30 second encounters that take hours to play is a modern thing. I think we had three combats in our last 2 hour session, using the 1981 basic d&d rules.
― ian, Sunday, 14 May 2023 22:51 (eleven months ago) link
^^ was gonna say
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Sunday, 14 May 2023 22:51 (eleven months ago) link
Half the time your first level magic user gets hit once and they’re dead, fight over.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 15 May 2023 10:33 (eleven months ago) link
i had my first game either late 79 or early 80, my 8th grade teacher brought me and a few friends for an overnight trip to some weird DM in suburban NJ, some sterotypical jersey name like Passaic or Parsippinay. tbh my parents thought it might be some pedo front and told me to be careful. anyway the dm was quite good and me and my pals were hooked for the next 3 years. many a trip to the compleat strategist in midtown ensued.
― buzza, Monday, 15 May 2023 10:51 (eleven months ago) link
ha, seems i've been over this before
i played D&D between 79-82 give or take
the austerity didn't really register
― velko, Tuesday, October 25, 2016
― buzza, Monday, 15 May 2023 10:54 (eleven months ago) link