When Did You Start Playing D+D?

[tenkar]

Hi Erik!

Really no matter, and certainly not something needing expiation via libation...not that I would be so rude as to refule.

Also, being a big (pun intended) fan of doughnuts in genaral and crullers in particular, and seeing as how the cop that won the doughnut eating contest this year came from here in Walworth County, Elkhorn Sheriff's Dept. about 9 miles away, I could stand foffee and sinkers, even flip a coin to see who picks up the check

Cheers,
Gary

Gary,

Ever try to eat a doughnut covered in powdered sugar while wearing a dark blue uniform? It doesn't mix well

Crullers out here tend be be coated in either granular sugar or honey... less mess and dip well in hot chocolate (have never enjoyed coffee... besides, it feeds an already well fed stereotype)

I'd gladly pick up the tab... a small price for a lifetime of entertainment. Heck, I use the skills I learned roleplaying nearly everyday in my career. So i guess I owe you some for that too

Erik

 

[Col_Pladoh]

Heh...

Tenkar, the crullers here in Wisconsin are usually glazed, sometimes covered with powdered sugar. The German bakery that was here in town made 'em so that they were very close to New Orleans French Market doughnuts--delicious with coffee

BTW, not likng coffee is tatamount to being unAmerican...even though my youngest son, nearly 20 now , won't touch the lovely beverage.

So, when you planning to visit Lake Geneva? Coming for the Lake Geneva Gaming Convention maybe? If so, the doughnuts will be on my front porch

Cheers,
Gary

 

[tenkar]

Gary,

You are certainly tempting me

2007 should be a good year for me... between vacation time and personal time I should have about 11 to 12 weeks in the bank. Think the last time I was in Wisconsin was the '92 Gen Con.

I see the dates are June 15-17. Very doable for me. I'll be looking for the donuts

Erik

BTW: My father has been bugging me to like coffee since I was in High School. Over 10 years into my career and I've had coffee ONCE at work... it was cold, damp, and the hot chocolate and tea were sold out

 

[Col_Pladoh]

Gary,

You are certainly tempting me

2007 should be a good year for me... between vacation time and personal time I should have about 11 to 12 weeks in the bank. Think the last time I was in Wisconsin was the '92 Gen Con.

I see the dates are June 15-17. Very doable for me. I'll be looking for the donuts

Erik

BTW: My father has been bugging me to like coffee since I was in High School. Over 10 years into my career and I've had coffee ONCE at work... it was cold, damp, and the hot chocolate and tea were sold out

Sounds good to me LGGC is small, very friendly, intimate, and everybody plays some game all the time they want to.There is a fair selection of doughnuts and pastries at the local supermarket, although the "home made" ones at a restaurant serving great breakfasts about five miles distant are the best arounf. They make them there.

There is a chance that a sgt. from the Seattle PD will be making it next year. He has been by my place once when attending a European martial arts seminar in Racine, and one hell of a nice guy and game buff.

I confess to liking coffee, hot chocolate and tea as well as beer, wine, and liquor. It's all good

 

[tenkar]

There is a chance that a sgt. from the Seattle PD will be making it next year. He has been by my place once when attending a European martial arts seminar in Racine, and one hell of a nice guy and game buff.

I confess to liking coffee, hot chocolate and tea as well as beer, wine, and liquor. It's all good

I'll have to bring some patches to trade just in case

 

[hammerlily]

New D&D player. Started in 2006...

I find the current version incredibly frustrating to start out. The rules are weighed down with too much baggage. Prefer the 2nd edition games I've played... to 3E. Would love to try a 1st edition game - as I suspect it would be less weighty and even more fun! Wish there was a well-organized Cliff Notes version of 3E.

Still, once you get going, it is still addictive!

Aggregated the data into five year clumps:

74-79: 118 22%
80-84: 207 38%
85-89: 73 14%
90-94: 61 11%
95-99: 38 7%
00-04: 43 8%
540 100%

although 00-04 includes 05 & 06 years since they were combined in the poll.

 

[tenkar]

Take a peek at Castles & Crusades if you are looking for a streamlined D20 game. Troll Lord Games is the publisher. It satisfies my 1st edition yearnings when I have them, which is often. I think I picked up the Players Handbook for 14 bucks on buy.com, but that was a while back.

The trolls also have a condensed verion of the rules in PDF format on their site and rpgnow.com... not sure the price.

You can also do a search for OSRIC... a free PDF of old school gaming under the D20 license.

When I plug, I use the shotgun method

 

[Col_Pladoh]

Tenkar's advice is sound

The bulge in initial play for the 80-84 segment corresponds with the height of popularity of the AD&D game. It is surprising to me that the next largest segment is in 74-79. I guess the early adopters tend to stay with things!

Cheers,
Gary

 

[francisca]

I began in 1972 with the drafting of the first pass at the game. Anyone else here play that 50-typewritten-pages-draft or the revised and expanded one of 150 pp, done in the spring of 1973?

Cheers,
Gary

No, but I believe I've seen them, and almost had a copy. Shortly after I first started playing D&D, I was telling a neighbor about it. He told me he played the prototype and the "first real edition" which would have been the woodgrain boxes when he was in college at UW-Madison.

A couple weeks later, he showed me the copies, which were very faded at the time and must have been duplicated on a ditto machine as it had that characteristic blue type, along with his wood grain box set. I can tell you for sure the copies were not of the 74 boxed set.

He mentioned he was going to give them to me at some point after he read through them again, but never did.


As for my experience, I sat in and watched my older cousins playing the '74 rules using GH, Eldritch Wizardry, and various Judge's Guild products in the late 70's.

I didn't start until 1981, in 7th grade. I played with some guys who used a mish-mash of the 80/81 Moldvay edited Basic book and AD&D. I liked it so much, I crocked up my own system on a deck of 3x5 cards one weekend, and made my Dad play. After talking with the above mentioned neighbor, he went out and got me a copy of the Modvay edited boxed set. Shortly afterward, he picked me up the first edition Gamma World boxed set (both purchase at G&G Hobbies in Griffith, IN). Later, I saved up all my money and bought the 1e DMG, PHB, and MM all at once at the Toys R Us in Merrilville, IN.

I left D&D around Jan 1987, as the group I played were getting to be complete rules-lawyering tools and railroaders (hence, my hat of DL1). I didn't start playing again until 1998 or 99*, with my buddy in Indianapolis. I ran a 3.x game form 2001-2004, then ditched it and went back to running 1e and B/X D&D.

*Totally skipped 2e.

 

[diaglo]

Tenkar's advice is sound

The bulge in initial play for the 80-84 segment corresponds with the height of popularity of the AD&D game. It is surprising to me that the next largest segment is in 74-79. I guess the early adopters tend to stay with things!

Cheers,
Gary

stay with things???

i'm running an OD&D(1974) session this coming sunday.

diaglo "still loves OD&D(1974)" Ooi