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Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:24:23

FRPG's?

demosthenes · 2010-02-22 21:24:50

Dazachi wrote:
demosthenes wrote:
Dazachi wrote:
The books I have from my dad:
1. Advanced D&D: Dungeon Masters Guide (published 1979)
2. Advanced D&D: Monster Manual (published 1979)
3. Advanced D&D: Players Handbook (published 1978)
4. Advanced D&D: Fiend Folio (published 1981)

They are all old and beat up.
ZOMG!1!!!!11!! AD&D!
That means the Fiend Folio you have is nowhere near 3.0. Hope you enjoy looking through those!
What?

AD&D is Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which is the original edition made by Gary Gygax, the most influential man in the creation of DnD. AD&D is notorious for its complexity and difficulty to play. The Fiend Folio you have seems to out-date the 3.0 equivalent.

Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:25:32

So it is good or bad?

demosthenes · 2010-02-22 21:30:10

Dazachi wrote:
So it is good or bad?

Good and bad.
The downside is that you will be hard-pressed finding someone to play with you, as very few people still play AD&D.

The good is that you have 4 incredibly rare books that allow you to play the greatest game ever and that if you find anyone to play with, you will thoroughly enjoy yourself.

Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:31:51

So it will be cool to look at, but if I actually want to play I should get up to date books.

demosthenes · 2010-02-22 21:32:46

Dazachi wrote:
So it will be cool to look at, but if I actually want to play I should get up to date books.

Yes.

Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:34:11

Now I really want to learn how to play.

soupoftomato · 2010-02-22 21:42:27

Dazachi wrote:
For the past few weeks I have been attempting to make my own pen and paper game. But it isn't very complicated like D&D.

My pen and paper game!

Hope you like it and maybe inspires you!

Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:43:01

soupoftomato wrote:
Dazachi wrote:
For the past few weeks I have been attempting to make my own pen and paper game. But it isn't very complicated like D&D.
My pen and paper game!

Hope you like it and maybe inspires you!

I love it. And it has inspired me. Especially the shop part.

adriangl · 2010-02-22 21:48:04

D&D are some of the best rpgs ever made....

Dazachi · 2010-02-22 21:54:57

What others are there?

demosthenes · 2010-02-22 22:06:55

Dazachi wrote:
What others are there?

Pathfinder, a variant of DnD.
GURPS, Generic Universal Roleplaying System.
There are many more and I am sure google could give you a complete answer.

urhungry · 2010-02-23 00:58:58

i would play d&d, it looks fun, but i cant afford it.

RHY3756547 · 2010-02-23 03:25:54

Never played Dungeons and Dragons. Way too nerdy for me. tongue

Mayhem · 2010-02-23 14:16:04

Genuine roleplaying games promote language skills, social interaction, confidence and numeracy, and thus playing them is to be encouraged.

I'm currently running a Star Wars RPG and a Warhammer RPG in a forum like this one, and playing in two super-hero RPGs.

soupoftomato · 2010-02-23 20:32:17

Could you link me to the Star Wars RPG?

Mayhem · 2010-02-24 15:04:24

demosthenes wrote:
AD&D is Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which is the original edition made by Gary Gygax, the most influential man in the creation of DnD. AD&D is notorious for its complexity and difficulty to play. The Fiend Folio you have seems to out-date the 3.0 equivalent.

Actually, AD&D isn't the original. D&D is the original wink

Mayhem · 2010-02-24 15:05:59

soupoftomato wrote:
Could you link me to the Star Wars RPG?

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Roleplaying-Game-Rulebook/dp/0786943564

Mayhem · 2010-02-24 15:11:10

Dazachi wrote:
What others are there?

Quite literally hundreds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_role-playing_games_by_name

My favourites are Warhammer FRP 2nd Edition for grim fantasy, Star Wars for space-opera, Call of Cthulu BRP for horror, Mutants and Masterminds for superheroism, Conan D20 for high fantasy, Underground for near-future dystopia, Fools and Heroes for Live Action fantasy and Vampire: Minds Eye Theatre for social interaction and politics.

BWOG · 2010-02-24 15:22:35

I wish I knew how to play DnD.

TheSaint · 2010-02-24 17:17:45

IT really isn't that hard.

soupoftomato · 2010-02-24 17:32:51

TheSaint wrote:
IT really isn't that hard.

Yeah, just get a DM that knows the rules, and then just start inspecting random stuff! lol

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nedjer · 2010-03-06 16:09:01

Just downloaded Scratch to see if it can make some tabletop RPG media. There are some great free or inexpensive fantasy RPGs that are complete, but less elaborate and combat focused than AD&D.

Mouseguard comes to mind as a more storytelling and plot driven example that's cheap-ish and arrives as a hardback. The rules are a bit mechanical but it's easy to skip a few unnecessary details.

I'm going to try using Scratch with a free, open licence fantasy RPG - Treasure. It's as simple as very early D&D but has a stack of options. A lot of which I've edited out of the html copy to get a streamlined version.

The options include playing the game with graphics or text. It comes with PDF and SVG downloads of a few hundred fantasy images, swords, axes, gems, stars . . . which is exactly what I didn't have time to do for myself for a Scratch project.

demosthenes · 2010-03-06 19:28:34

Mayhem wrote:
demosthenes wrote:
AD&D is Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, which is the original edition made by Gary Gygax, the most influential man in the creation of DnD. AD&D is notorious for its complexity and difficulty to play. The Fiend Folio you have seems to out-date the 3.0 equivalent.
Actually, AD&D isn't the original. D&D is the original

Oh really? >.> I never knew that. . .
*adds to memories for future reference*

For those of you saying you can't afford D&D go to the 100% free and legal SRD that contains all the rules of 3.5 from the core rulebooks and expanded psionics handbook.

Mayhem · 2010-03-07 04:31:10

Actually, the SRD doesn't include all the rules - most obviously absent are the rules for character advancement.

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