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February 21, 2016 11:47 AM Subscribe
AD&DRP: Actually, this is your grandmother's AD&D.
Hence my "actually, the world needs this" tag!
posted by jacquilynne at 11:59 AM on February 21, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 11:59 AM on February 21, 2016 [3 favorites]
I don't like those Magic: The Gathering players. You never know who their parents are, or how they were raised.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:03 PM on February 21, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:03 PM on February 21, 2016 [4 favorites]
The Death Dealer over the mantle made it for me.
posted by The Hamms Bear at 12:11 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by The Hamms Bear at 12:11 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
clavdivs: "How is 'Tsojcanth' pronounced?"
Smith.
posted by Splunge at 12:44 PM on February 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
Smith.
posted by Splunge at 12:44 PM on February 21, 2016 [10 favorites]
I mean, I'm not saying they're all bad- I just wouldn't want my daughter dating one.
And even then, I probably wouldn't stop her...I'd just wonder why she couldn't meet a nice Pathfinder player. Always so polite, those Pathfinder players. Such sensible young people.
Of course, I wouldn't want her dating a Vampire: The Masquerade player, either. But that's just because I don't want her making the same mistakes I did growing up.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:46 PM on February 21, 2016 [7 favorites]
And even then, I probably wouldn't stop her...I'd just wonder why she couldn't meet a nice Pathfinder player. Always so polite, those Pathfinder players. Such sensible young people.
Of course, I wouldn't want her dating a Vampire: The Masquerade player, either. But that's just because I don't want her making the same mistakes I did growing up.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 12:46 PM on February 21, 2016 [7 favorites]
ardgedee: "The whole "Just imagine the olds playing fantasy games" is realer than you want it to be."
My group is currently recruiting because an opening was created by someone dying of old age.
Luckily another member is a game store employee so we've got an inside track there.
posted by Mitheral at 12:57 PM on February 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
My group is currently recruiting because an opening was created by someone dying of old age.
Luckily another member is a game store employee so we've got an inside track there.
posted by Mitheral at 12:57 PM on February 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
Wait - elderly people are expected to subscribe to a service whose market model is having a Game Master at a call center provide exposition and encounter rolls?
THAT'S LIKE UBER FOR SHADOWRUN
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:11 PM on February 21, 2016 [12 favorites]
THAT'S LIKE UBER FOR SHADOWRUN
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:11 PM on February 21, 2016 [12 favorites]
If I ever lose all my teeth I'll have a set of dentures made from dice.
posted by XMLicious at 1:50 PM on February 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by XMLicious at 1:50 PM on February 21, 2016 [2 favorites]
TheWhiteSkull: "I mean, I'm not saying they're all bad- I just wouldn't want my daughter dating one.
And even then, I probably wouldn't stop her...I'd just wonder why she couldn't meet a nice Pathfinder player. Always so polite, those Pathfinder players. Such sensible young people.
Of course, I wouldn't want her dating a Vampire: The Masquerade player, either. But that's just because I don't want her making the same mistakes I did growing up."
How do you feel about Call of Cthulhu players? *TWITCH*
posted by Splunge at 2:25 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
And even then, I probably wouldn't stop her...I'd just wonder why she couldn't meet a nice Pathfinder player. Always so polite, those Pathfinder players. Such sensible young people.
Of course, I wouldn't want her dating a Vampire: The Masquerade player, either. But that's just because I don't want her making the same mistakes I did growing up."
How do you feel about Call of Cthulhu players? *TWITCH*
posted by Splunge at 2:25 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
How is 'Tsojcanth' pronounced?
t-sodge-canth.
I've been playing with one of my regular D&D* crew for 30 years, and the rest for not far off that. I fully intend to keep playing until I die.
*actually rolemaster, cyberpunk, traveller, mage, 13th age, 3e, 4e, eclipse phase, various indie oneshots
posted by Sebmojo at 2:55 PM on February 21, 2016
t-sodge-canth.
I've been playing with one of my regular D&D* crew for 30 years, and the rest for not far off that. I fully intend to keep playing until I die.
*actually rolemaster, cyberpunk, traveller, mage, 13th age, 3e, 4e, eclipse phase, various indie oneshots
posted by Sebmojo at 2:55 PM on February 21, 2016
How is 'Tsojcanth' pronounced?
posted by clavdivs at 5:16 on February 22
"WOOS-ter"
posted by DoctorFedora at 3:01 PM on February 21, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 5:16 on February 22
"WOOS-ter"
posted by DoctorFedora at 3:01 PM on February 21, 2016 [7 favorites]
Quite a wide mix of editions in the hardcovers on that table.
As I have spake of before on the blue, when I was maybe 15 I was playing in an AD&D game with a bunch of other high-schoolers and this dude named Jim who was in his forties. His very presence -- indeed, existence -- was baffling and exotic. Now almost no one in my game circles is south of forty and poor old Jim, if he is still among the living, must be closing in on his seventy-fifth or so.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:24 PM on February 21, 2016
As I have spake of before on the blue, when I was maybe 15 I was playing in an AD&D game with a bunch of other high-schoolers and this dude named Jim who was in his forties. His very presence -- indeed, existence -- was baffling and exotic. Now almost no one in my game circles is south of forty and poor old Jim, if he is still among the living, must be closing in on his seventy-fifth or so.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:24 PM on February 21, 2016
I was kind of hoping for Advanced Dungeons & Derpy.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:37 PM on February 21, 2016
posted by Wolfdog at 4:37 PM on February 21, 2016
I swear my gramma had a Bag Of Holding.
posted by sourwookie at 5:18 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by sourwookie at 5:18 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
There we all are in our cyborg style wheelchairs at the old folks home arguing THACO. Good times await.
posted by jadepearl at 5:21 PM on February 21, 2016
posted by jadepearl at 5:21 PM on February 21, 2016
Does this alter the balance between good and Pierce?
posted by wildblueyonder at 7:24 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by wildblueyonder at 7:24 PM on February 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
I swear my gramma had a bag of holding.
[insert naughty gramma joke here]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 5:21 AM on February 22, 2016
[insert naughty gramma joke here]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 5:21 AM on February 22, 2016
I've been playing for not-quite-forty years now, and am currently running two campaigns. Yeah, I can imagine continuing to play on into the golden years.
There have been various studies talking about how single older men lose their social networks and just pull in, which fits what I'm likely to do extremely well, so my wife has said that if she predeceases me, she wants me to find some way to stay connected. We both agree that the likeliest way I could do that is finding/making an Old Geek's Home with other gamers.
posted by Four Ds at 9:02 AM on February 22, 2016
There have been various studies talking about how single older men lose their social networks and just pull in, which fits what I'm likely to do extremely well, so my wife has said that if she predeceases me, she wants me to find some way to stay connected. We both agree that the likeliest way I could do that is finding/making an Old Geek's Home with other gamers.
posted by Four Ds at 9:02 AM on February 22, 2016
THAT'S LIKE UBER FOR SHADOWRUN
DmWagon™. With Platinum they'll also use Unearthed Arcana rules.
posted by haileris23 at 10:14 AM on February 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
DmWagon™. With Platinum they'll also use Unearthed Arcana rules.
posted by haileris23 at 10:14 AM on February 22, 2016 [2 favorites]
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Now I'm old enough to have coworkers young enough to be my kids. They have kids of their own.
The whole "Just imagine the olds playing fantasy games" is realer than you want it to be. Possibly.
posted by ardgedee at 11:55 AM on February 21, 2016 [6 favorites]