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<blockquote data-quote="Melkor" data-source="post: 1018548" data-attributes="member: 10786"><p>Thanks for the nostalgia.</p><p></p><p>Although I knew what Dungeons & Dragons was, my folks were the overzealous religious types that wouldn't let me buy the game.</p><p></p><p>I played other games like Car Wars, and Gamma World, until I met a kid at school who played D&D. Then it was entire weekends spent at his house gaming....Just the two of us. He would DM, and I would run a character or two. This was around 1985 - 1986 when I was 12 years old. We would do silly things like make up 20th level characters and try to take on the demons and devils in the Monster Manual, but all in all, we had a great time.</p><p></p><p>Over the years, my older brother would hear us talk about it, and he became interested after reading the Dragonlance books. One of his neighbors joined the game, and together with another kid from school, we had a group of five. Throughout high school, we played weekly and had a great time.</p><p></p><p>Greyhawk started it all.....Then Forgotten Realms, but Dragonlance was always the one that stuck.</p><p></p><p>After graduating, I joined the Marine Corps and spent several years away from my buddies. My original DM and I managed to play a slow play by email game.</p><p></p><p>When I returned home after my stint in the Corps, we got four of the original five back together for weekly games - but life seemed to get in the way. My brother had 2 kids. The rest of us had serious relationships. All of us had full time jobs. So things never worked out the way we wanted them too....Someone was always missing from the game, or we would skip weeks do to scheduling.</p><p>In the end, it fizzled.</p><p></p><p>When 3rd Edition came out, my original DM and I decided to try and kick things off again....This time, my brother was out, but one of the other guys we had played with decided to join us again....We gamed for about a year before that guy moved to Hawaii....and the 3 of us slowly let other things take priority....a repeating story. In the end, computer games (like Dark Age of Camelot) were more interesting to the DM than playing.....so we all figured things were pretty much dead and we had grown up.</p><p></p><p>In the year and half or so since things ended, I've tried everything from Everquest, to Neverwinter Nights, to Dark Age of Camelot myself - just to be able to 'play something'. They have never been a satisfying alternative.....So I went out and bought the 3.5 PHB. I've got the other two books on order from Amazon.com.</p><p></p><p>I called my brother, the DM, and the guy the doesn't live in Hawaii - and asked if we could get a GAME TRIP together. In August, we are going to take an air conditioned camper out to a campsite, Game, fish, and Jetski....I hope it's fun enough to keep everyone interested.....I hope it leads to a few years of weekly games.....I've got high hopes considering our track record, but after 18+ years of playing, damned if life isnt a little dull without a steady game of D&D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Melkor, post: 1018548, member: 10786"] Thanks for the nostalgia. Although I knew what Dungeons & Dragons was, my folks were the overzealous religious types that wouldn't let me buy the game. I played other games like Car Wars, and Gamma World, until I met a kid at school who played D&D. Then it was entire weekends spent at his house gaming....Just the two of us. He would DM, and I would run a character or two. This was around 1985 - 1986 when I was 12 years old. We would do silly things like make up 20th level characters and try to take on the demons and devils in the Monster Manual, but all in all, we had a great time. Over the years, my older brother would hear us talk about it, and he became interested after reading the Dragonlance books. One of his neighbors joined the game, and together with another kid from school, we had a group of five. Throughout high school, we played weekly and had a great time. Greyhawk started it all.....Then Forgotten Realms, but Dragonlance was always the one that stuck. After graduating, I joined the Marine Corps and spent several years away from my buddies. My original DM and I managed to play a slow play by email game. When I returned home after my stint in the Corps, we got four of the original five back together for weekly games - but life seemed to get in the way. My brother had 2 kids. The rest of us had serious relationships. All of us had full time jobs. So things never worked out the way we wanted them too....Someone was always missing from the game, or we would skip weeks do to scheduling. In the end, it fizzled. When 3rd Edition came out, my original DM and I decided to try and kick things off again....This time, my brother was out, but one of the other guys we had played with decided to join us again....We gamed for about a year before that guy moved to Hawaii....and the 3 of us slowly let other things take priority....a repeating story. In the end, computer games (like Dark Age of Camelot) were more interesting to the DM than playing.....so we all figured things were pretty much dead and we had grown up. In the year and half or so since things ended, I've tried everything from Everquest, to Neverwinter Nights, to Dark Age of Camelot myself - just to be able to 'play something'. They have never been a satisfying alternative.....So I went out and bought the 3.5 PHB. I've got the other two books on order from Amazon.com. I called my brother, the DM, and the guy the doesn't live in Hawaii - and asked if we could get a GAME TRIP together. In August, we are going to take an air conditioned camper out to a campsite, Game, fish, and Jetski....I hope it's fun enough to keep everyone interested.....I hope it leads to a few years of weekly games.....I've got high hopes considering our track record, but after 18+ years of playing, damned if life isnt a little dull without a steady game of D&D. [/QUOTE]
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