Eric's Annual Trip down Memory Lane

[EricNoah]

Seven years ago this month: Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News opens its cyber-doors.

Six years ago this month: I was present for the D&D 3rd Edition release at GenCon. And met Piratecat, Henry and a bunch of other community members!

Five years ago this month: Several factors conspired to make this the right time to close down Eric Noah's Unofficial blah blah blah. The forums are moved to "EN World" and Morrus ushers in a new era of D&D/D20 news and reviews.

The coolest thing for me is seeing a ton of people here who were members of the old site, still posting and having fun.

Thanks for letting me indulge in a bit of nostalgia!

 

[JoeBlank]

Your reply the thread in General about the cleric domain examples reminded me to look back at the archives.

Some great memories there. I still have the pages I printed off and tried to start using to make characters.

Everything I know about 3.x D&D I learned from Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News!

 

[diaglo]

Everything I know about 3.x D&D I learned from Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News!

ditto.

 

[Sammael]

Ah... ze memories... the slow, excrutiatingly painful process of introducing pages of pages of house rules into 2e as 3e information became available... the feeling of anticipation... the addiction... those were the days.

 

[Shadeus]

I printed off the Attack of Opportunity clarification for my whole group, because there was lots of it we didn't understand at all. the diagrams were clear and helped us to understand a tricky, new concept in DnD.

Thanks for taking the time to gather that information. Even today I visit every day just to see the latest news.

 

[Henry]

I miss lots 'o folks from those days, but fortunately, most of them are still online, available in other message boards.

Odd thought, when you mentioned 2000: I wonder how P.A.'s doing these days? I wonder if he's back in France, or teaching in NY?

 

[EricNoah]

I can't remember exactly but I do recall hearing from him right after 9/11. He was in NYC at the time and was really shaken and distressed. I don't remember hearing from him much after that.

 

[Renshai]

I heard from him about then or a little after as well. He was still in NY then. I'm not sure what happened after that. I do remember missing GenCon in 2001 and PA sending me a poster that everyone at the ENWORLD gathering signed. I've still got that thing around here somewhere.

 

[Cergorach]

Now you done it! Made me feel old... Again!

I kind of miss those days, all the kewl people in one place, excited over every new tidbit, these days i can't really get excited about a new D&D book. It's mostly the 3rd party publishers that make the hobby interesting imho...

 

[JDragon]

Everything I know about 3.x D&D I learned from Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D Third Edition News!

ditto.

I remember finding the site shortly after the announcement at GenCon the summer of 99 and checking everyday to see what your great page had.

I also remember the first half of 2000 telling everyone that came into the game store I was working in at the time about the great changes coming to D&D and this great site to get all the latest news.

Thanks again Erik for taking the time to get it started in the first place, and to Morrus for keeping it going.

JDragon