Zardnaar
Legend
Looks like I picked up a new player for 5E via facebook and had a hour+ long chat on the phone. He was kind of new but keen and had played things like Pool of Radiance, Eye of the Beholder, Baldurs Gate and Torment.
He seemed very keen and ended up asking things like "Have you heard of Greyhawk/Darksun/ Temple of Elemental Evil, Tomb of Horrors/White Plume Mountain.
Another question was how by the book do you run it.
My response was "more or less by the book" as he was very interested in 1E, Greyhawk and Darksun for example.With regular players I am way more likely to start hacking the rules (2E is good for this).
I think he had a nerdgasm when he found out I had run B2,4,5, ToEE in the last few years and owned OD&D as well along with the 1983 Greyhawk boxed set. He had the 4E DS book but was more interested in the original.
During the D&D Dark Ages (2011 or so to 5E launch) I was also playing AD&D, B/X and clones. Since 5E landed I have only played AD&D (1E) a few times and the clones as one offs or as a short run mostly due to what players want to play. I recruited OSR players from 3E and Pathfinder players.
Social media is also starting to pick up locally with organised D&D and AL has started. I talk to them and there are a few surprises when I say I have AD&D and still run it on occasion. The locals seem to be playing 5E but want to try the classics (they own on PDF) with AD&D rules not 5E conversions of those rules. There have been some interesting conversations I have had with various people in regards to things like OSR multiclassing, alignment restrictions, or the cartoons in the 1E DMG- +2 back scratchers. TSR era boxed sets also tend to go down well when I pull one out. Old to them is the 3.0 FRCS, pull out a TSR boxed set from the 90's or 80's and they definitely seem interested.
So yeah for the 1st time since 1999-2001 D&D seems to be growing locally, there used to be organized play at the local university but it kind of dies out/got replaced with LARPing due to a lack of organisation. Looks like I will be picking up another player or 2 as well depending on the day I set a new game but I seem to be more experienced DM than most of the new breed and I run a more structured game than most and just outright boot out the CN type snowflake players which seem to be causing some problems.
3/5 players also want to try OD&D as well, the other 2 will play it.
He seemed very keen and ended up asking things like "Have you heard of Greyhawk/Darksun/ Temple of Elemental Evil, Tomb of Horrors/White Plume Mountain.
Another question was how by the book do you run it.
My response was "more or less by the book" as he was very interested in 1E, Greyhawk and Darksun for example.With regular players I am way more likely to start hacking the rules (2E is good for this).
I think he had a nerdgasm when he found out I had run B2,4,5, ToEE in the last few years and owned OD&D as well along with the 1983 Greyhawk boxed set. He had the 4E DS book but was more interested in the original.
During the D&D Dark Ages (2011 or so to 5E launch) I was also playing AD&D, B/X and clones. Since 5E landed I have only played AD&D (1E) a few times and the clones as one offs or as a short run mostly due to what players want to play. I recruited OSR players from 3E and Pathfinder players.
Social media is also starting to pick up locally with organised D&D and AL has started. I talk to them and there are a few surprises when I say I have AD&D and still run it on occasion. The locals seem to be playing 5E but want to try the classics (they own on PDF) with AD&D rules not 5E conversions of those rules. There have been some interesting conversations I have had with various people in regards to things like OSR multiclassing, alignment restrictions, or the cartoons in the 1E DMG- +2 back scratchers. TSR era boxed sets also tend to go down well when I pull one out. Old to them is the 3.0 FRCS, pull out a TSR boxed set from the 90's or 80's and they definitely seem interested.
So yeah for the 1st time since 1999-2001 D&D seems to be growing locally, there used to be organized play at the local university but it kind of dies out/got replaced with LARPing due to a lack of organisation. Looks like I will be picking up another player or 2 as well depending on the day I set a new game but I seem to be more experienced DM than most of the new breed and I run a more structured game than most and just outright boot out the CN type snowflake players which seem to be causing some problems.
3/5 players also want to try OD&D as well, the other 2 will play it.
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