Dungeons & Dragons turns 30

[SFG75]

One of the more amusing things on the net is an animation about medieval characters playing a dungeons & dragons type game. I've never had the patience or interest in playing the game myself, though I do remember that it did get a lot of headlines for allegedly "causing" some kids to commit suicide. I had no idea that saturday was the 30th birthday of the game. Anyone still play? Care to share your experiences and thoughts?

Dungeons & Dragons players gathered in game stores around the country Saturday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the grandfather of fantasy role-playing games - a pop culture phenomenon that has influenced myriad video games, books and movies.

An estimated 25,000 fans in 1,200 stores celebrated the anniversary Saturday, said Charles Ryan, brand manager for role-playing games at Wizards of the Coast, a Renton, Wash., company that owns Dungeons & Dragons.

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[blair]

My brothers and I played when I was younger (quit playing at about 14 years old). I had no idea that the game was only as old as I am.

 

[txmatt]

Was a fun and social game to play. I played during my teens quite a bit.

Couple songs with big D&D references to play to celebrate the day:

1) Weezer - In the Garage
2) Marcy Playground - A Cloak of Elvenkind

- Matt -

 

[SFG75]

The closest I came to playing a game like that was when I was 14 and had some WWII game that featured the eastern front. Actual division pieces and of course, dice to determine what happened. Each piece could fit into a catacomb spot on the board-played it for fifteen minutes and then played X-men at the arcade.

 

[txmatt]

Like your sig pic,

Fat tire is one of the few domestically brewed beers I try to keep in the "beer crisper" drawer of the fridge. Right now its keeping company with Duvel, Orval, Erdinger Hefe-Weisen, Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Young's Old Nick. Needless to say its the least expensive brew in there yet one of my favorites.

-Matt-

 

[SFG75]

Like your sig pic,

Fat tire is one of the few domestically brewed beers I try to keep in the "beer crisper" drawer of the fridge. Right now its keeping company with Duvel, Orval, Erdinger Hefe-Weisen, Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Young's Old Nick. Needless to say its the least expensive brew in there yet one of my favorites.

-Matt-

Why thank you!, check out my thread in the CP saloon section to see a great link provided by a great CP brother. :thumbs:

 

[Treamayne]

Well, despite playing RPGs from 82 to 98, I was never much of a D&D fan. Too much Tolkein, too little originality, and the systems were horrible. However, we do have to thank the creators for opening the doors to a great passtime that is (IMHO) both fun and educational. While many say it is nothing but escapism, teachers around the world are learning that role playing, used correctly, teaches problem solving and social interaction skills that are hard to foster in many kids.

I personally owe it a debt, since as a project I traslated an old spy game (Top Secret SI) into Korean for my class, allowing our American teacher to use it as a language tool, forcing us "problem students" to use Korean in context and interact in the language. While it was annoyingly difficult it did get me an early promotion to E-4 (called "Below-the-Zone" in the Air Force). Also helped me pass a class that I otherwise might not have......

-K-

 

[Robbmt]

I Played it !!!!! (start snickering if you must)

While others in midddle school were trying to figure out math like(1624/4) I was deciphering wether to cast 4d+8 fireball at a manticore with 56 hit points or casting a sleep spell over the 10 kobolds to last for 1d+2 rounds.

I had alreaday been reading scifi/Fantasy for a while. Gave it up in high school, but I tried picking it back up again in college when times were slow and the waterpipe was filled.

Now I look for other RPG type games on computer.

 

[BACCHUS]

Like your sig pic,

Fat tire is one of the few domestically brewed beers I try to keep in the "beer crisper" drawer of the fridge. Right now its keeping company with Duvel, Orval, Erdinger Hefe-Weisen, Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Young's Old Nick. Needless to say its the least expensive brew in there yet one of my favorites.

-Matt-

Why thank you!, check out my thread in the CP saloon section to see a great link provided by a great CP brother. :thumbs:

Ummmmm, is this in the right thread? :sign:

 

[blair]

Like your sig pic,

Fat tire is one of the few domestically brewed beers I try to keep in the "beer crisper" drawer of the fridge. Right now its keeping company with Duvel, Orval, Erdinger Hefe-Weisen, Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Young's Old Nick. Needless to say its the least expensive brew in there yet one of my favorites.

-Matt-

Why thank you!, check out my thread in the CP saloon section to see a great link provided by a great CP brother. :thumbs:

Ummmmm, is this in the right thread? :sign:

 

[s0ber]

Fat tire is one of the few domestically brewed beers I try to keep in the "beer crisper" drawer of the fridge. Right now its keeping company with Duvel, Orval, Erdinger Hefe-Weisen, Sam Smith Taddy Porter, Young's Old Nick. Needless to say its the least expensive brew in there yet one of my favorites

Ever try any yuengling (think thats spelled right?) its americans oldest beer i believe? my personal fav and like 50cents more the bud (piss)