OT: am playing D&D light and am having fun

Antonin · #1 December 6th, 2003, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
such as what anybody here thought about the D&D Adventure game starter thing, good places on the internet to buy it, or any other things or advice i should have before getting into it?
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x...core/863490000

I've also been thinking of getting into D&D, but it'll be a year before I'll have the time due to the "career retraining" (aka school) I'm currently in.

In the past I've tried RP games at Origins and didn't like them. But in recent years I've been reading a buncha Forgotten Realms novels and have really gotten hooked on that whole universe.

The RA Salvatore novel "Spine of the World" has a 16-pg "Quickplay" D&D adventure at the end, presumably to give people like me (and maybe you too) a small taste of the D&D universe.

I'd like to get into D&D eventually. I'm not getting any younger, and it sounds like fun. I'm getting too old to hang around bars. Spending an evening with a group of fellow gaming geeks living in a fantasy world sounds quite appealing. That whole escapism thing.

Erax · #2 December 6th, 2003, 11:43 AM

Greg - Many good games have been released since the days of FASA's Star Trek. Check out Fading Suns, Ars Magica and (if you like feudal Japan) Sengoku. These are some of the most innovative / well-written / well-researched titles that have been released these Last few years.

The Star Wars D20 system is also quite good, after you get used to the idea of playing Star Wars with levels and classes.

GT - When I said 'group', I meant that as including the DM. He is the most important element of all, I know many people who hate D&D because they started playing with a lousy DM.

Loser · #3 December 6th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Which publication of Ars Magica do you favor, Erax?

That title has been passed around like an easy ugly girl.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 December 9th, 2003, 10:26 PM

well, me and my brother have decided we like the light Version. unfortunatly, it doesn't contain any information on how to roll up your own character's or advance farther than level 2 and refer's you to the player's handbook for those. so, i guess i'll be looking for that. i figure once the simplified rules get easy, we'll move onto the hard one's.

thanks to all the people who replied.

Fyron · #5 December 9th, 2003, 11:24 PM

The rules in the Player's Handbook are not that complicated. There are just a lot. Just follow the book chapter by chapter to create a character; everything is presented in the only logical order to make your character (as some things HAVE to be done before others, naturally).

Taera · #6 December 10th, 2003, 12:40 AM

you can try the sparrow method - try playing AD&D straight away. I find AD&D more attractive than either 2nd or 3rd editions.

narf poit chez BOOM · #7 December 10th, 2003, 01:53 AM

'sparrow method'?

and on a side not, it looks like the soonest i'm going to get that player handbook is next week.

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