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Amethyst Shadow · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 299

I'm surprised this hasn't already been posted.

Lasairfiona · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject:

I preferred other rpgs but D&D really did start the craze.

Entertainingly enough, I actually convinced my (at the time) very hardcore christian mom that D&D wasn't devil's play and it was a fun thing to do even if it wasn't her cup of tea. I explained it as if we are taking part in writing a book.
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DeD CHiKn · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

I never played. I never wanted to until I was old enough that I had too much other stuff to do. If I had my current friends when I was younger I probably would have.

I like the books, such as the monster manuals, mainly for the artwork.
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Finnegan · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject:

I "played D&D" in highschool, or at least that's what our parents thought we were doing. it was all just an excuse to go over to our dungeon master's house and drink all night. the dungeon master obviously being a mid 30ish gay college professor because, hell, it's dungeons and dragons.

I have know idea what that means, we never actually got around to playing for more than a half hour or so at a time. the real reason is because, hell, it's me we're talking about.

Set · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:

i never played D&D pen and paper, but i played DND online the RPG and all i gotta say is turbine sucked at making DND into an RPG
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Arc Tempest · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4447 Location: Oregon

I played back in high school, hell, probably still would if I could get a decent group together.

*Pours a forty (ounce Potion of Fire Breathing)*
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Snorri · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject:

jwing · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 2068

my friends and i played in middle school, when it first came out. we had lots of fun with our DnD slumber parties. we had a couple of characters that anyone could play during the game - twins who had a knack of jumping into bottomless wells or tripping traps. "Look, Tyrsis, what does this button do?" "I don't know, Tyrian, it's such a pretty button." *press* *ten thousand bearbugs drop from the ceiling*

another time, someone brought a duck into a cavern. yeah, we weren't entirely serious about it. (-:

Finnegan · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:40 am Post subject:

Lasairfiona · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

I wanna play with jwing's group. Fun!
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eureka00 · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706 Location: Pretzel City

I started playing D&D in my grandma's basement with my friends and my older brother was our DM. I was like 7 or 8 and it was first edition. Those were the days, heh. Razz

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CopperTop · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:53 am Post subject:

I played with the same gaming group for over 10 years, starting in the late 1970's. We went through the 1st and 2nd edition rules. I used to be take my vacation at DunDraCon in Oakland, CA every year. I've been to GenCon and Origins.

I'm a nerd.

One of my co-workers and I have even had old gaming phrases slip in when we deal with clients that admit to being gamers. An example would be yesterday, a client with a set of fuzzy D20's hanging from an overhead at his desk called in to report a drive crash. The data on the drive could not be backed up and I told him, "I'm sorry, your data missed it's saving throw". Once the drive was replaced and the system rebuilt (including data from a network backup), I called to let him know that "We located a 15th level cleric and had 'raise dead' cast on your notebook. "

Upon reading of The Great EGG's death at the office, my equally nerdy co-worker and I had the "gamer's lunch" of Cheetos and Mountain Dew in his honor.
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Kilgore · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 2811 Location: Portland, Or

jwing · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 2068

eep! in my defense i must admit that these games took place over twenty-five years ago.

Marik · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 1233

I swear to god, as far as I can see? Sinfest is the ONLY PLACE ON THE ENTIRE INTERNET where news of Gary Gygax's death wasn't immediately saturated with responses of "oh I guess he failed his saving throw" or "must be rolling in his grave"

"Abdominal aneurysm" is one of those types of death that have creepy significance to me.