How long have you played D&D?

[Orius]

No idea what could be causing a spike 10 years ago (1994-95)...

Possibly the release of the revised 2e hardbacks (which was 1995) and the PO book might have something to do with that. I'd started a little before that though, about July 93, and the new books showed up when I started getting into the game in ernest after I got out of high school.

 

[Orius]

Think it's interesting that ~ ten years ago around 1995 give or take a little was when TSR really started to implode?

Probably. They finally went bankrupt at the end of '96 or so, but likely the financial troubles had been building up for several years, I'd guess since '93 or '94. Note that was also at the height of the setting glut that helped to kill off TSR.

 

[RithTheAwakener]

Been playin for 6+ years, since my first year of highschool.
Started off in AD&D, had a samuri that got eaten by a werewolf. Next character was a dwarf cleric that killed Straud (the vampire) with 2 nat 20's on a spiritual hammer IN THE FIRST ROOM OF HIS CASTLE hahaha.. good times

 

[Wombat]

Y'know, maybe I should revise my answer based on the actual wording of the poll.

I played D&D from 1975-78 or '79.

Then I stopped playing D&D until 2001.

So in many ways I guess you can say I've been playing D&D about 8 years.

Now roleplaying games in general, that counts as 29

 

[Mark]

Y'know, maybe I should revise my answer based on the actual wording of the poll.

I played D&D from 1975-78 or '79.

Then I stopped playing D&D until 2001.

So in many ways I guess you can say I've been playing D&D about 8 years.

Now roleplaying games in general, that counts as 29

It's a trick question...

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Friday, October 25, 1974 1:15 PM EST.

A priest and a nun who taught there were wargamrers. They brought back this weird new game from a wargame convention. If we earned Friday Free Time in my 4th grade Catholic School class, we got to choose to join the game. My character, a Fighting Man named Random after the character in the Chronicles of Amber I was reading, lasted til the third room in the dungeon. Since then, no breaks at all, even when I had to have help eating. So from the time I was a week away from turning 9 years old until today. And until I die. Or later.

My wife has been playing for 22 years (as long as we've been together) and our sons have both played since they were eight as well. One is 18 now (He's on the boards here), the other is 14. My main campaign is still running, upgrading through various editions and changing worlds three times, but with continuous generational storylines and legacies, since 1978 or so. I meant to put it down for good this year and run Eberron, but I had some ideas...

Was the priest's name Father Semino? He had been gaming before we started our game, and he taught at the Parochial school I went to. Back when I gamed with him he was a typical young Catholic priest of the 1970s, with longish hair and a beard, both reddish brown.

I ran into him a couple of years ago - he recognized me! He on the other hand had lost most of his hair and his beard, and put on a few pounds. When he knew me I had long hair, wire rimmed glasses, and wore a Navy blue jacket picked up surplus, when he ran into me I was wearing the same jacket (it lasted up until last year, I was heartbroken when the seams finally let go) wire framed glasses, and had a ponytail. I have no idea how he recognized me! He no longer games, but remembered my game very well.

The Auld Grump

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

Was the priest's name Father Semino?

No, it was a priest named Clarke, actually. Also used to date my mom in high school, so history could have been very, very different for me..

 

[Qlippoth]

I started playing roughly 25 years ago (though "playing" at that time meant using an unholy fusion of the Moldvay Basic Set with the 1e PHB); "in time, I became the DM." I haven't played D&D per se since 2e (but spent most of that time under the sway of White Wolf). I've spent the time since collecting the 3.0 and 3.5 books, anticipating the next campaign.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

No, it was a priest named Clarke, actually. Also used to date my mom in high school, so history could have been very, very different for me..

Oh well, it was worth a shot, there can't be all that many D&D playing Catholic priests.

The Auld Grump

 

[MonsterMash]

does wargaming with Chainmail count?

Were you using the fantasy part of the rules?