09-26-2018, 01:02 AM
Ah, excellent! I knew you too were a man of culture, Yoto ;-)
I played Dungeons and Dragons a lot in high school, primarily Advanced 1st Edition. My initial and favorite character was a lawful neutral monk who was actually named Zybez. Our DM was a stickler for the experience and AD&D 1E was much more dangerous and slower-going than later editions, so I never really got past the 5th level after about a year of playing. But it was a lot of fun, and we had a very large group (7 or so the first game, eventually grew up to 10 on later games that we played over the years, but that grew to be too unmanageable and now we prefer to play smaller groups of about 4-5). I've also played other tabletops like Vampire: The Masquerade, and while we took a lot of liberties with the rules after a certain point, the game was just so well formed that we end up going with a lot of the rules that are prescribed.
It's funny, the game gets laughed at a lot for being nerdy, but I'd say the game helped take a lot of my friendships to the next level. And even a lot of "normal" people ended up playing the game with us and really loved it. It's harder to play online with friends that are across the country now, but I'm hoping VR and more free time can help make the experience just as engaging as it was before.
Going to have to keep an eye on this thread.
-Teddy
I played Dungeons and Dragons a lot in high school, primarily Advanced 1st Edition. My initial and favorite character was a lawful neutral monk who was actually named Zybez. Our DM was a stickler for the experience and AD&D 1E was much more dangerous and slower-going than later editions, so I never really got past the 5th level after about a year of playing. But it was a lot of fun, and we had a very large group (7 or so the first game, eventually grew up to 10 on later games that we played over the years, but that grew to be too unmanageable and now we prefer to play smaller groups of about 4-5). I've also played other tabletops like Vampire: The Masquerade, and while we took a lot of liberties with the rules after a certain point, the game was just so well formed that we end up going with a lot of the rules that are prescribed.
It's funny, the game gets laughed at a lot for being nerdy, but I'd say the game helped take a lot of my friendships to the next level. And even a lot of "normal" people ended up playing the game with us and really loved it. It's harder to play online with friends that are across the country now, but I'm hoping VR and more free time can help make the experience just as engaging as it was before.
Going to have to keep an eye on this thread.
-Teddy
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