DnD will never die...

[Aust Diamondew]

I wonder in 75 or 100 years from now, how close the rules will be to what we were playing. or will it be VR??

D&D PnP will last a THOUSAND YEARS!


I'm glad to here that a new generation is taking up D&D but I think PnP RPGs just like most things non-electronic/computerized will gradually over the course of the next 100 years be assimilated or disappear. I do not like saying it and will resist it (even now I refuse to play any RPG on the computer) but it's probably how things are going to go down and I can accept that.
Even if computers do not destroy PnP gaming it's going to have to end at some point nothing last forever (including not existing arguably).

 

[diaglo]

I don't know, holodeck tech might be the wave of the future. I know I'd play.

bah, it will still be a pale imitation of the real thing.

diaglo "who will still be playing OD&D(1974) into his late 90's" Ooi

 

[hexgrid]

I wonder in 75 or 100 years from now, how close the rules will be to what we were playing. or will it be VR??

VR? That's so early 90's.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

D&D PnP will last a THOUSAND YEARS!

October 17, 3005 (UPI) - Archaeologists digging in the area thought to be the ancient city of New York went eight days without reporting in to the base camp. When a search team was sent out to the dig site, they discovered the team sitting around a table with notebooks, pencils and a strange array of numbered polyhedrons cast in plastic. Apparently the dig team unearthed what they believed to be a religious site filled with tomes dedicated to ritualistic practices. The lead scientist, upon looking over some of the tomes discovered that they were in fact a form of recreation called the Role-Playing Game, or RPG.

Intrigued by this social activity, the team decided to attempt to recreate the environment and try out the game for themselves. The team consumed their entire set of site rations within the first three days following the start of this uncontrolled and unsanctioned experiment. When the rations ran out, the team subsisted on ancient foods found in the dwelling that had survived the earthquakes and floods of the late 21st century. These foods were called by unusual names such as Twinkies and Doritos. When asked why the team had not checked in with the base camp, their response was that they were close to reaching 14th level.

The team is currently undergoing psychological evaluations and the contents of the site have been quarrantined by the government of The Microsoft Kingdom.

 

[Belen]

Yes it will. I plan to kill it and take its stuff.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Yes it will. I plan to kill it and take its stuff.

Drat.

Beaten to the joke once again.

 

[DanMcS]

bah, it will still be a pale imitation of the real thing.

diaglo "who will still be playing OD&D(1974) into his late 90's" Ooi

So, like, 5 more years?

 

[devilbat]

Back to the thread...

My wife insists on having a garage sale every spring, and this past year, I gave her a bunch of older Wizards/TSR paperbacks to sell.

A young boy of around ten comes along, and begs his dad to buy him a few of the books, to which the dad agrees to purchase one. I overhear the conversation, and I ask the boy if he likes fantasy fiction. He tells me that his dad takes him to the library, and he has read many of the genre. I tell the two of them to wait there for a minute, I go in the house and grab my 3.0 PHB and DM's guide, and then hand them to the kid. He looks at me like he won the lottery, thanks me, and leaves.

I hope I helped to create a new found gamer.

 

[DeBracy]

I haven't had the joy of doing big deeds like handing games to interested kids (not yet anyway) but I've at least tried to encourage friends who are "casual gamers". A girl I know didn't own any dice so I gave her a set and my good friend who's got a bit of a problem staying serious got the Discworld RPG for Christmas (well, he got it in January or something but anyway...).

 

[genshou]

bah, it will still be a pale imitation of the real thing.

diaglo "who will still be playing OD&D(1974) into his late 90's" Ooi

And once diaglo passes on (may that be very far into the future), I shall keep up the tradition with my fanatacism toward 3E

D&D will never die as long as there are those dedicated to playing it. It may change and evolve, and yes eventually maybe even incorporate holosimulation in place of battlemats. But as long as it's still D&D, who cares about the specifics? It may end up being far from the game we know and love, but as long as people of the future continue to have their perspectives broadened by it, D&D will be very much alive.