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Dungeons & Dragons (or your RPG of choice)
Any players or DMs here?
I'm a new player. I've been looking for a fun game or gaming system I can play with my ultra-competitive children (so competitive that fights break out among them whenever we play because one of them is upset that someone else won). I figured cooperative games would help them to learn the fun is in the playing and not in the winning, develop better team skills, and just have more fun together without fighting all the time. ![]() I've been reading about 4th edition D&D on several blogs and got interested. I looked into GURPS for a little bit. It looks interesting, and being ultra-adaptable certainly has an appeal, but decided that I'd stick with something that has more support in the local gaming stores. A friend invited me and my oldest over to a game of Harn a few months ago. Also a fun game, but from what I gather is really old and doesn't have much of a community. I started out with a D&D starter kit that had some pre-built characters and a simple adventure with 3 encounters. The kids loved it. They fought a lot less (fights that broke out were about people taking too long to make their move). And there were significantly fewer tears involved than with other games we have played (my daughter almost broke down when her character nearly died). Since our first try was a success I then had to make more effort to learn the rules and get better so I can DM more home games. I bought the player manual, DM manual, & monster manual. And I see there are still a ton more manuals I need to buy, but those will just have to wait. The main difficulty I had been dealing with through all this was just trying to take a drink from the fire hose of information. Then I learned that my local game store has free weekly game nights with pre-built adventures. I just have to build a character and show up. Awesome! Last Friday my son and I played our first RPGA sponsored game and had a great time. My character is a human wizard. I'm learning the rules better and will be able to start DMing some home games using the same RPGA adventures (Living Forgotten Realms) soon. |
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8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust.
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Teach them poker. That way you can earn a little walking around money while at the same time teaching them some life lessons.
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Making Good Girls Go Bad
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In ages long past, a group of friends would gather at the local Denny's lounge every Thursday night for a marathon D&D session. We'd take over a corner booth and, for sustenance on our monster-slaying & treasure-seeking quests, would order groaning platters of victuals. Ah, Moons Over My Hammy, how I miss thee.
This would have been around 1998-1992 or so. I haven't played since that group broke up, but have fond memories. Of course, no D&D thread would be complete without: Dungeons & Dragons ("Where's the Mountain Dew?")
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I know that Frodo Potter is a big D & D fan, so hopefully Disneyphile lets him know.
I also know he is a big B & D fan, but that is for a different thread.
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....Binding & Darning, Sewing & Mending. ![]() and Kevy's also into S&M... Stand and Model.
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I Floop the Pig
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Dorks! With your dice and silly make believe worlds and monster compendiums and detailed character sheets and your DM guides and your saving throws and your effective hit point increases.
Dorks.
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Making Good Girls Go Bad
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You demonstrate an impressive knowledge of the details of D&D.
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Gee... I first played D&D back in 1979 (senior year in HS). I haven't played since... Oh... about 1987/88.
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