Dungeons and Dragons

[ManchestrMorgue]

I was reading a little while ago about the soon-to-be-released Dungeons & Dragons V4 rulebooks, and the fact that they will have online tools available that will allow people to play the traditional pen and paper game with others around the world.

It's not a "computer" version of D&D, more like a way of spanning the traditional gaming tabletop over the internet.

So I started looking around, and it seems that there have been online RPG tools for some time. That it is possible to play traditional RPG's with others over the internet.

So, I know there are at least a couple of RPGers on HDC (although not sure how many).

Would anyone out there be interested in starting an HDC D&D group and playing using these online tools? We could use the D&D 3.5 rules and free online tools (the v4 rules will charge people a monthly fee to use their online tools).

Since I haven't played in many, many years, I would prefer someone else to go DM. We could learn as we go along.

So, would anyone be interested?

[Despare]

Never played D&D, how long does a game take?

[ManchestrMorgue]

It is variable. Games can be designed to play in a hour or two. Others can span over several sessions.

You can get pre-made adventures, or design your own - it is a very open-ended game.

[Phalanx]

Dunno how - can you make a picture?

[urgeok2]

years ago when i was selling books on ebay - i would pick up these things (D&D manuals) when i saw then with intent to sell them in a large lot.

Ironically i've found a lot more of them since i've stopped selling - and still buy them when i see them.

have quite a collection of them now - have been told that they are worth a few bucks.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Originally Posted by urgeok2

years ago when i was selling books on ebay - i would pick up these things (D&D manuals) when i saw then with intent to sell them in a large lot.

Ironically i've found a lot more of them since i've stopped selling - and still buy them when i see them.

have quite a collection of them now - have been told that they are worth a few bucks.

I don't have a huge amount - but I do have the old Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks, as well a the Temple of Elemental Evil module. A few other things as well.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Originally Posted by Phalanx

Dunno how - can you make a picture?

Here is the "official" website which gives some info:

http://wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

And this site:

http://www.wizards.com/playdnd/playdnd.asp

has a sample game to play

[Vodstok]

i have a shitload of old books. i read them every once in a while. i have mostly 2nd edition stuff, but also quite a bit of first ed. I never got into 3rd edition. by the time i was in my 20s, i didnt feel the need to learn an entirely new set of rules when i knew the previous 2 by heart.

i have actually been considering building a program to connect and play 2nd edition online, but that is in a huge lsit with all kinds of other projects. time < ambition.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Sounds like a good project.

What I didn't like about the later rulesets was that they were written with miniatures in mind. It became that it was hard to play without them, which I think defeated the original spirit of the game.

I think most people used miniatures, maps etc with the earlier editions. It just wasn't pushed on you the way it seems to be now.

[Vodstok]

Originally Posted by ManchestrMorgue

Sounds like a good project.

What I didn't like about the later rulesets was that they were written with miniatures in mind. It became that it was hard to play without them, which I think defeated the original spirit of the game.

I think most people used miniatures, maps etc with the earlier editions. It just wasn't pushed on you the way it seems to be now.

TSR focused on gameplay, especially in 1st ed, and in the beginning with 2nd ed. tsr started to fall because it became about money, because the bitch that was married to the co-creator inhereted his half when he died, and she hated gary gygax.

Wizards of the coast bought tsr, adn thinsg looked very promising, then Hasbro bougth wotc. boom, all about the money again.