buy any 2nd Edition books. I just used my crappy intro set for the next six years, and believe me, it took an enormous crap load of making stuff up to pull that off!
At that point I met my best friend, and discovered he was into both chess and fantasy (specifically, I noticed a copy of Baldur's Gate at his house). He owned all the 2nd Edition books, and much gaming was done throughout high school.
Somewhere in the middle of that, my parents bought a 3rd Edition D&D Player's Handbook for me for Christmas one year. I remember my initial reaction to 3rd Edition was intense confusion, so much that my parents thought I was disappointed with the gift.
Nah, it was just totally unexpected. It took buying the other two books and year or so to realize my disapointment.
That brings me to college, where I DMed much 3rd Edition D&D (It's all I had!), and I remember when 3.5 came out my initial reaction was WTF!? I saw the update as being very not worth 60-70 bucks, so I didn't buy them. Luckily, my brother was able to garage-sale up some books (full set of 3.5, 2E, and some 2E campaign settings) and gave them to me for free!
One 3.5 campaign later, I put the books away, and got out 2E. Awesome nostalgia! We ran 2E on and off, with various success rates. Everyone was so busy!
That brings me to now (although I'm still in college, and have eBayed a lot of OAD&D books). I still love AD&D (including 1E, though I've played it little), but I've been recently more interested in a lighter system. All the retro-clone games really interested the living crap out of me, and I have downloaded all that I could.
I've been geared up for Labyrinth Lord for a while, but being the tinkerer I am (six years of a beginner set will do that to you), I've found that I absolutely adore the OD&D set (especially the d6 hit dice and the simple spells).
I plan to run my first OD&D game this weekend.
Wish me luck!
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Post by driver on Jul 18, 2008 20:46:35 GMT -6
I never did buy any 2nd Edition books. I just used my crappy intro set for the next six years, and believe me, it took an enormous crap load of making stuff up to pull that off! I think this is absolutely awesome, and a major indicator that you have exactly what it takes to thrive with OD&D. Please keep us posted on how this goes. Welcome aboard!
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Post by Random on Jul 18, 2008 21:21:54 GMT -6
Good to be here. Everyone on the board seems fairly nice. It would be nifty to see more activity, but considering this is an OD&D board, there aren't as many rules arguments and such for people to jump into. That and it's a (now) obscure game.
As far as this weekend (likely Sunday), I crammed a module on four pages and the rules (tables and 1st level spells) on two. I'm hoping between my head and my rear I can conjure up any rules and rulings I didn't put on my reference sheet. I'm good to go with sack full of d6's!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 6:31:11 GMT -6
there aren't as many rules arguments and such for people to jump into. Yeah. That's probably why so many folks argue philosophy of gaming here. (Not as bad as other boards, though. In general this is a really friendly place!) Personally, I'd rather discuss rules, but as you said there aren't that many. Unless you want to discuss "White box or supplements" or "thieves or no thieves" or something like that. (I'm pretty sure there are threads on these already.) Anyway, welcome to the boards.
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Post by Random on Jul 20, 2008 16:38:40 GMT -6
Sadly, I didn't get around to running any OD&D at the con.
I just played in a couple of C&C games and then saw The Dark Knight at the theatre.
I suppose it's not all that bad. It just means I get introduce myself with a campaign rather than a one-shot.
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Post by bobjester on Jul 21, 2008 1:05:17 GMT -6
I spread my humorous poison across the interwebs by joining this forum! Bwa-hahahaha! Sorry, no. I recognize a few of you from a few other boards, (Dragon's Foot, K&K) & I hope I'm well received here too. I have the OD&D supplement books (Greyhawk, Blackmoor, etc) in physical form, but have yet to print out the PDFs of the OD&D books, so I'm a bit off as far as the rules are concerned, but as I have gathered, thats not a big deal. I'm really enjoying the threads in Blackmoor & WoM, and I'm sure to join in on other discussions sooner or later. I'm 41, been DM/player since 1978 - 1980 (not sure when I started now that I talked to one of the other guys that started with me...), married, divorced, fatherer of two jester-spawn, barely religious &/or political. I love rock-n-roll, but I hate entertainment news (i.e. ALL news!). I love comedy, sci-fi & fantasy on TV, movies & books, although I hardly ever read anymore (victim of the inter-webs affect on my reading capabilities), and with the wife's schedule, we're lucky to see 2 or 3 movies a year. But the movies have to be at the drive-in, yeah, I love the nostalgia. I started with Holmes, played/DM'd through Moldvay/Cook, AD&D1e, AD&D2e, avoided 3x like the plague, and have come back to BECM via the RC. (Got a geek-code for that?) Although I rarely have the chance for any face-to-face RPGs, (wargaming space empires don't count) I try to keep my 2 Classic D&D PBEMs up & running, bumpy as that road is with non-posting players & the recent total break-down I had last month.. (Nothing serious, just too busy in Real Life to post!) So... did I leave anything out? Bob, aka Bobjester
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Post by Random on Jul 21, 2008 5:58:10 GMT -6
Lots. I would like a detailed and very personal history please.
j/k of course.
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Post by Rhuvein on Jul 21, 2008 19:00:49 GMT -6
Welcome to all the new members. Glad to have you with us.
Enjoy the game!! ;D
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Post by hackman on Jul 22, 2008 9:03:01 GMT -6
Welcome guys.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2008 3:42:22 GMT -6
Not really new to the forum, but I haven't posted here yet. Just thought I'd say hi.
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Post by wheggi on Aug 2, 2008 8:03:16 GMT -6
Hey all. Just got on-board here. I know quite a few of you from DF and K&KA, but there are a number of people I don't recognize as well. Look forward to posting here.
- Wheggi
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Post by boomer on Aug 2, 2008 22:40:15 GMT -6
Hello fellow gamers. I've lurked around the boards here for a little bit and just wanted to say hi. I enjoy reading the posts and only wish I was as good at having the ideas you guys have and the talent to put them into words like I see here. I'll probably just hang around "lurking" if you don't mind but I may chime in from time to time from enthusiasm. I'm an old (50+) gamer who has recently hung up the dice bag. In my gaming area people don't want to game anymore, they just want to argue. I'm very unhappy with it. Anyways, well done posters, great reading here!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 23:08:44 GMT -6
Been reading the boards for a while, but only registered now.
Just saying hello!
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Post by Random on Aug 4, 2008 17:57:07 GMT -6
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Post by havard on Aug 5, 2008 14:40:21 GMT -6
Welcome to Wheggi, Zebediah and Boomer! Good to see you guys here. Boomer: I hope the gamers in your area get their act together. Good to see that this hasn't turned you completely off gaming though Havard
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Post by boomer on Aug 6, 2008 16:47:03 GMT -6
Thanks for the welcome people!
havard: I'm not turned off gaming even though I don't have a cohesive group to game with atm. I'm still having too much fun planning and plotting against any new would-be heroes that wish to test their mettle when fate steers them my way. I'm sure the others will come around in time. I call shenanigans on them and hope they wake up from their desire to fight with each other over editions and rules! Whoever cast Feeblemind on them must be high level indeed.
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Post by Random on Aug 6, 2008 20:21:20 GMT -6
lol @ Feeblemind.
Boomer, just invite these gamers over for OD&D.
It's hard to argue about rules when you're running a session with not much more than 2-3 sheets of paper, a pencil, and a fistfull of d6s.
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Post by boomer on Aug 6, 2008 21:35:01 GMT -6
Hello Random, (I love that handle btw)
I purchased a copy of "Fight On #1" awhile back and got bit by the bug of OD&D again. I successfully bid on and won the original three booklets on ebay (sans box, oh well) and started work immediately on a new campaign, "Old School" style. I invited some players but got no takers.
I kid you not, they couldn't wrap their heads around not having "feats" and "powers" on their sheets. ("How will I know what my options in combat are? etc...) And 3d6 in order- take what you get for stats? ("No way, my character will be totally useless without at least 18's!") I tried to explain the concept to them and have even recently downloaded the guide to old school gaming (I think from mythmere?). They still don't see the attraction.
It reminds me of a time when I was babysitting a very young niece. I gave her some blank paper and crayons and said she could color. She looked at the blank paper and protested "But there's nothing on the paper to color!" She was used to having the lines of a predrawn picture there to guide her imagination. I think maybe some players have the same affliction to imagination.
Anyway, I'll keep trying to show them the fun you can have. You guys here are really, really inspiring to me. Thx.
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Post by Random on Aug 7, 2008 12:26:51 GMT -6
That niece story is the saddest thing I have heard in a long time (other than maybe that WotC murder/suicide recently).
Btw, if you are playing in games with these guys (using D&D version 8.62), then they should be nice enough to at least give your game one good try before they blow it off.
I'll be starting a game here in a few weeks, and I'm thinking OD&D if I can be a few notes scribbled down (a couple of house rules) before then, otherwise I'm kinda big on Labyrinth Lord at the moment (an OGL rehash of B/X D&D), so I could run that.
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Post by boomer on Aug 7, 2008 18:47:13 GMT -6
Holy cats! I hadn't heard of the murder/suicide. What a tragedy. My thoughts go out to those affected.
As far as Labyrinth Lord goes I'm a big fan as well. I purchased the limited edition copy awhile back and got my certificate from Goblinoid Games proclaiming me a "Labyrinth Lord" lol.
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Post by Random on Aug 7, 2008 21:28:38 GMT -6
kotaku.com/5032443/xbox-developer-dead-in-murder+suicideYeah, I hopped on the LL bandwagon just after the distro drive ended, so I didn't get a copy. I'm only just now getting enough money to afford a regular copy. I get paid next week, which will be great. The last of my leisure cash until then went into buying a copy of the Caverns of Thracia and the Illhiedrin Book (I've heard good words spoken about both).
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Post by kenmeister on Aug 11, 2008 11:26:31 GMT -6
I get paid next week, which will be great. The last of my leisure cash until then went into buying a copy of the Caverns of Thracia and the Illhiedrin Book (I've heard good words spoken about both). I'll take partial credit on those good words as I do spread them often. I'm always happy to talk Judges Guild; I only discovered them in 2007 and now I'm a huge fan.
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Post by longcoat000 on Aug 23, 2008 15:26:04 GMT -6
Hey all- Recently discovered this site through some roundabout linkage from Philotomy's site. I started playing something like OD&D after reading the Basic Player's Guide (red book from BECMI) in 1st grade (back in '80 or '81). We never really played with dice, but sat around and drew dungeons in class and ran each other through them during recess. So I guess I was playing OD&D before I knew what it was. Anyway, bout a week after I discovered his site, I headed over to Drive Thru RPG and picked copies of the white box set, supplements I - IV, Chainmail, and Monsters & Treasure vol. 1 - 3. I'm hoping to start running a 3LBB lunchtime game at work based on the sample world I'm creating over on You Meet In A Tavern.
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