I have an IT career, a wife, a family, and a middle-school daughter who finishes watching Stranger Things and says, "Dad, you played Dungeons & Dragons. Computers took a LOT more money than D&D and I was out of it before 3E started.įast-forward 30+ years. My trips to Bob's Games & Collectibles became visits to Babbage's and Radio Shack. We had our fun, played games during breaks at school, on trips out-of-state and college dorms on rainy days. I chose the mantle of DM, as most of my peers wanted to roll up their own characters and jump into the world of being an Illusionist or a Thief or an Acrobat. Dungeon crawl maps & modules gave way to campaign worlds to explore (both as DM and player). AD&D was definitely more detailed in what you could do and how you could do it. Time went on and the gaming group changed over and over again. Fortunately, I had friends that had the materials (Basic Set) and we would get together to simulate game play, practice rolling dice and doing math, and discovering together how it was played - or at least how we thought it was played. That test was to see if you were worthy to sit at the game table. I was told I should buy the rule books and study them, like for a test. As a middle-schooler in 1983, the older crowd at the game stores didn't have the time to walk any kids through an actual session as a player. The biggest obstacle for me, back then, was the sheer amount of literature you had to digest BEFORE you came to the table. This backfired, creating more curiosity in the game and causing more folks to ask about it and go looking for it. Then the 'Satanic Panic' came along, forcing many parents of middle-schoolers to FORBID the practice of playing D&D. Finding someone who played or a location that had gaming materials and a regular session was very difficult. For one, D&D was kind of mysterious and secretive. The present day and age have also availed many things that I did not have access to back in 1982-1989 (my TTRPG playing heyday). I am greatly satisfied with where the rules and game mechanics have evolved to. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft CreaturesĪs a D&D Re-Player (one who played back in the '80's under 1E and AD&D, then took a long hiatus) I'm coming back now into 5E.
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