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<blockquote data-quote="The Hound" data-source="post: 2531357" data-attributes="member: 30195">I first started role playing in 1980.&nbsp; Back then, the gaming groups I knew about let every player have several PCs.&nbsp; Often, each player would get a full compliment of classes - I had a fighter, a thief, a mage and a cleric in my first game.&nbsp; I'm not sure whether more classes even existed at the time, at least not in the old D&amp;D books that we were using!&nbsp; Anyway, a small group of four or five players could send a huge party into a dungeon.&nbsp; That situation remained until several years later, when I drifted away from gaming...Then I got into D&amp;D again about three years ago, after having moved to another city.&nbsp; One difference between then and now is that the current gaming groups seem to use a &quot;one player, one PC&quot; rule, the only exceptions being hirelings and henchmen types (and familiars, if you want to count those).&nbsp; Is that all a matter of how gaming preferences evolved over time, or is it a regional thing?&nbsp; Does anyone still game with lots of PCs per person?&nbsp; If you've tried both, Which do you prefer?&nbsp; I think I like our old way.&nbsp; Combat rounds did tend to be lengthy, but role playing lots of characters was fun.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Hound, post: 2531357, member: 30195"] I first started role playing in 1980. Back then, the gaming groups I knew about let every player have several PCs. Often, each player would get a full compliment of classes - I had a fighter, a thief, a mage and a cleric in my first game. I'm not sure whether more classes even existed at the time, at least not in the old D&D books that we were using! Anyway, a small group of four or five players could send a huge party into a dungeon. That situation remained until several years later, when I drifted away from gaming... Then I got into D&D again about three years ago, after having moved to another city. One difference between then and now is that the current gaming groups seem to use a "one player, one PC" rule, the only exceptions being hirelings and henchmen types (and familiars, if you want to count those). Is that all a matter of how gaming preferences evolved over time, or is it a regional thing? Does anyone still game with lots of PCs per person? If you've tried both, Which do you prefer? I think I like our old way. Combat rounds did tend to be lengthy, but role playing lots of characters was fun. [/QUOTE]

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