TheElderEye wrote:My current game of choice is Castles and Crusades.
Marinagh wrote:Played lots of D&D, and was addicted to the point of rolling dice in the high street on the way home from school to resolve unfinished game threads from lunchtime game sessions.
MShipley88 wrote: Could you translate your Gaelic catchphrase for us?Mark
killjoy32 wrote:welcome Obiter! may your credit card resource be expansive, cos around here, youre gonna need it Al
mbassoc2003 wrote:killjoy32 wrote:welcome Obiter! may your credit card resource be expansive, cos around here, youre gonna need it Al
obiter wrote:Hi,I've been gaming since 1979-80. (all AD&D) Started with a bunch of mates at the start of grammar school and kept going solidly until university. All the books came from Esdevium Games (still remember the smell of the new books). First actual module played was Citadel of Fire. When not DMing I seemed to spend half the time designing and half the time being taken aside by one player or another to explain his latest secret scheme. Four hour 'phone calls about clones. I had a degree in containing egos. I left Ireland to go to university in England. I returned to play during vacations - Jorune, Palladium & MERP. Although, we always kept going back to AD&D 1st Edition. Back in Ireland after Uni and gaming again brought me a whole new circle of great friends. I ran another campaign for 6 years : hybrid RM/AD&D with bits & bobs of other stuff all set in a variant of Greyhawk. My only god-daughter is the daughter of a player who's now living in Springfield OH. That was a great trip.When I got married my best man was one of the group from school who'd been my friend for 20 years (large brightly coloured London public transport vehicle for those who know). When another of our group got married in February 06 we all met in a castle in Ireland for a good old fashioned dungeon bash.I've been astounded by the detail and research in this site & have been really pleased to read the comments of many of the sellers I've had the pleasure of dealing with on eBay (bclarkie & killjoy32 to name just a couple).I am firmly of the view that gaming can engender deep & lasting friendships more than other pursuit such as sport, academia or work. The very nature of the hobby lends itself to the exposure of the particpants' personality. Therefore you may well get to know your players & DMs better than team mates & work mates.In the last couple of years I've been buying stuff to replace gaming items I used to own , 1st & 2nd RM & 1st & 2nd MERP and lately D&D. I suppose that's why I ended up here. On ebay I use "djb_astro" as a nick.This is probably another OTT post from obiter but sometimes it is easy to trivialise the huge impact which this great hobby has had and will continue to have. A huge hats off to the founding fathers of our hobby. They are deeply appreciated.
obiter wrote:When not DMing I seemed to spend half the time designing and half the time being taken aside by one player or another to explain his latest secret scheme... I had a degree in containing egos.
Valourius wrote:Hello all!! I'm 36 and have played AD&D from the very early 80's to the early 90's. Haven't played much since then (wife, kid, work, etc...). I was amazed to see the some of my items are worth so much. I have about 300 items, all of which I am the original owner. My 'gems' are;S4 in shrink, bought it at Gen Con 25T1-4 in shrinkDieties and Demigods with Cthulhu, NM condition.H-2, H-3 and H-4 all in NM condition.I am located just outside Toronto. Anyone in the area (or anywhere for that matter) drop me an e-mail [email protected]