Know your D&D self ! - Page 2

bigben2k · 09-19-2002, 05:51 PM

D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) is an RPG (Role Playing game) that does not involve a computer...

check it out

gmat · 09-20-2002, 02:31 PM

It's a bit more than this... It's the father of every modern RPG. In the 70's it was such a phenomenon in the US that the usual right wing and catholic groups were worried about it. Imagine that: a game in which kids (and later, adults) *must* think by themselves, find *creative* solutions, and, (ohhh heresy) cast "fireball" spells at "dragons" (hssss hssss demonism, satanism !!! vade retro! !!)
Well like rock'n'roll or jazz or train or (more recently) computer it entered our lifes as a common and fun piece of entertainment.
Today there are many excellent RPG's that are way more mature and rich than d&d... But d&d is a classic. See how many computer games use its franchise (Eye of the Beholder, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights...)

footnote: today to be a 'satanist' one must put water in his PC... sad times.

bigben2k · 09-20-2002, 07:59 PM

That souunds about right... I started playing it when I was 18, in college.

I started DMing 10 years later. I haven't played in a few years now, but everything is fresh in my mind... Vorpal sword anyone?

RedTalon19 · 09-26-2002, 05:03 PM

chatoic good ranger elf mage

09-19-2002, 05:51 PM	#26
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) is an RPG (Role Playing game) that does not involve a computer... check it out __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

09-20-2002, 07:59 PM	#28
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	That souunds about right... I started playing it when I was 18, in college. I started DMing 10 years later. I haven't played in a few years now, but everything is fresh in my mind... Vorpal sword anyone? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

09-26-2002, 05:03 PM	#29
RedTalon19 Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: PA Posts: 96	chatoic good ranger elf mage __________________ i am myself not anybody else and thats who i am and not who you are so dont be like me because i am myself.

09-20-2002, 02:31 PM	#27
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	It's a bit more than this... It's the father of every modern RPG. In the 70's it was such a phenomenon in the US that the usual right wing and catholic groups were worried about it. Imagine that: a game in which kids (and later, adults) must think by themselves, find creative solutions, and, (ohhh heresy) cast "fireball" spells at "dragons" (hssss hssss demonism, satanism !!! vade retro! !!) Well like rock'n'roll or jazz or train or (more recently) computer it entered our lifes as a common and fun piece of entertainment. Today there are many excellent RPG's that are way more mature and rich than d&d... But d&d is a classic. See how many computer games use its franchise (Eye of the Beholder, Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights...) footnote: today to be a 'satanist' one must put water in his PC... sad times.

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