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Anyone into Role-Playing Games here?

I started with Fighting Fantasy stories by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, then went onto D&D. Then explored loads more: AD&D, Judge Dredd, Bushido, Golden Heroes, Middle Earth Role-Playing, Warhammer (RPG and mass battle), Call of Cthulhu and Stormbringer to name a few.

Those were in the days before Games Workshop became such a monster, buying out rivals and sinking their games into obscurity. Yeah, really, White Dwarf used to cover *all* role-playing games and not be a stooge to promote limited ever-changing rip-off GW products. I mean you buy the rule book for £20 then have to buy WD every month just to keep up with the rules changes. Bad Game Workshop!

Glad AD&D survived. Though didn't TSR go bust?

I stopped years ago. Actually tried some Vampyre once but I just don't role-play anymore. Anyone else ever into this area of feeding your imagination?

teddyrux

I've been playing D&D since I was 13. I stared out with the 1st edition. Wizards of the Coast (the Magic people) bought TSR. I still play abouty once a month and use the players to test some of my story ideas. They also unwittingly spark some ideas.

Arch

Which 1st edition did you have? I don;t remember much about D&D except those great Elmore covers. Hang on, that was at least second wasn't it? The original firsts were old and manky. *grins*

I remember the Gary Gygax AD&D firsts. Didn;t they have the monk and bard class in, and psionics? *smiles, reminises*

Sage Orion

Talking about RPGs, I still play Legend of Zelda on the N64!!

Majoras Mask and Orcorina of Time are the BEST!!

ANyone else still play N64???

Morning Star

Never played N64..but I have been into RPGs all my life, also starting with the Final Fantasy gamebooks and then becoming hooked on the Ultima series on the PC.

Now most of my spare time goes to DMing the Star Wars tabletop rpg.

Michael

The only RPGs I've played were video, but the games I like best are RPGs. I have Final Fantasy X-2, but I haven't played for a while.

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Morning Star

Argh! Curse these typos and their wily ways. I meant FIGHTING fantasy gamebooks. The Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone ones. Lone Wolf was also good for a rainy Sunday.

I, Brian

I remember those. They were among my first experiences of RPG's as a concept - Deathtrap Dungeon, Starship Traveller, etc. My first even of that style wasn't Fighting Fantasy, though - it was something else in the same vein, but I completely forget the name - you played a character called "Pip".

Foxbat

It's been many years since I played any RPG (mainly Traveller) but I still remember my character - Chuck Centauri. He was an incompetent coward (much like myself) but we had many fine adventures together.

I wonder whatever happened to him? Perhaps it's time to take some scouring powder to my tired old brain. Chuck! Chuck! Come out wherever you are

I, Brian

Grailquest. I think the books I read first were called "Grailquest". Two books - one was green, the other was blue. And one of the books - so far as my cheating ways could tell - was impossible to finish, because there was a page jump missing from somewhere (ie, no "Go to page XX) where there should have been).

Stormydreamer

Hmm... I didn't even know what an RPG was until quite recently. Then I discovered Morrowind and Knights of the Old Republic... my eyes were opened

I didn't really enjoy either of those two games, but I liked the idea; now I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Fable, which comes out this fall (I hope). Anyone else heard about it?

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Hypes

You never enjoyed KOTOR nor Morrowind?

Blasphemy!

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Esioul

You didn't like Morrowind? Shame on you! How could you not like jumping off tall buildings into the sea and runnng away from evil rats and worms and things?

Hypes

There's so much to do there, it's amazing.

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Stormydreamer

Well... I admit I didn't give Knights of Old Republic much of a chance... but Morrowind just didn't appeal to me. Maybe I'm just used to the Legend of Zelda type game, where the characters all move around and interact. Morrowind seemed so... colorless! Almost all of the characters were just anonymous sims standing around.... it bothered me.

Maybe I'm just being picky I'll concede that Morrowind was a brilliant game, in its complexity and pure hugeness. And it was fun to run around with my sword hacking at random, mutated bugs... overall, though, I guess it just wasn't my type.

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