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Dungeons & Dragons creator dies.
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Never played D&D the role-playing game. Wathced the D&D cartoon as a kid, played some rpg computer games, but never ever role-played.
I do appreciate Gary Gygax's guest appearance on Futurama though.
These days, I see plenty of AD&D players come through our school halls, and almost 100% of them have never touched a girl (mom, sister, grandma not included)
adding more weight to the arguement that Dungeons and Dragons is for gays.
The greatest power on earth is being protected by an army of virgin geeks? :blink:
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I can't really remember all of it but when we played, we didn't have the miniature figures and all that stuff.
You pretty much had graph paper for the dungeons and then you had info on the character that you were using.
That was what made the computer aspect of the RPG genre so great was that it was all computerized and you were able to see what you were previously having to visualized to an extent. In addition, it kept track of all of your statistics, weaponry, etc....
You pretty much had graph paper for the dungeons and then you had info on the character that you were using.
That was what made the computer aspect of the RPG genre so great was that it was all computerized and you were able to see what you were previously having to visualized to an extent. In addition, it kept track of all of your statistics, weaponry, etc....
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Speaking of which did anyone play Hero Quest for the Atari ST?
That was the dog's bollocks....based on the board game.
I am talking about TOS. Can't stand that show. TNG and DS9 were decent though.If you're talking about all of the Star Trek spinoffs, you are correct.
If you're talking about Star Trek TOS, you need to have a word with yourself
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Most D&D players are nukes (trained to work the nuclear reactors of the Navy Subs and Carriers). And you have to be one of those special kids to figure all that crap out. Sometimes they play D&D so much they drop out of nuke school and come through into conventional ratings.
TX Bill
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TOS was ahead of it's time. Of course at my age, I'd think TOS was better than all the new stuff that came out after that.
And as much as I loved D&D, there's no way I would have ever been smart enough to work on nuclear (Bush pronounciation there) reactors at any point in my life.
And as much as I loved D&D, there's no way I would have ever been smart enough to work on nuclear (Bush pronounciation there) reactors at any point in my life.
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I've played way too many pen and paper RPGs in my life, if you have a quality DM its the best game out there way better than on a computer. I'd actually still play but its too hard to get a game together.
Here are the ones I played
D&D Basic and Advanced
Robotech RPG
Star Wars RPG
Star Frontiers
Forgotten Realms
TMNT RPG
Twilight 2000 RPG (WWIII)
Warhammer
Some HP Lovecraft RPG
et.al.
As far as the books go the D&D Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and the Forgotten Realms Dark Elf Trilogy are light years better than the Lord of the Rings.
I've played the Hero Quest board game but not the computer game.
Here are the ones I played
D&D Basic and Advanced
Robotech RPG
Star Wars RPG
Star Frontiers
Forgotten Realms
TMNT RPG
Twilight 2000 RPG (WWIII)
Warhammer
Some HP Lovecraft RPG
et.al.
As far as the books go the D&D Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and the Forgotten Realms Dark Elf Trilogy are light years better than the Lord of the Rings.
I've played the Hero Quest board game but not the computer game.
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Rook
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Dont think so....looks up Traveller on Wiki...... well maybe but if I did it was only like one time. The Sci-fi RPG I played most was star wars.
Most RPGs are card games now and to be honest with you there are some good ones. My favorite one is Gloom:
Gloom:
The Game of Inauspicious Incidents
and Grave Consequences
The world of Gloom is a sad and benighted place. The sky is gray, the tea is cold, and a new tragedy lies around every corner. Debt, disease, heartache, and packs of rabid flesh-eating mice -- just when it seems like things can't get any worse, they do. But some say that one's reward in the afterlife is based on the misery endured in life. If so, there may yet be hope -- if not in this world, then in the peace that lies beyond.
In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. You'll play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to lower their Self-Worth scores, while trying to cheer your opponents' characters with marriages and other happy occasions that pile on positive points. The player with the lowest total Family Value wins.
Printed on transparent plastic cards, Gloom features an innovative design by noted RPG author Keith Baker. Multiple modifier cards can be played on top of the same character card; since the cards are transparent, elements from previously played modifier cards either show through or are obscured by those played above them. You'll immediately and easily know the worth of every character, no matter how many modifiers they have. You've got to see (through) this game to believe it!
For 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up.
Most RPGs are card games now and to be honest with you there are some good ones. My favorite one is Gloom:
Gloom:
The Game of Inauspicious Incidents
and Grave Consequences
The world of Gloom is a sad and benighted place. The sky is gray, the tea is cold, and a new tragedy lies around every corner. Debt, disease, heartache, and packs of rabid flesh-eating mice -- just when it seems like things can't get any worse, they do. But some say that one's reward in the afterlife is based on the misery endured in life. If so, there may yet be hope -- if not in this world, then in the peace that lies beyond.
In the Gloom card game, you assume control of the fate of an eccentric family of misfits and misanthropes. The goal of the game is sad, but simple: you want your characters to suffer the greatest tragedies possible before passing on to the well-deserved respite of death. You'll play horrible mishaps like Pursued by Poodles or Mocked by Midgets on your own characters to lower their Self-Worth scores, while trying to cheer your opponents' characters with marriages and other happy occasions that pile on positive points. The player with the lowest total Family Value wins.
Printed on transparent plastic cards, Gloom features an innovative design by noted RPG author Keith Baker. Multiple modifier cards can be played on top of the same character card; since the cards are transparent, elements from previously played modifier cards either show through or are obscured by those played above them. You'll immediately and easily know the worth of every character, no matter how many modifiers they have. You've got to see (through) this game to believe it!
For 2 to 4 players, ages 8 and up.
Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian
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we used to play subbuteo cricket and rugby before that.
i did work with a guy who used to paint the little figures and sell them for a mint, he had a whopping magnifying glass and brushes with 1 hair etc...and he looked the comic shop guy on the simpsons
i did work with a guy who used to paint the little figures and sell them for a mint, he had a whopping magnifying glass and brushes with 1 hair etc...and he looked the comic shop guy on the simpsons
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