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<blockquote data-quote="Musing Mage" data-source="post: 8563056" data-attributes="member: 7025552"><p>Canadian born and bred. Turning 49 in a few weeks,</p><p></p><p>Got into D&D as a kid with the Mentzer Red Box in the mid 80s, and a lifelong favourite pasttime was born. Quickly moved on to Palladium games, TMNT, Heroes Unlimited, Robotech etc, and then jumped into AD&D 2nd end when it came out. Skipped over 1e back in the day, despite having the books, finally revisiting it about 9 years ago and deciding to give it a proper go, only then realizing what I'd missed all those years... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></p><p></p><p>Went to Journalism school in my early 20s, abandoned that career path for one in the entertainment industry in my mid 20s. Have worked as an actor, casting director, script consultant, among other things (like tutor, PR liaison etc etc.) to pay the bills. Pretty mercenary... a Jack of all trades in some cases... ugh, I guess that makes me a Bard. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite19" alt=":sick:" title="Sick :sick:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":sick:" /></p><p></p><p>Currently my favourite edition is 1st Ed Advanced, though I also run an Experimental 5e game online. (Experimental in that I am testing a bunch of house rules to ground the system a little more, rather than the baseline easy-mode superhero edition that 5e normally is.)</p><p></p><p>Lately I have become somewhat obsessed with the sheer simplicity of Basic D&D and the retroclone Old School Essentials (went a little gonzo on their kickstarter <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />) ... so am to planning to run a game using that rule-set. I was invited into a B/X game, which turned out to be the most fun that I've had as a player in a long time. (The games I DM are, of course, always immensely fun. If they're not it's the fault of the players! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />) There's something to be said for paring things down to simple, core elements. I am beginning to think all D&Ders should play basic once in a while for a bit of a realignment.</p><p></p><p>Anyhoo... that's the Cole's notes/Cliff notes/Sparknotes (pick one) version of me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Musing Mage, post: 8563056, member: 7025552"] Canadian born and bred. Turning 49 in a few weeks, Got into D&D as a kid with the Mentzer Red Box in the mid 80s, and a lifelong favourite pasttime was born. Quickly moved on to Palladium games, TMNT, Heroes Unlimited, Robotech etc, and then jumped into AD&D 2nd end when it came out. Skipped over 1e back in the day, despite having the books, finally revisiting it about 9 years ago and deciding to give it a proper go, only then realizing what I'd missed all those years... :eek: Went to Journalism school in my early 20s, abandoned that career path for one in the entertainment industry in my mid 20s. Have worked as an actor, casting director, script consultant, among other things (like tutor, PR liaison etc etc.) to pay the bills. Pretty mercenary... a Jack of all trades in some cases... ugh, I guess that makes me a Bard. :sick: Currently my favourite edition is 1st Ed Advanced, though I also run an Experimental 5e game online. (Experimental in that I am testing a bunch of house rules to ground the system a little more, rather than the baseline easy-mode superhero edition that 5e normally is.) Lately I have become somewhat obsessed with the sheer simplicity of Basic D&D and the retroclone Old School Essentials (went a little gonzo on their kickstarter :oops:) ... so am to planning to run a game using that rule-set. I was invited into a B/X game, which turned out to be the most fun that I've had as a player in a long time. (The games I DM are, of course, always immensely fun. If they're not it's the fault of the players! :p) There's something to be said for paring things down to simple, core elements. I am beginning to think all D&Ders should play basic once in a while for a bit of a realignment. Anyhoo... that's the Cole's notes/Cliff notes/Sparknotes (pick one) version of me. [/QUOTE]
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