Nostalgasm

[nedjer]

Late in my recent hunt for a clone I was sent a scruffy Blue Book-ish, BCEMI-ish clone I'd never seen or heard of before. This has put a stop to my own efforts for now while I'm try it out. No point re-inventing the re-invented.

OD&D plus supps combat, extra classes and pretty much what I was after all along. Complete bundle of fun - but, infuriatingly, a dark version which ain't suitable for the planned group. One way or another there's still some editing on the cards

The compensation is the sheer agility of playing with these systems again

 

[Alzrius]

I haven't been to Quarterstaff Games in almost ten years, but I'm glad to hear it's still there.

Is the layout of the store still the same? I always remember going into that front corner to check out the D&D stuff that they had. Is it still above Earthprime Comics on Church Street?

 

[Reynard]

I haven't been to Quarterstaff Games in almost ten years, but I'm glad to hear it's still there.

Is the layout of the store still the same? I always remember going into that front corner to check out the D&D stuff that they had. Is it still above Earthprime Comics on Church Street?

It is upstairs. There's a huge warhammer section on the right and shelves of board games and RPGs on the left. Across the hall is a huge room full of gaming tables, which are apparently used mostly by magic players. It didn't sound like RPGs were doing especially well or getting a lot of play for them, sadly.

 

[Reynard]

Living in CT, we've been stuck without power in the house all day. So I took this opportunity to introduce The Boy to D&D via the solo adventure in the Metzner red box player's manual.

Now *that's* a nostalgasm! My dad did the same with me and my brothers (though I was a little older).

The best part was when the magic mouth stole his hard won treasure. He wanted to overturn every stone in the dungeon to get it back.

Alas, he died fighting goblins, wherein he learned the most important lesson of all: daddy don't fudge for NOBODY.