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World-Wide D&D Game Day Saturday
It's that time of year again: The World-wide Dungeons and Dragons Game Day is this Saturday, November the 5th. Gaming stores across the globe are ramping up for events showcasing the game that in many ways helped the gaming industry get off the ground. 1up has some background on the event. From the article: "D&D mechanics have indeed been a core component of many electronic games, even those that do not share the same aesthetics or mythology. Japanese RPGs, including long-running series Dragon Quest, were heavily influenced by early D&D. The influence is much more obvious in many North American RPGs, some of which actually take up and expand on the D&D license, like Neverwinter Nights and DragonShard."
Will they crawl out of their basements for this event?
Zonk works for 1up.com
Somebody quick, what is the stock symbol for Mt Dew?
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Oh, wait, worldwide D&D Game day! I misread that as a worldwide D&D game!
Just as well we don't have to wait for everyone to roll up new characters.
I've only been playing pen n paper for four years, but in that short time it's influnced my life as a gamer more than any video game. I wish I could DM an open free-for all game this time around, and if get the opportunity I most definitely will. But I do plan to show up at the local shop and roll lots of 20's... I hope.
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It's even more than they meantion, while Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior in some ways barely resemble D&D, the Original FF is even more of an off shoot with their spell system, and character creation which basically are the fathers to the Console RPG legacy as well as the handleful of RPGs for the NES (including "AD&D" a truely horrible made NES game)
Most Computer RPGs owe a lot to D&D or off shoots of it, including Ultima, Wizardry, and Might and Magic, as well as almost every MMORPG.
So go out and play a cool RPG this weekend if your not getting together for some original D&D fun.
The opening day of Dork Mocking Season.
;)
Yes, I played it. No, I don't have anything against it...but for those of you who have played and gone to most gaming stores, cons, or anything similar...didn't you generally feel like you were one of very few in attendance without serious geek issues? If you didn't, you were one of the masses justifying that feeling in others.
-pete
The people I know who play D&D all fit the same mold:
- They have relatively successful careers.
- They are technically inclined.
- They are friendly, generally decent people.
- Most are married.
- They have high INT, extremely low WIS.
- They are all socially retarded.
All of them are social misfits. Even to this day, over a decade after the end of high school. They're still not just geeks, but disasterous nerds as well.
Well, the story definitely fits Slashdot's "News For Nerds" slogan but I'm not so sure this is "stuff that matters". :)
Still, a few warnings for those few people unfamiliar with D&D:
1) It's sure to generate a run on snacks, candy and sodas. Stock up before Saturday!
2) If you see people in costume on Nov. 5th, it's not just because they missed Halloween. Also, you don't need to offer them candy (they should have their own, see #1)
3) Really, there's only a small chance that Cthulu will actually be summoned. Still, we recommend that you avoid people in tentacled demon costumes - it might just be an all-powerful demon about to enslave the human race.
-Peter "Once upon a time, I had a dice bag signed by Gary Gygax" Hamlen
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I've been playing through SSI's Gold Box games for the past few weeks (nearly done with Curse of the Azure Bonds). Even with the crappy VGA graphics, they're still great games, precisely because they're based on the D&D ruleset. I suggest heading over to your favorite abandonware site, grabbing one of the games (Pool of Radiance was a blast) and a copy of MoSlo and enjoy the original batch of licensed D&D computer games. Or if you wanna be legit, you may still be able to find a copy of Interplay's 14-in-1 Forgotten Realms CD (which includes the decoder wheels and PDFs of the adventurer's journals, etc).
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I haven't played D&D since Jr. High, but I recognize the impact of the game on gamers, geeks, and even Unix culture.
Maybe once a year, it's worth an afternoon to play a disposable character and pay homage to the grand-daddy of RPGs.
VFX is more influential than you think.
I wanna do them!!
Seriously, if there are some female D&D geek girls out there...please oh please tell me where to find you!
"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."
1. Set of dice
2. Cheetos
3. Mountain Dew
4. Components to cast Mortencain's Faithful Watchdog-You don't want to get ambushed by 7 ogres, now do you?
5. Ogre-Slaying Sword with a +9 to ogres-try not to get hammered on Mountain Dew if you have one.
6. Any requirements for Magic Missile-so you can be Attacking The Darkness!(C)
Y helo thar
...that in some ways it's a shame that D&D gets the headlines like it does.
:-)
Who remembers Traveller? I mean the little black books, now, not MegaTraveller or any of the other newer versions. Or Chaosium's RuneQuest? The Fantasy Trip? Chivalry & Sorcery?
How about Boot Hill?
I miss playing TFT. Eat my 1-die Wizard's Wrath you scurvy proooootwaddle!!!!! Oops, it's a tough one, and smart(?) enough to dodge. Better make it two dice.
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That there will be extreme religious groups outside these stores picketing and preventing people from coming in? You know, people like Jack Chick supporters?
Y helo thar
Taking my daughter to the local game store.
Who says you can't do anything with your kids anymore?
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Our group has more women than men most nights and none of them ugly or dumpy. In fact (all bias aside) my wife is more than model worthy. Hottest midget thief EVA.
Sounds like fun.
Our regular cyperpunk group runs then though, 2 trainee accountings, 2 store clerks, 1 trainee lawyer, me(programmer)
and the GM whos in warehouse work.
Pretty broad spectrum of people,
at least on this side of the water.