well played, +30 xp
― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 October 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I am so tempted to go to a bookstore tonight and snag some of this stuff again, just for the pure hell of it.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Even more tempted now that I've checked back in and saw that Wizards has brought back the red box!
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link
A request: if anyone ever comes across any Space:1889 stuff for cheap let me know. I always wanted to check that out but I've never come across any of it.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 October 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
There's a company putting out retro modules now, but I can't remember their name.
― Jaw dropping, thong dropping monster (kingfish), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Using 180gm virgin vinyl was a bit much but still...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha. Hearing about the retro mods makes me want to buy some stuff even more!
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 15 October 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I want a reissue of Empire Of The Petal Throne please!
― sleeve, Friday, 15 October 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
red box is back???
― faust LARP (s1ocki), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
They're calling it D&D Essentials or something. Stripped down version of the 4th edition ruleset.
Sadly, not the same as the D&D/AD&D split. I wonder if my friend stil lhas the Companion rules? I have the Basic and Expert rules kicking around here somewhere.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 15 October 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
attn jjjusten: what was the name of that Gygax! (I think?) choose-yr-own-adventure-on-steroids book you had
― GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
A key skill.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 October 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Leave unmarked space for naming by roads, rivers, towns and anything else unmarked. The swamp witch moved to the coast, but characters can still seek her out and go tramping through bayous to get to her.
oooof, i just remembered something super embarrassing:
how i tried to get my step-grandmother and mom to play a game of brand new AD&D with me
O god, you've just reminded me that I actually did manage to get my grandmother to play in a Fighting Fantasy (the super-simple rpg, not the gamebooks) adventure once. She probably found it a refreshing change from the usual task of supervising my brother and me on a Sunday while we obsessively watched Transformers cartoons.
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
contenderizer, thats totally the one i was thinking of. infuriating. thx for helping dude, now that I know the name I found the version I played which was:
http://xenocorp.net/images/jpgs/s1_tomb_of_horrors.jpg
which instantly filled me with nerd rage when i saw it.
HI DERE i am trying to remember - there were two series like that, but the totally intense one had the companion spell book where you had to memorize three letter codes and shit. 4 books, all sequential parts of an adventure, and the last one was 800 some pages iirc. it was pretty fucking awesome, wonder if i still have them somewhere, will be pissed if i dont.
― Cap'n Save-a-tanist (jjjusten), Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
did everybody cover their hardbound d&d books with brown paper grocery bag dust jackets or was that just everybody i played with?
― Kerm, Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:23 (thirteen years ago) link
they were all Steve Jackson related - the kinda straighforward ones were the FIghting Fantasy ones, but the super hardcore ones were the Sorcery! series
so fucking dope
― Cap'n Save-a-tanist (jjjusten), Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcery!
Wizard Books is making the Sorcery! series available for the iPhone and iPad, starting with Shamutanti Hills for a 2010Q2 release.
o_O :D
― Cap'n Save-a-tanist (jjjusten), Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
oh FUCK YES
between this and discovering Shining Force FOR IPHONE, this is like the awesomest year for iPhone games tailored directly to me
― GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Saturday, 16 October 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorcery! was so awesome! Man I loved the illustrations that series had. I had the spellbook and everything. An iPhone app version would be great, it would keep me from cheating again and again.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ha I cheated mercilessly just because I wanted to know more of what happened
― GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd like to meet the kid who stopped all seven serpents without cheating.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Kerm: We all TOTALLY did that but it was because playing D&D at school could get you suspended! It DID get me suspended at one point cuz they said i was promoting devil worshiping.
― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 October 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
This thread can only end with a bunch of us meeting up and heading back Under Illenfarn and I, for one, am down for that.
― Gravel Puzzleworth, Saturday, 16 October 2010 07:50 (thirteen years ago) link
ok dudes, admission time:
speaking of "i still read the books sometimes", i did just buy this pdf and it's totally awesome.
not as awesome as gary gygax's monster manual (the one with all the ruling devils and demons and stuff) but still
― goole, Saturday, 16 October 2010 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I buy the old AD&D manuals at Half-Price books all the time. The perfect copies are the ones that still have a good binding and have the majority of the illustrations carefully colored in with colored pencils.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Saturday, 16 October 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
one of those was probably mine!
another cool system that I ran a campaign with was Thieves' Guild - I remember that more fondly than any of the other systems we tried.
― sleeve, Saturday, 16 October 2010 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
So inspired by all this I have dug out the old World of Greyhawk/Forgotten Realms boxes I had around. I've concluded that I was always first and foremost about the maps.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 October 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man I remember buying that full color map, I think it was the World Of Greyhawk one, on summer vacation somewhere. I was probably 15.
Iron Crown always had great maps too, Fenlon was an obsessive illustrator.
― sleeve, Saturday, 16 October 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_laifdyu5Gw1qzpam5o1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 19 October 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahahaha
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 04:01 (thirteen years ago) link
early christina hendricks sighting
― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 19 October 2010 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/60_minutes_on_dungeons_and_dragons_from_19851
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Noted in comments: "Look, there’s the blowhard lady from Decline of Western Civilization 2!"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
always knew there was a reason I hated this show
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
"20/20" also aired its own Satanic panic episode.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
getting seriously angry at Bradley while watching this. sorta makes me want to put a hex on him.
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
there was a schlocky cash-in horror-type novel around the time of this "scare" called Mazes And Monsters.
― sleeve, Monday, 27 February 2012 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
Man, forget the novel, the TV movie version is the REAL winner:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6AOd6r6Qi8
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Hanks, desperate to make a call!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGY1_LMiV-g
in retrospect I am lucky my parents didn't swallow any of this bullshit (about either metal or D&D)
xp
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogrwfW1rsA4
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfxXug5ZMdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TuKwI0rcM
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzApFuM2s24
We still had this in Alabama as late as the mid-90s.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Monday, 27 February 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
And if you just want to keep it simple:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U75gvnTX1qo
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 February 2012 23:18 (twelve years ago) link
this thread title/concept is all time for me
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:04 (twelve years ago) link
enjoyed this wiki entry recently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9kumel
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:10 (twelve years ago) link
my favourite 'huh, of course there's a wikipedia page for that' of late was the entry for 'self-hating Jew'
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:11 (twelve years ago) link