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+1 on the NTRPG Con plug. Not only is it a fantastic con for gaming there is also  a very large group of RPG collectors that attend so you would be in good company. Even if you can’t make it this year consider 2022. You will not be disappointed.

Cheers,
Curt

Hey guys.  I’m shawn, an old player from the UK.  I started playing basic dnd back in the early 80s and moved quickly on to Adnd from there.  Other interests were Steve Jackson’s Car Wars, Tunnels n Trolls, Gamma World, MERP.. and a few others.
I feel out of playing for close to three decades, but during this terrible pandemic I’ve taken up my old interests and now I’m out trying to collect back all the 1e books and bits I foolishly gave away long ago.  I never even knew this game had evolved so much!  5e now huh.  I think I’ll stick with what I know however.  
I have some Qs, perhaps this thread is not the place so I’ll have a look around first.
Thanks for having me  

Cheers!  
I’ve found plenty of the classic modules as pdfs though I’m not sure these are legal.  Drivethru probably is I’m sure..  
as for the books, yeah the prices can be petty savage.  The classic covers are the worst, though I’ve managed to get a DMG for £18 on eBay.  I imagine the seller was unhappy

Hey that’s great, many thanks

Hi!  Nice to know there are ‘locals’ here lol

Welcome Ironclad. Always good to welcome another collector from dear old Blighty.

Hi All,

My name is Philippe, i'm 46 and i living in France.
Apologize me for my writing faults.  

Former role play because I have not played AD&D for over thirty years, I introduce myself to you.
I live in Paris and I was between 1986 and 1992 first a player the first 2 years then mainly a master the following.
Then this youth activity was dethroned by video games. But the memories of this extraordinary game remained present and of course it is with great joy that I returned to the dungeon through Baldur's Gate, IceWin Dale and others when they came out.
Today, I have distant memories but moreover excellent where I made my own dungeons (when i was young I never bought a module), of course the trap-door-monsters-treasure sequence was widely used but it was used by me. sometimes happened to be more inspired.
Life caused me to be separated from everything I had on AD&D and a decade ago out of nostalgia I bought almost all textbooks when their prices were still decent and I keep them on my shelf. with the hope of playing it again one day with my son when he is old enough and I have the time he is only a year and a half old.
I like the nagging characters, the melee but with a dose of subtlety. My favorite warrior / wizard, warrior / cleric (the pharmacy) and later the Cavalier. However, I didn't like playing them but I loved the ones who played thieves and pure wizards.

Ladenree's English is arguably better than my English.  

Welcome aboard.  Its great seeing people finding their way back to adventure after so many years away.

-SKA

Welcome Ladenree!