Table-Top RPGs

[WoodlandWarrior]

Just curious if anyone here plays Dungeons or Dragons or any other table-top rpgs and what editions?

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Nae, but ah'm interezted in zem.

[KitrallStreamrippler]

I like to play D&D, but don't get to very often, seeing how I lack a DM and party. (Welcome to the forum, by the way.)

If you are looking for people to play with, I would be happy to oblige. Also, this might interest you: http://www.1km1kt.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-sword-of-martin.pdf (Another forum member found it.)

[WoodlandWarrior]

I like to play D&D, but don't get to very often, seeing how I lack a DM and party. (Welcome to the forum, by the way.)

If you are looking for people to play with, I would be happy to oblige. Also, this might interest you: http://www.1km1kt.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-sword-of-martin.pdf (Another forum member found it.)

I've never role played by the internet before....it would be interesting.  Too bad about the lack of DM and adventuring party!  What edition do you play?  And thankee for the welcome!

Nae, but ah'm interezted in zem.

Well...what kinds of genres interest you?!  I could pretty much name an rpg from fantasy to space marines!

[Buzz_Bumble]

I've never played the table-top RPGs, but I have played some of the old computer games made by SSI based on Dungeons & Dragons and it's spin-offs (there was one based on Buck Rogers) - I've still got those games on Amiga disks, but no Amiga to play them on. I've also played quite a few similar RPG computer games not based on those rules, like Diablo.

My brother used to have a little local club of friends who played Dungeons & Dragons, even renting a small local hall from time to time.

[WoodlandWarrior]

I've never played the table-top RPGs, but I have played some of the old computer games made by SSI based on Dungeons & Dragons and it's spin-offs (there was one based on Buck Rogers) - I've still got those games on Amiga disks, but no Amiga to play them on. I've also played quite a few similar RPG computer games not based on those rules, like Diablo.

My brother used to have a little local club of friends who played Dungeons & Dragons, even renting a small local hall from time to time.

Aaaah!! I love the old Strategic Simulation games!!  I played the Eye of the Beholder all the time.  I must have played the second one about 10 times!  I hated that little halfling you rescue in the prison...and once you rest, he robs your party.

I also played Veil of Darkness (sort of based on Ravenloft) which was an awesome gothic horror game. 

I loved Diablo.  I put in many hours into that game....

Sometimes I miss my old IBM 486!

[KitrallStreamrippler]

I like to play D&D, but don't get to very often, seeing how I lack a DM and party. (Welcome to the forum, by the way.)

If you are looking for people to play with, I would be happy to oblige. Also, this might interest you: http://www.1km1kt.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/the-sword-of-martin.pdf (Another forum member found it.)

I've never role played by the internet before....it would be interesting.  Too bad about the lack of DM and adventuring party!  What edition do you play?  And thankee for the welcome!

I'll play whatever edition is available, but I am most familiar with edition 3.5, as my older brother started me out with his books of that edition. (Also, some old AD&D books were just found at my house, but I'm not sure of the version...)

[WoodlandWarrior]

Hey Kitrall,

I'm pretty familiar with 3.5.  Our old group played that edition for about 8 years.  It is a solid system but we did find it could get a bit wild with all the extra sourcebooks! 

I grew up on the old red box D&D that came out in '83.  Then eventually played tons of AD&D and jumped right into 2nd Edition. 

AD&D has the covers with the E'freet, The Statue, and Monster Manual with the centaur and such on it....there was also a release of AD&D that had orange bindings.

AD&D 2nd ed. generally had the all black books with the red AD&D logo, the first print run were more akin to first edition.

I've toyed around with 4th, I liked parts and disliked other parts.  And I've played a fair amount of 3.5's spiritual successor, Pathfinder.  Mostly, I've stuck to the older editions.

What types of characters do you generally roll up?

[KitrallStreamrippler]

My usual character is a halfling rogue, because I like stealth, but I've played a Druid and a ranger at some point. I kind of want to try a bard...

[Buzz_Bumble]

Aaaah!! I love the old Strategic Simulation games!!  I played the Eye of the Beholder all the time.  I must have played the second one about 10 times!  I hated that little halfling you rescue in the prison...and once you rest, he robs your party.

I also played Veil of Darkness (sort of based on Ravenloft) which was an awesome gothic horror game. 

I loved Diablo.  I put in many hours into that game....

Sometimes I miss my old IBM 486!

I'm not sure if I played all the SSI games, but I defintely played quite a few of them. I think somewhere I might still have the maps drawn while playing them.

I killed my computer's mouse playing Diablo. I got too busy and didn't get very far through Diablo II before I had to give it back to my brother. The new one needs a better computer than my 15 year old Mac. Blizzard are one of the few (if not only) companies that produce Windows and Mac versions at the same time, and usually on the same CD / DVD. I do keep looking at the Diablo box-sets in the local games shop thinking about buying one, but I don't really have the time to play complicated games any more ... things that are easy to pick up and put down like Tetris and Solitaire are what I tend to play these days.

You can play the old games under emulation on a newer computer, but, although emulation itself isn't illegal, copying the ROM chips from old computers and downloading the games usually is (there are some that have been released as freeware).

[WoodlandWarrior]

Buzzbumble,

Thank you for the info on emulators...I forgot all about them to be honest.  I've been itching to play an old Origins game called Crusader: No Remorse.  I loved that game so much.

I love Blizzard games.  I got really into the Diablo series, but haven't played 3.  I played Starcraft like a freak, but haven't gotten to 2 yet.  And I've played all the Warcrafts including World of Warcraft for long periods of time.  I think I invested about 7 or 8 years in WoW, then I said "time to stop"!

Kitrall,

I played halflings rogues quite a bit.  They are one of my favorite class and race combinations.  Druids, I don't have much experience with but rangers I've played often.  Generally, I play clerics, fighters, or cavaliers.  I also love playing as a dwarf or half-orc.

[Buzz_Bumble]

Over the Christmas holiday time I was playing an old Gameboy Colour RPG game called Towers: Lord Baniff's Deceit, but I got stuck (can't find any more keys / buttons or doors I can open) and from what I can find on the Internet nobody else played it - I can't find any hints, maps, etc., only reviews saying it's no good. It seemed OK to me though.

[Thomas Barkshield]

My bros were heavily into DND, (whichever edition had mialee and tordek). My uncle also had the original DND, and two boxes of lead miniatures! (Ill try to get some pics up). I don't play any computer RPGS, I lack enough knowledge about them. Welcome to the forum by the way!

[WoodlandWarrior]

Buzzbumble,

Heh, you are right about that!  I just checked GameFAQs about it and there was literally nothing about it posted.  I wonder if you could find an old Prima guide about it on Amazon Marketplace or E-bay.

Thomas,

The edition you mentioned with Tordek, Mialee, Regdar, Lidda, and all the rest of that crew was 3rd edition and 3.5.  I love miniatures by the way.  I have tons that I paint for games.  I got into the pre-painted plastic minis Wizards put out for awhile, but I love the old school ones more.

Wow he has OD&D?  Is it the wood grain or white box, do you know?  In either case, that is quite the collector's item.  I am planning on buying the reprint of the OD&D white box that is coming out in November that Wizards is putting out.

[Thomas Barkshield]

HEHE, whoops, he has the original ADND (players guide). . I should have checked sooner, but its still 1st edition.

Some pics of the minis: (Sorry for the bad quality)