Author Topic: It's Dungeons & Dragons' 40th Anniversary (Read 7053 times)

Libertad · « **on:** January 05, 2014, 04:44:21 PM »

We need to do something special this year. I, for one, plan on starting my gaming-related New Years' resolutions.

What plans do you have?

Raineh Daze · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2014, 04:55:05 PM »

It is?

Libertad · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2014, 09:35:06 PM »

Original version of Dungeons & Dragons first came to store shelves in 1974.

Amechra · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2014, 10:07:41 PM »

I plan to get something published.

jameswilliamogle · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2014, 10:38:38 PM »

I'm Celebrating by watching the first DnD movie of the year (that I'm watching that is) starting in 20 min on SciFi channel!

That's about all I can commit to.

awaken_D_M_golem · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2014, 04:31:29 PM »

Go out.
Have a night on the town.
Get completely smashed.
Wake up the next day rather hung-over.

9 Months later along comes a New Edition.

X-Codes · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2014, 04:34:09 AM »

I'm going to do the last D&D act I will ever do: finish my Platinum Spells guide. I will, however, probably maintain it for a while in case people come up with spells that they think I've missed or the like, but I'm not doing it for my own future reference for 3.5e characters. I'm just going to use it for a general list that defines "awesome" and see if I can't apply that definition to future creative endeavors.

ksbsnowowl · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2014, 12:25:41 PM »

Quote from: X-Codes on January 16, 2014, 04:34:09 AM

I'm going to do the last D&D act I will ever do...

Ditching the game?

awaken_D_M_golem · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2014, 03:35:06 PM »

Quote from: ksbsnowowl on January 16, 2014, 12:25:41 PM

Quote from: X-Codes on January 16, 2014, 04:34:09 AM
I'm going to do the last D&D act I will ever do...
Ditching the game?

... downin' a Fire Wine. BG/MMx will miss your contributions.

(edit) --- you know at a meta-game level, Pun-pun won't let you

X-Codes · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2014, 04:06:11 AM »

Yeah, I'm pretty much sick of WotC's shit. I don't have the money to keep up with the books and 4e wasn't even worth pirating from PHB2 on. As for 3.5e, I've gotten to the point where I feel like it's a nice system to think about, but not so much a great system for actually playing. Too heavy of a burden on the DM and too easy for indecisiveness on the part of anyone at the table to bring the game to a crawl.

awaken_D_M_golem · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2014, 03:31:17 PM »

$:-\$ fair enough.

'Course the next great Era for c.o.-ing is gonna
be the: Database + Algorithm Super Hash-out.

And heck, PLZ might surprise us with his conversions.

PlzBreakMyCampaign · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2014, 12:18:51 AM »

Almost two month hiatus and I'm coming back. Not because I almost have the time. Not because I'm going to attack my tecent unfinished megathread. I still need to post my nearly complete (i'm finishing the items tonight) except for maps and monsters Dragon Age Origins port. And a handbook. And about 8 other very in-depth minmax post tabs

But because I was considering tonight if 5e will be forwards compatible. And then applying the Encyclopedia Vinculum Draconis to it. Which essentially would thrust the entire 3.5 community into 5e. And then I randomly go outside my normal forums areas to find this thread. And you've already beaten me to the punch.

So are you a mind reader or a mega-genius, aDMg?

awaken_D_M_golem · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2014, 02:21:46 PM »

And behind door C:
Flattery will get you no where with my kitty avatar ... (because we're already there)

_{Get it? Here lemme explain: daddy kitty avatar had some kat-knip and ...}

Libertad · « **Reply #13 on:** January 25, 2014, 06:51:02 PM »

40 years ago as of today, Dungeons & Dragons went on sale.

How far have we come? Many D&D concepts are now RPG mainstays (hit points, critical hits, dungeons, etc). Millions of fans, tens of thousands of products both 1st and 3rd party, and a vibrant community still going strong!

Keldar · « **Reply #14 on:** January 25, 2014, 08:08:56 PM »

Even after some of the worst movies ever made.

Amechra · « **Reply #15 on:** January 25, 2014, 08:41:16 PM »

And, now the game's having a midlife crisis...

awaken_D_M_golem · « **Reply #16 on:** January 26, 2014, 03:45:47 PM »

How many computer game designers are
still saying D&D was their 1st inspiration?

Unbeliever · « **Reply #17 on:** January 29, 2014, 10:58:23 AM »

Quote from: X-Codes on January 17, 2014, 04:06:11 AM

Yeah, I'm pretty much sick of WotC's shit. I don't have the money to keep up with the books and 4e wasn't even worth pirating from PHB2 on. As for 3.5e, I've gotten to the point where I feel like it's a nice system to think about, but not so much a great system for actually playing. Too heavy of a burden on the DM and too easy for indecisiveness on the part of anyone at the table to bring the game to a crawl.

+1 on sick of WotC's shit and disappointed with 4E. I still play 3E. In part it's due to inertia. It's a game we all know and enjoy reasonably, and fairly easy to run b/c of the monster manuals. And, there's still a fair number of concepts/builds I haven't really had time to enjoy. But, that's been due to long hiatuses from gaming b/c of lack of time.

Out of curiosity, X-Codes, what systems have you been transitioning to? I have a soft spot for M&M and One Roll Engine nowadays, even if I hardly ever get a chance to play them.

X-Codes · « **Reply #18 on:** January 29, 2014, 02:56:04 PM »

I've been open to pretty much anything not D&D, but it can be difficult to find rules or games for "not-D&D."

For example, look on Myth-Weavers right now. Half the games are D&D or Pathfinder. Among the rest, there are 2 Shadowrun games, 2 World of Darkness games, 2 Fate games, 1 Burning Wheel game, and these are just systems I recognize, not necessarily systems I'm at all familiar with. No Apocalypse World, no Warhammer (40k or not), no Legend, no Dark Eye...

So I'm kinda thinking about homebrew, but doing that by myself on top of classes, jobs, and all that other shit... it's going to take a while.

Bauglir · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2014, 01:13:44 AM »

Quote from: Keldar on January 25, 2014, 08:08:56 PM

Even after some of the worst movies ever made.

That's an awfully strange way to spell "best".

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Author Topic: It's Dungeons & Dragons' 40th Anniversary (Read 7053 times)