I'm kissing D&D good-bye: here's why

[jgbrowning]

I have to agree with PC. Unless you need the cash, the space, or to get rid of the headache of moving your collection, keep it around. It's always nice.

joe b.

 

[d4]

(Anyone else here ever try out Lords of Creation? Not so obscure? Okay then, how about Teenagers from Outer Space?)

yes and yes.

if you want to name obscure RPGs, you'll have to do better than that...

how about HoL? Alma Mater? Aria? Nexus the Infinite City? Robot Warriors?

i've got tons of different games on my shelf, even if all of my gaming for the past four years has been d20. it's all good reading and reference material, as PC says.

 

[Agamon]

Yeah, yeah. The real reason is because you Torontonians are too good for D&D, isn't it?

 

[DMO]

yes and yes.

if you want to name obscure RPGs, you'll have to do better than that...

how about HoL? Alma Mater? Aria? Nexus the Infinite City? Robot Warriors?

i've got tons of different games on my shelf, even if all of my gaming for the past four years has been d20. it's all good reading and reference material, as PC says.

Gah, there's always somebody who's higher level! The basic premise that transcends the game.... I confess, I haven't owned or played any of those.

(You're sure you actually played Teenagers from Outer Space, by the way? And you care to admit it?)

 

[Li Shenron]

I'm curious to know if I'm the only person here who is finding it necessary to "downsize" his RPG life because of the pressures and joys of the "adult world". Has anyone else here decided to focus on a single game due to (a) lack of time and (b) a desire to master *one* thing?

I didn't "downsize" my RPG life but rather decided quite from the start not to expand it, and instead concentrate on D&D 3rd edition, for the same reasons you say.

 

[Flyspeck23]

So I'm going to sell off all my D&D stuff (including my rather sizable collection of miniatures) and focus on becoming a true zen master of d20 Modern.

One advice: don't do it (I'm talking about sellingg your D&D stuff - good luck on becoming d20 Modern zen master...)!

Ok, Piratecat and jgbrowning have said as much, but I think it's so important it needs repetition...

See, a few years ago (maybe 12, maybe 10) I thought I was finished with RPGs in general. I didn't want to sell all of them, but at least some. I packed those and some other stuff and went for the "flea market" (is that the word?).
Among those were Rifts (I'll never ever play that again!), Vampire (not a goth) and GURPS (fan of the sourcebooks, but not the system).

Years later, I wanted to take a look at those books again. Not use them or anything, just taking a look. Imagine my surprise when I found out that these books weren't sold, but were still lying in a box in my parent's garage. What a relief! Vampire, OTOH, was sold...

I've sold a good number of miniatures in my time too, and I hardly miss those - yet

Once again: unless you're in serious financial troubles, don't do it. Trust me on this... no, don't trust me, trust Piratecat and jgbrowning (I'd do it).

 

[Eosin the Red]

Heck, I suspectthe reason some of us are here on the internet is because we no longer are able to play like we once were. I get to game every two weeks if I am lucky. I have 3 kids, wife, dog, and in-laws to satisfy so gaming gets the short shrift in life. Luckily, there are places like this that kind fill the same habit.

I find that after a year or two, I tend to peruse older maerial looking for idea mines even if it is different genre.

 

[Ranes]

I understand the desire to concentrate on one game in your circumstances. Exactly the same feeling caused me to concentrate on D&D 3.x, though my collection of other games had already either been downsized on my behalf () or given away (2nd Ed AD&D, ). I will keep the decision to play only D&D under review but I don't see it changing any time soon.

So, good luck to you.

But I would suggest you heed the words of your fellow EN Worlders and hang on to those D&D books for as long as you can. You may be glad you did in years to come.

Here's to your game!

 

[Silver Moon]

If I could offer one bit of advice, it would be to not sell all of your D&D stuff. Trust me... you'll eventually want it again, if only for ideas.

I agree on that one. One of my best friends sold his rather extensive comic book collection around five years ago and now regrets it. Miniatures don't take that much space to store, and will be worth more to you in the long run as a keepsake than whatever you get from selling them.

 

[Hand of Evil]

It is a rare event that I play any more (44), just don't have the time but D&D is a hobby that I find myself keeping up to date on, I still pick up stuff just to read, knowing I will not play them. I map, I create NPC, I even build campiagns just in case.

It is my escape and as I said hobby.

Oh, EN World is my addiction.