The incredible austerity of D&D in 1980

also all dnd games sound the same no matter who is playing them. everyone has that hesitancy in their voice like "ok i'm going to bow to the princess and then cast magic missile i feel really self-conscious as an adult playing dungeons and dragons"

one guy who talks with a "voice" and is really into it

Apparently they wanted to do an Infinity Engine-type isometric epic like the games of yore and no publisher would fund it, and they figured that both Double Fine and the Wasteland 2 guys did it, so fuggit.

here's their kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

last night of it, and they're less than $120K away from their max stretch goal at $3.5M

and the ILG thread: ILG Kickstarter Gaming HQ

i popped in and they all kinda had that look i get around 1950 in a not-spectacular civ4 game, like come on jason click next turrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn i'm bored but i can't walk away

i play civ4 w a person named jason

http://www.dndclassics.com/

so many clicks to download that one free pdf

The incredible inaccessibility of PDF in 2012

a friend of mine had a super high level set of adventures where you travel into hell (or whatever it was called) and meet all those crazy demons and devils that got renamed, anyone know what i'm talking about?

I think it's this one:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B6cIjVfswjE/UOMRpx7k9MI/AAAAAAAAE5k/rTYOfhvC3p4/s200/inferno.jpg

that looks cool but i don't think that's it. unless it was re-covered in a later print.

ok lol, wiki'ing for "orcus" got me there

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mines_of_Bloodstone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Throne_of_Bloodstone

Ia Jubilex Ia!

*spouts acid from innumerable trumpet-nozzles*

lol @ module

lolth in module

WTF

http://gygaxmagazine.com/

Well, I just signed up for their mailing list .We shall see what Gygax brings...

Have any of you guys been listening to Brian Posehn's D&D cast, "Nerd Poker"?

didn't know it existed, so no. Worth a try?

Yup!

Downloaded the first episode after I asked. So far it's pretty fun.

what's it like?

it's a bunch of people, mostly writers and comedians, playing D&D with a mic in the center of the table. So far, that's really it.

I've really been digging it. I haven't played D&D since high school but Nerd Poker makes me wish I knew enough funny people to get a game together. All the guys I knew who played in school were metalheads who took their frustrated theatrical tendencies out in super-serious D&D games where you had to act out your character.

my suggestion for people who played D&D back in high school and want to play tabletop RPGs again is to check out Dungeon World. I somehow haven't gotten a chance to actually play myself yet but it has been said of this game that it is "better at D&D than D&D".

I've got a bad feeling that if this thread stays active I might start posting a bunch of stuff about the weird RPGs I'm into in it, or else linking to terrible people who make D&D terrible. I should probably not drag that whole scene to ILX though.

at least not the "laughing at horrible people" part, gotta k.i.p.

Do we have a "talk about RPGs" thread? I haven't played in ages but still check them out. The next edition D&D beta stuff has been fun to read.

I might start posting a bunch of stuff about the weird RPGs I'm into in it

PLEASE do. I've been out of that world for a couple of decades but have always found it fascinating.

BTW recently I almost lost my mind trying to remember the name of this weird game that used to advertise in Dragon in the 80s, it had really extraordinary art with weird humanoid creatures in it. It turned out to be Skyrealms of Jorune.

I never saw Skyrealms in person. Ads were creepy and memorable though.

I'm pretty sure our local game/comics place never carried it or I would've bought it in a heartbeat. It's apparently not a very well written game, though.

Really? I thought it was supposed to be moderately well-thought of, if ridiculously obscure. Adverts always made me think it was a ERB/John Carter rip-off, which would have made me buy it had I ever seen it anywhere.

let's start a d&d thread, i want a place to laugh at stuff like this:

http://critical-hits.com/2009/08/07/4th-edition-dd-beyond-level-30/

This kinda IS the D&D thread.

this thread is as good as any!

Above level 30, for each level:
+1 retelling old stories, +1 joint sensitivity to weather, +1 incontinence, +2 get off my lawn

The quest to eradicate all evil, everywhere, that’s ever existed would be another kind of such lofty quest that it would need to be undertaken by the mightiest of heroes.

you don't say

they better bring a level 30 philosopher with them

yeah this seems like a good D&D thread

The internet's true home of collecting horrible people's bad D&D opinions is grognards.txt and it sequel on SA. Hours of fun!

why not go around eradicating evil thru charitable work rather than ethnic cleansing?

30th level soup kitchen worker

+4 ladling

"Advanced" d and D - as if its an acheivement

When rolling dice, they can knock over other things on the table such as miniatures or fall off the table. This creates a disruption that interrupts the flow of a game. Remembering an old board game that had an interesting way of rolling dice by keeping them inside a plastic chamber, I came up with a simple and entertaining solution to this potential problem.
I went to the little toy vending machines at my local supermarket. I purchased a number of toys, some of which I could use as miniatures for combat encounters. The toys come in small plastic capsules made up of two halves that are re-attachable after opening. One half is opaque and the other is relatively clear. One could place a die inside and shake the capsule to roll the die. The opaque half may have a flat end (which my capsules do) so the die lands on that end with the result showing from the clear end. No risk of knocking over minis and no falling off the table. It also prevents some of the methods players use to cheat with their dice rolls.

cutecelsior

sweet dicehack

So yeah, after not playing since high school (around 1986 if you must know), I took up DMing again 3 years ago because my wife was turning 35 and asked for a D&D campaign for her birthday. We've played a few times a year with since then with the same group of ppl. It's been really great. 2nd edition, but only because it was easier to find the 2e manuals for cheap than the 1e ones, and 2e is pretty much close enough.

I kind of want to blow 100 bucks on the reissues of the original three manuals though. The 'good art' in the 2e ones makes me sad.

My friend Chris brings his teenage son Pete with him, it kind of rules to have the group be all these cartoonists in their mid 30s to early 40s and this one bloodsthirsty kid.

Original 3 AD&D books is where it's at. I gave mine to my best friend for his 40th birthday so he can introduce the game to his kids.