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Happy Birthday D&D

ronvenjrronvenjr Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 2 Arc User
edited February 2014 in The Moonstone Mask (PC)
For those of you that don't know it; Dungeons and Dragons turns 40 this year. I was playing D&D roughly 30 years ago when it was all pencil and paper and luck of the dice roll. :o
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  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I started somewhere around 1980. Still have the original box set we started with and the first miniatures I ever bought, Solid Gold Line goblins from Grenadier.
    "We have always been at war with Dread Vault" ~ Little Brother
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited February 2014
    . . . I started when I was 15 years old, some 21 years ago. Been DMing The Realms for 20 of those years now. Ever since I first started playing MMOs in 1997 with Ultima Online, I had wanted a Forgotten Realms MMO. When DDO was first mentioned way back when, I had hoped it would be that. I was quite disappointed. Not that I didn't enjoy the game, I just couldn't get into it because it wasn't Forgotten Realms based and I cared nothing for Eberron. So, ever since then, my hopes for a Forgotten Realms MMO was heightened. When Neverwinter was announced to shift from Multiplayer to MMO, I was ecstatic! I am so happy Neverwinter has come to light and look forward to it continuing to evolve and become better.

    . . . I am looking forward to starting our D&D group up again when Winter subsides. We took a break because one of my best friends had a serious health issue, so he's recovering before we jump back in and start playing paper & pencil again.
    [ My Character Bios | Discord: Zebular#9524 | In Game: @zebular (PC) • @MtnDewFreak (XBOX) • @Terraseer (PS4) ]
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  • rortierortie Member Posts: 178 Bounty Hunter
    edited February 2014
    I started D&D in 1984. I spent more years than I should mention DM'ing a D&D campaign. I preferred Frank Mentzer's D&D to the AD&D that was far more popular. There's not many PnP games I didn't try, but original D&D is one of a small selection you can count on one hand and not use all the fingers that was played for many years.

    Gygax and Arneson are as laudable as Tolkein, as far as I am concerned. But let's not forget there's an aweful of credit that should be shared around with everyone involved.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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  • fusshupefusshupe Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    I never played D&D as Pen and paper (being German, I went for The Dark Eye instead), but I greatly enjoyed the D&D-based PC games.
    Undoubtedly, roleplaying around the globe wouldn't be where it is today if it had not been for D&D.
    As for version preferences... have a look at this =)
    http://www.dorktower.com/2014/01/27/dungeon-draggin-dork-tower-27-01-14/
  • pitshadepitshade Member Posts: 5,665 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    rortie wrote: »
    I preferred Frank Mentzer's D&D to the AD&D that was far more popular.

    You mean the Basic/Expert etc... line? If so, that was my preference as well. The Dwarf/Elf/Halfling classes were a bit 'off' but otherwise it was a very solid game. What it lacked (which with all the supplements wasn't much) could easily be borrowed from it's sibling, whereas with AD&D, you were discarding half of the charts and rules for being cumbersome. I still think of the swan song, "Rules Cyclopedia" as being one of the all time great RPG releases. A new version that was cheaper than collecting the older ones, yet had all the rules and more in one volume. Though I still missed the less polished art from the Errol Otis covers.
    "We have always been at war with Dread Vault" ~ Little Brother
  • rishzothrishzoth Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 351 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    DMing since 1987...at age 11 with the original red box set. Then moved on up from there...

  • ordensmarschallordensmarschall Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 1,060 Bounty Hunter
    edited February 2014
    Started playing in 1981, right after reading the Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin. I had already read all J.R.R. Tolkien's books, and an American friend of mine had this red box labeled "Dungeons & Dragons". Been hooked ever since. Played around with Greyhawk for a couple of years, had a brief dalliance with Dragonlance, then moved onto Forgotten Realms.
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  • numanonenumanone Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Woot! Woot! Happy B-Day D&D. From your biggest in game fan. Smeagol

    Been playing pen & paper D&D since I was 10, 36 years. My character Smeagol, still playing today online here, has always been a hobbit thief with questionable moral character. Today, I still love running around invisible and one shotting under-geared players in PvP.

    Thank You, Perfect World for keeping the game going by making the best D&D MMO game to date. I"ve played them all from the first game ever produced on a computer using FORTRAN IV and BASIC with a Kaypro II to the first Neverwinter on AOL in the 90's (remember the backup of 500 user limits). We've come a long ways from x's and o's on 3" monochrome screens & cassette tape recorders over phone lines with Commodore 64k systems to play with.

    Smeagol
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