D&D died years ago. In Jr. High we used to play D&D, then we moved on to AD&D with its cool hard bound books and pages and pages of charts. At first we tried to follow the rules, actually use encumberance, spell and weapon timing, treasure tables, etc. But we found that they started to get in the way of the fun of the game. We started dropping them and replacing them with our own ideas until eventually we were playing our own game and just telling others it was AD&D to keep them from getting confused. (They were anyway, but that is a different story). After the second edition rules came out we dropped the pretext of even playing AD&D.
These days I play with a group of friends who are starting to publish their own Role Playing Game, igsgames. Their rules don't get in the way of the important part of game, Role Playing. No pages of charts to remember, etc.
Now where was I going with all that... oh yeah. D&D may be dead, but the RPG industry live and prosper, gaining new blood as an aging rules system dies (d20). And that is a Good Thing [tm].
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IGS Games has a name generator for those of us who have a difficult time with naming our characters.
igsgames name generator.
As an example here is a name I generated choosing the options Descriptive, Elvish and Gang: Sinful Lanorain Legolan and her Mysterious Band of Pirates
Worth checking out.
The best name generator I have ever used is igsgames name generator.
Many features and options. Also has a random thing generator and many other useful things.
> Do you think it will spell an end to D&D ?
D&D died years ago. In Jr. High we used to play D&D, then we moved on to AD&D with its cool hard bound books and pages and pages of charts. At first we tried to follow the rules, actually use encumberance, spell and weapon timing, treasure tables, etc. But we found that they started to get in the way of the fun of the game. We started dropping them and replacing them with our own ideas until eventually we were playing our own game and just telling others it was AD&D to keep them from getting confused. (They were anyway, but that is a different story). After the second edition rules came out we dropped the pretext of even playing AD&D.
These days I play with a group of friends who are starting to publish their own Role Playing Game, igsgames. Their rules don't get in the way of the important part of game, Role Playing. No pages of charts to remember, etc.
Now where was I going with all that... oh yeah. D&D may be dead, but the RPG industry live and prosper, gaining new blood as an aging rules system dies (d20). And that is a Good Thing [tm].