Stormonu
NeoGrognard
1. How long have you been playing RPGs?
32 years
2. What systems, editions, and different campaigns did you play in?
3. What made you switch from one to another?
I started as DM with Basic D&D and played that until I was able to buy the 1E rulebooks in '84 (still always being DM), playing a little Star Frontiers and Gamma World (as a player) on the side along the way. I had several gaming groups throughout that time and very little overarching campaign, just one dungeon strung to the next however I could get the players character's there.
Moved on to 2E (still as DM) when it came out and played perhaps my first formal campaign that, while mixed with many home-made adventures, used A1-4, homebrew version of G1 & D1-D3, Q1, I6 & I10 (simultaneously) and tapered off with some custom adventures.
After that stint, I played the longest running D&D character I had on the other side of the table - a witch named Kalli Bloodbane.
During those college years, I also ended up playing in a D6 Star Wars game and running a Robotech game. There was also a lot of battletech, bloodbowl and 40K going on by my gamers, though I only rarely played in those games (I had little interest in wargame-type games back then).
When MtG killed my gaming group by 95', I switched to Vampire the Masquerade (as Storyteller) for a few years before I got another 2E group to play with. Just before 2E was rolled over to 3E, I got myself published in Dungeon magazine - I consider that to be when I was at the peak of my game knowledge for D&D. Picked back up strong on D&D when 3E (again, as DM) came out and predominantly played it until 4E came out (with a little Mechwarrior on the side).
Tried 4E, didn't care for it and my gaming group went through several systems before we settled on New World of Darkness, though I prefer Savage Worlds myself. I'm trying to get some sort of D&D game going these days, but it's hard for me to find someone willing to commit to a long-term game anymore - most especially myself, as I find my personal time ever-dwindling.
<Edit> That's the main games I've played for any length; I've have brushes with many more systems giving them a try, but rarely lasting past an initial game or two.
Moving on with D&D was always, "this new stuff is even better", or because my prior group became unavailable and I got the chance to try out a new game and it stuck.
32 years
2. What systems, editions, and different campaigns did you play in?
3. What made you switch from one to another?
I started as DM with Basic D&D and played that until I was able to buy the 1E rulebooks in '84 (still always being DM), playing a little Star Frontiers and Gamma World (as a player) on the side along the way. I had several gaming groups throughout that time and very little overarching campaign, just one dungeon strung to the next however I could get the players character's there.
Moved on to 2E (still as DM) when it came out and played perhaps my first formal campaign that, while mixed with many home-made adventures, used A1-4, homebrew version of G1 & D1-D3, Q1, I6 & I10 (simultaneously) and tapered off with some custom adventures.
After that stint, I played the longest running D&D character I had on the other side of the table - a witch named Kalli Bloodbane.
During those college years, I also ended up playing in a D6 Star Wars game and running a Robotech game. There was also a lot of battletech, bloodbowl and 40K going on by my gamers, though I only rarely played in those games (I had little interest in wargame-type games back then).
When MtG killed my gaming group by 95', I switched to Vampire the Masquerade (as Storyteller) for a few years before I got another 2E group to play with. Just before 2E was rolled over to 3E, I got myself published in Dungeon magazine - I consider that to be when I was at the peak of my game knowledge for D&D. Picked back up strong on D&D when 3E (again, as DM) came out and predominantly played it until 4E came out (with a little Mechwarrior on the side).
Tried 4E, didn't care for it and my gaming group went through several systems before we settled on New World of Darkness, though I prefer Savage Worlds myself. I'm trying to get some sort of D&D game going these days, but it's hard for me to find someone willing to commit to a long-term game anymore - most especially myself, as I find my personal time ever-dwindling.
<Edit> That's the main games I've played for any length; I've have brushes with many more systems giving them a try, but rarely lasting past an initial game or two.
Moving on with D&D was always, "this new stuff is even better", or because my prior group became unavailable and I got the chance to try out a new game and it stuck.
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