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Blog Post 55: I saw it
Posted 3rd October 2009 at 01:04 AM by MichaelSomething
There I was, playing the Song of Ice and Fire RPG at an older friend's house. It was a standard warm-up session. Characters were rolled up and we when through a combat and some social action to get used to the system. I was very tire so I couldn't really get into it, but it was fun and I was looking forward to future sessions. The Song of Ice and Fire is a good change in pace for those who tire of D&D but still enjoy fantasy roleplaying.
Afterwords, we hung out and talked about stuff to pass the time before we parted ways. Inevitably we talked about RPGs, including D&D. Since we were all talking about it, the older friend decided to pull something out of his gaming closet to show us. What he showed us was the White Box. THE. WHITE. BOX.. Also known as OD&D; the first and original Dungeons and Dragons product. I never thought I would actually see it. I felt like I was staring as some lost ancient treasure. This thing was in mint condition too. It wasn't worn down to torn as all. It looked like it opened for the very first time. It was shocking and incredible at the same time.
The first thing I said was, "Wow, you should sell that thing! You would make a killing!" The older friend responded by saying, "yeah, relatively speaking." He knew he could get a nice hunk of change by selling it online. He said he got that during his college days. If he wanted to sell it, he would have done so earlier. However, as a collector's items, it could very well be considered priceless.
The White box consists of a white cardboard box with several small booklets in it. Each booklet covered a different part of the rules. One of the booklets that caught my eye was the one for BlackMoor, the original setting. I grabbed a random book and began to read and look through it. I was only able to read a part of the first intro page. If given enough time, I might have read all of it. It must really be an enjoyable read.
My younger friend (and the Game master for the game) was also awe-stuck by The White Box. I can clearly remember him saying that it was awesome. I feel the same way. To be in the presence of the White Box is to stare at a piece of history. It goes far beyond cool. In fact, calling it cool would severally understate how amazing it is. Diaglo is right; all others pale in comparison to OD&D.
Afterwords, we hung out and talked about stuff to pass the time before we parted ways. Inevitably we talked about RPGs, including D&D. Since we were all talking about it, the older friend decided to pull something out of his gaming closet to show us. What he showed us was the White Box. THE. WHITE. BOX.. Also known as OD&D; the first and original Dungeons and Dragons product. I never thought I would actually see it. I felt like I was staring as some lost ancient treasure. This thing was in mint condition too. It wasn't worn down to torn as all. It looked like it opened for the very first time. It was shocking and incredible at the same time.
The first thing I said was, "Wow, you should sell that thing! You would make a killing!" The older friend responded by saying, "yeah, relatively speaking." He knew he could get a nice hunk of change by selling it online. He said he got that during his college days. If he wanted to sell it, he would have done so earlier. However, as a collector's items, it could very well be considered priceless.
The White box consists of a white cardboard box with several small booklets in it. Each booklet covered a different part of the rules. One of the booklets that caught my eye was the one for BlackMoor, the original setting. I grabbed a random book and began to read and look through it. I was only able to read a part of the first intro page. If given enough time, I might have read all of it. It must really be an enjoyable read.
My younger friend (and the Game master for the game) was also awe-stuck by The White Box. I can clearly remember him saying that it was awesome. I feel the same way. To be in the presence of the White Box is to stare at a piece of history. It goes far beyond cool. In fact, calling it cool would severally understate how amazing it is. Diaglo is right; all others pale in comparison to OD&D.
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