30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons

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30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 17, 2004 @02:28AM from the no-beldar-the-biiiig-die dept.

vasqzr writes "CNN has a story about Dungeons and Dragons celebrating its 30th birthday. 'An estimated 25,000 fans in 1,200 stores celebrated the anniversary Saturday, said Charles Ryan, brand manager for role-playing games at Wizards of the Coast, a Renton, Washington, company that owns Dungeons & Dragons.'"

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Although correlation != causation by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-17 02:29 · Score: 5, Funny

Countries with D&D have seen their birthrates decrease for the past 30 years.
1. Re:Although correlation != causation by WarPresident · 2004-10-17 03:50 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Ahh, it saddens me to think of all the heroes that have fallen in countless D&D combats. The best warriors are routinely slaughtered, but for what purpose? What are they fihting and dying for?
  
  Usually for pissing off the DM... Took the last powdered donut without asking? Your character's last words might be:
  
  "What do you mean the feather fall wears off?"
  "C'mon guys, it's just a pile of dragon bones... guys?"
  "What's a tarrasque?"
  "HOW many Kobolds?"
  
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  Here come da fudge!
30 Years? by Pan+T.+Hose · 2004-10-17 02:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Wow. I am very -- *rolls dice* -- surprised that it's already so long.

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Thanks... by MrFluffyPants26 · 2004-10-17 02:33 · Score: 5, Funny

..for telling me a day late.
Obligatory by quintesson · 2004-10-17 02:39 · Score: 5, Funny

... and it still hasn't moved out of it's parents' basement!

I wonder if the D20 system will last that long.
Where're the Cheetos??? by zrk · 2004-10-17 02:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Can I have some Mountain Dew?
Re:30 years! by munehiro · 2004-10-17 02:43 · Score: 5, Funny

1d20. Or is your happy birthday like a short sword hit ? :P

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Wow.. by NightWulf · 2004-10-17 02:44 · Score: 5, Funny

"An estimated 25,000 fans in 1,200 stores celebrated the anniversary Saturday". Wow, A vacuum of virginity only rivaled by that of a Star Trek convention. I kid! I kid!
24,999 guys with chainmail bikini posters. by leftie · 2004-10-17 02:46 · Score: 5, Funny

1 chubby girl that shouldn't have worn a chainmail bikini.
Re:Yeah - definately ! by ahknight · 2004-10-17 03:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Bluff check, DC 15.
DND Humor by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-17 03:16 · Score: 5, Funny

ED: You see a well-groomed garden. In the middle, on a small hill, you see a gazebo. ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it? ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric. ERIC: How far away is it? ED: About 50 yards. ERIC: How big is it? ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed top. ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good. ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo! ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it. ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo! ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it respond in any way? ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo! ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened? ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it. ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded? ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo! ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow! ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to destroy it, you could try to chop it with an axe, I suppose, or you could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try. It's a @#%$*& gazebo! ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away. ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo, and it catches you and eats you. ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so I can avenge my paladin...