Mark
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How long have you played D&D?
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How long have you played D&D?
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BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
24 years.
And I have yet to kill a displacer beast.
Gotta work on that.
And I have yet to kill a displacer beast.
Gotta work on that.
dougmander
Explorer
27 years, and I still haven't figured out how to win the darn game.
Davelozzi
Explorer
Nearly 22 years. I'll be 30 in a few weeks and I started playing when I was about 8 or so with the Mentzer edition (Elmore cover) red box basic set. A friend got it as a gift, but after he tried to run a few sessions unsuccessfully, I took over DMing and never looked back.
I was exposed to D&D a little bit before that, and actually played at least once with another friend's older brother DMing, but I can't seriously count it as it was such a farce. We begged him to run a game for us, which he didn't really want to do. So he had us roll up characters, made fun of us for whatever our low stats were, and sent us to the Tomb of Horrors with our first level characters. Naturally, we didn't last. I believe I died in one of the false entrances. All this happened a bit before my intro to the red box above, but I can't say how mch earlier, maybe a year or so.
I was exposed to D&D a little bit before that, and actually played at least once with another friend's older brother DMing, but I can't seriously count it as it was such a farce. We begged him to run a game for us, which he didn't really want to do. So he had us roll up characters, made fun of us for whatever our low stats were, and sent us to the Tomb of Horrors with our first level characters. Naturally, we didn't last. I believe I died in one of the false entrances. All this happened a bit before my intro to the red box above, but I can't say how mch earlier, maybe a year or so.
francisca
I got dice older than you.
I'm in my second stint. I played from 1981 until 1986/87, then quit because:
1) My group went all rules lawyery.
2) I hated the Survival guides, as they enabled the above.
3) Munchkinism was rampant.
4) I despised the way published modules were being written, and that is where my group wanted to go.
5) I had far too many other things going on to find another group.
Looking back, the problem was more of an issue with my group than with the game, but i didn't like the way the game was headed either. So my D&D development was arrested at 1E Core + FF + MMII + D&Dg + 83 Greyhawk boxed set, and a handful of modules, with the Moldvay/Cook basic/expert sets and a few modules.
I piddled around with 1E gamma world in college, but never got around to playing. When I saw 2nd edition AD&D, I figured I'd never play again.
Fast forward to 1997, and a co-worker gets me into Magic: the Addiciton. Played that for a while, and he kept nagging me to join his D&D game (1E). I resisted until 1999, then joined. Been playing almost every other saturday since then.
In 2000, I started hanging about Eric's site. In early 2001, I bought the core 3.0 books. In late 2001, I fired up my own home brew, which ended with a wimper at the end of december 2004.
So, about 11 years of total play, in two parts. Completely skipped 1E+UA (until recently when I decided to use the spells and magic, and the unarmed combat sections for my new 1E game). Completely skipped 2E and 2.5E, though I would probably give either a try with the right group.
1) My group went all rules lawyery.
2) I hated the Survival guides, as they enabled the above.
3) Munchkinism was rampant.
4) I despised the way published modules were being written, and that is where my group wanted to go.
5) I had far too many other things going on to find another group.
Looking back, the problem was more of an issue with my group than with the game, but i didn't like the way the game was headed either. So my D&D development was arrested at 1E Core + FF + MMII + D&Dg + 83 Greyhawk boxed set, and a handful of modules, with the Moldvay/Cook basic/expert sets and a few modules.
I piddled around with 1E gamma world in college, but never got around to playing. When I saw 2nd edition AD&D, I figured I'd never play again.
Fast forward to 1997, and a co-worker gets me into Magic: the Addiciton. Played that for a while, and he kept nagging me to join his D&D game (1E). I resisted until 1999, then joined. Been playing almost every other saturday since then.
In 2000, I started hanging about Eric's site. In early 2001, I bought the core 3.0 books. In late 2001, I fired up my own home brew, which ended with a wimper at the end of december 2004.
So, about 11 years of total play, in two parts. Completely skipped 1E+UA (until recently when I decided to use the spells and magic, and the unarmed combat sections for my new 1E game). Completely skipped 2E and 2.5E, though I would probably give either a try with the right group.
The_lurkeR
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dougmander said:
Had to laugh, that's a running joke at our games.
One of the players wives likes to shout down "so who's winning?" every once in a while to get him riled up
Anyways 24 years here.
Breakdaddy
First Post
I hit the 20 year mark this year. Started with my cousin's old red moldvay basic book and loved it from the beginning.
Nightcloak
First Post
25+ years of gaming goodness.
I could not have said it better.
Crothian said:
I could not have said it better.
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