Your college exp

[Romotre]

No, not how much exp you got during college. But, for one, did you go to college? Where? Did you play dnd is college? How did college affect your dnd playing? I myself am about to attend and am curious how my elders made out.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Yes. University of Houston. Yes. Actually, it gave me far more opportunity to game than I'd had in ages. Played more in the first two years of college than all four years of high school.

 

[Neowolf]

I can't tell you about past experience, but I too will be making the transition to the world of higher learning this fall.

I think I can look forward to some good RP'ing, because I'm going to be living in a dorm comprised totally of an academic honors society (the Mallet Assembly at the University fo Alabama, if anyone is familiar with them), and there's actually a room in the basement set aside specifically for RPGs. Should be a neat place to play, I'd be willing to bet all 3 editions of D&D have been played in that room at one time or another, by generation upon generation of gamer geeks.

 

[arwink]

In order:

Yes, or at least the Austrlaian equivelent.

Yes, but I also tended to run into lots more Vampire, Mage and Werewolf players than true DnD fans. My undergraduate years were marked as the one period in my life where I didn't play a lot of fantasy games.

I developed a serious dislike of vampire, for starters, but the creative arts degree did great things for my gaming. I read, saw and explored a lot of things I probably wouldn't have, and all of them have had some kind of impact on my abilities as a DM. That being said, I now game with a group of people I met in high-school and various gamers they've met since they joined the working world, and it is a great deal more enjoyable than any of my university games.

Edit: It's also the first time I lived with other gamers, which was a somewhat scary experience. Gamer personalities sometimes get a little extreme, and a house of gamers isn't known for passing a great deal of their course. I did get to game abour four nights a week though...

 

[Romotre]

most of the people i've talked to at my college are not nearly as into dnd as i am. which makes me a tad worried. its a drug. i need it. i know i'll find people, i always do so you don't need to reassure me.

It's also the first time I lived with other gamers,

Weird...

room in the basement set aside specifically for RPGs

i'm sick with envy.

Actually, it gave me far more opportunity to game than I'd had in ages

see above.

 

[Maraxle]

I really wasn't into pen & paper roleplaying during college. I played a ton of computer RPGs, and toward the end tried a few card games (Shadowrun and Star Wars primarily, experimented with Magic and Overpower but didn't like them). I did own some of the 2nd edition books, as I used them for reference for a CRPG I released, but had tried playing 2 or 3 times during high school with disasterous results.

 

[Zappo]

I am attending university (got a databases exam in 1 hour and 15 minutes, BTW), and while I have met a few players and a couple potential players, I haven't really bothered to set up a campaign. Most of the group would live relatively far away and I already have a stable and good-sized group of friends I game with.

 

[alsih2o]

i thought for sure that gaming would die for me when i got to college, so much so that i didn't even bring my books.

now, at 33(this week, ugh!) i play every sunday with the guys i gamed with in college.

1 in indiana/arizona, 1 in cali, 1 in london, 1 in wisconsin and lil ol' me in tn.

 

[Andor of the Blade]

University was where I learned about D&D, and started playing. That alone made getting a degree worthwhile.

 

[Buttercup]

I didn't play D&D yet when I was in college, either as an undergraduate or in grad school. I consider it a lost opportunity. However, my educational background really does have a big effect on my games, since I studied medieval literature and history.