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We have played with two characters per player in our group for 20 years about 95% of the time due to small group size. Generally there are only three players and the DM and we have found that five to six characters lets us cover the bases well. It also enables us to roleplay differing...

First off, good comments from Henry and Kormydigar. I do think that the "soul" of the player has changed and that this is being reflected in the mechanics of the game. I believe that the biggest difference between the old-school and newer players is our imaginative background. This is what...

Calling him Sweetie Cupcakes might be a bad idea unless you like the feel of a leather bullwhip. :uhoh: -KenSeg gaming since 1978

I game once a week as well on Saturdays from about 4pm to 9:30pm or so, about as long as us old farts can take these days. I remember playing until 2am back in the day, but those days are 20 years ago now! :p Is your wife at all interested in gaming? I would not be able to play as much as I...

The obvious answer is that all adventurers use the same tailor that the "Highlander" immortals did, allowing you to carry a 3-foot sword under a trench coat without getting in the way. There is an extra-dimensional space under the coat in which lives little gnomes (finally a use for these...

I would recommend C&C as well for the younger players in preference to 3.5. Looking at it from the viewpoint of the young player, there is a lot less to confuse me as a new player but all of the basic fun of roleplaying and hack and slash. The kids might want to move on to 3.5 later as they...

We use a Chessex battlemat, wet erase markers and about 200 lead miniatures that we painted before we got too old and our eyesight got worse. :D -KenSeg gaming since 1978

Yeah, I used the boxed set more for the adventure seeds when I ran a recent game as we continued to use our homebrew world. Lots of good memories invoked by that boxed set. :) -KenSeg gaming since 1978

We started using the PHB II immediately as well in our new campaign and are using one knight and two beguilers in our group. The beguiler players like the class better than the rogue, a nice thief/wizard type class. My knight has been fun to play with a load of RPing opportunities. We are all...

We have done this in our group for almost 20 years now with little problem. Our group usually consists of the DM and 3 players so it helps with having enough PCs to game. Like many others, we usually run two totally different classes and make each toon a distinct persona. It helps that two of us...

Baron Opal is correct. I purchased my first D&D material from a hobby store in Glenwood, Illinois back in 1978. They sold models, trains and all kinds of other things. In one glass case was a small selection of weird books from TSR. The rest is history! :D

<Shhhhhh.... <<....>> Everybody knows this is just a harmless game, and we're not actually going to release a mind affecting super-plague...> Actually, looking around at the people mulling about town today, I think that they have already released the mind affecting super-plague. :p -KenSeg...

Started playing in 1978 in High School and have been playing fairly consistantly once a week for the last 28 years. At an average of 6 hours a gaming session and say 48 sessions a year, taking into account holidays and such, I have been playing for over one solid year of my life out of 43 years...

Thanks for the heads up Treebore. Always happy to help others learn about our pasttime. -KenSeg gaming since 1978

From strictly a mercenary business viewpoint, they would be better off not giving a warning. That would continue the stream of income from purchases of current edition material while preparation for the new edition is done, then bring the new edition out with perhaps 3 months warning, enough...

Skills, feats and rules are tools that can be helpful to a DM that is in need of that support. Not all DMs are created equal in their ability to create house-rules and such to expand a game and the WOTC rules are wonderful for those who have neither the apptitude or time to do so. My own DM...

<It was all about the story.> Forceuser stated a very deep cord with this comment. I have been playing D&D in one form or another since 1978. There have been numerous threads about old school feeling, etc... and this one statement sums it up for me. It just feels like the story has been lost...

My little gnome wizard has his best friend, Croaker, a wonderful toad. There is nothing quite as satisfying as watching a fighter's face after he criticals you for a ton of damage and your little gnome smiling at him and saying, "Is that all you have?" Of course I will probably die on the next...

Our gaming group, going strong for 20 years now, has always ended campaigns around 9th to 11th level on average. By that point we have completed the main goals of the characters and DMing into the higher levels becomes more work than wanted. Our DM is masterful at off the cuff DMing in the lower...

You can download PDF copies of the old material online at very low prices. Especially good for those whose old maps are in tatters. :-) I have seen several people complain about the lack of fully detailed cities. While the fluff is nice, it isn't really needed. We have played in our homebrew...