Anything wrong with just playing D&D?

[diaglo]

not that I've ever played D&D, just d20 games exclusively...

you don't know how true a statement you have really made.

 

[nopantsyet]

I'll play anything. I love D&D, but sit me down at a table with people willing to play and I'm there. I won't run anything non-d20 right now, simply because I don't have the time or money to deal with purchasing and mastering another system right now. But I have enjoyed numerous RPG systems in the past, and can only hope I will continue to do so for many years.

 

[bubbalin]

you don't know how true a statement you have really made.

I'm afraid you're going to have to explain that to me...

 

[Shazman]

I admit it. I only play D&D. I have tried other RPGs, usually for just a session or two. But I always have good back to D&D. I have played all the editions except the white box version (and Hackmaster), and a few mixed versions. But always D&D.

My DM tried to get our group to alternate to playing WhiteWolf: Mage once per month, but I wasn't interested, and neither was the majority of the group.

I've never played Shadowrun, never played Ars Magica, never played Rolemaster, never played Champions, never played d20 Modern, etc.

I might end up playing a d20 game like Traveller d20 (though I'd prefer Star Frontiers d20 or something else 'high science fiction myself'). REAlly, d20 is still in it\s infancy and I just haven't had the time.

I'm amazed at other s who roll out the list of games they've played, even games just developed since the advent of d20. How do people find time for it all. Also, does d20 make it easier to go to another genre?

And also, what am I missing by not trying out non-d20 RPGs? I've never seen what.

I'm the same way. I've dabbled with other games, mostly because the group as a whole wanted to. They were interesting, but never captured my imagination like D&D. It's my first and only love when it comes to gaming.

 

[ddougan]

My DM tried to get our group to alternate to playing WhiteWolf: Mage once per month, but I wasn't interested, and neither was the majority of the group.

There's nothing wrong with just playing DnD, but I do think you are missing out on a lot of great games. And D20 conversions of those games don't always capture the original feel, because some games also generate feel from the game mechanics.

My girlfriend started with DnD, mostly because she loves fantasy type settings. Spycraft - still D20 - didn't do anything for her. I don't think she'd touch a sci-fi game (though if I can keep her interested in the B5 series - which shouldn't be too hard maybe I can get her into a B5 campaign).

I love GMing DnD, but every so often its also good to get into a totally different genre - and I don't like D20 for them all (despite the detailed combat rules and feats, the hit point system is far too abstract to my likeing - I'd much rather have individual hit locations and damage like 2300AD or Millenniums End).

I might end up playing a d20 game like Traveller d20 (though I'd prefer Star Frontiers d20 or something else 'high science fiction myself'). REAlly, d20 is still in it\s infancy and I just haven't had the time.

I have the Traveller T20 edition, but to be honest, I don't think I ever want to play Traveller with T20 rules. (If you are interested in D20 sci-fi, its still a good book to get for the design sequences).

Traveller is an excellent game system in its various flavours, though I prefer the early Rebellion era with the GDW House Rules (which probably makes me unique amongst Traveller fans...)

I'm amazed at other s who roll out the list of games they've played, even games just developed since the advent of d20. How do people find time for it all. Also, does d20 make it easier to go to another genre?

Dunno. I guess playing any RPG makes it easier to start playing a different RPG (as opposed to starting from scratch). But you'll always have a special feelings towards your first system

Having said that, I did find it strange (perhaps cos I've played so many systems I just accepted it) when one of my players - who has never been exposed to anything other than 3rd edition DnD had no conception of how non-hitpoint and non-level based games work.

He nearly died when I awarded him 3 experience points at the end of a session of 2300AD !

And also, what am I missing by not trying out non-d20 RPGs? I've never seen what.

My favourite all-round game system is the GDW House Rules (used in Traveller New Era - whatever you think of the setting, Dark Conspiracy and Twilight 2000 2nd editions). These have a much higher level of realism than D&D. And the white phosphorous game rules are a laugh

Also, 2300ADs combat system worked superbly for lethality. And the SK-19 must rank as the coolest looking RPG gun ever

The Warhammer FRP "Enemy Within" campaign was the best I ever played. It was 5 volumes in a single ongoing story line of truely epic proportions.

Unfortunately, all of the above are now out of print, so you'd have to want to chase them up on ebay.

(You can get some Twilight 2000 and Traveller reprints - but they are still earlier editions, and whilst its nice to look back at them and lift material from them, I think the later editions are much nicer rules base).

 

[Orius]

I've never touched anything but D&D either. I don't really have the time to learn another system. I wouldn't mind using d20 Modern rules or any other d20 variants, since the differences are probably slight, but for the most part, I'm just a hardcore D&D player.

Many of the settings out there haven't really interested me that much anyway. It's really a matter of flavor rather than rules, and I like the taste of D&D. If I want to play fantasy, I'll play D&D. I like the heroic feel of the game, and I don't give a damn if hit points or alignment aren't "realistic". "Grim and Gritty" doesn't appeal to me.

I would probably never touch WW's WoD stuff. I don't like angsty goths, so the flavor is probably something I'd find unpalatable.

Shadowrun has a lot of fans, but it just seems too weird. I suppose Rifts would fit in the too weird catagory too.

CoC is another really popular game, but I'm the kind of guy that would rather fight the Mythos than go crazy. So I'd grab CoC d20, Conan d20, set the whole thing in the Hyborian Age, and watch a bunch of Cimmerians kick the crap out of the Mythos while the CoC purists all fail their insanity checks.

Two games that I had some interest in playing were WEG's Star Wars, and the Dark*Matter setting for Alternity, but I never bought any of the books or played a game.

 

[Umbran]

I'm afraid you're going to have to explain that to me...

Diaglo has a thing about "original" D&D being the one and only D&D. Which means, in his mind, if you play anything d20, including 3e, you aren't really playing D&D.

It's a quirk of his, shows up in most every post. You get used to it

 

[Alzrius]

D&D was the RPG I cut my teeth on, and it's the one I like the most, bar none. I have (and have played) some other RPGs, such as BESM, Teenagers From Outer Space, FUDGE, Fuzion, and one or two others, but none of them ever came close to eclipsing my enjoyment of D&D.There's nothing wrong with that.