Fellow D&D players unite!

[Bodhitree]

I was wondering if there are any groups of D&D players on the MacRumors forum? Are there enough people interested to form a group? I saw in the thread “What did people used to do before the internet?” that there were a few people who talked about Dungeons and Dragons.

Since the game is going through a bit of a revival due to all the content on YouTube like Critical Role, and the various celebrity groups who are posting their games online, I thought it might be interesting to play again.

I appreciate a lot of older folks may not have played for a long time, so I’d point out that the most recent version of the player rules, the 5th edition Players Handbook, is available for free on www.dndbeyond.com

 

[Algr]

I used to play D&D on Discord.

 

[Lee_Bo]

I played with a local group for a couple of years using Discord, Roll20 and DNDBeyond. It seemed to work out really great. Then I had knee replacement surgery and once it healed I found I couldn’t sit still and was always gone when we played (Saturday nights). I’d love to rejoin a group.

Somewhere I have the original players handbook and monster manual.

Yep, I’m old.

 

[Boil]

I played with a local group for a couple of years using Discord, Roll20 and DNDBeyond. It seemed to work out really great. Then I had knee replacement surgery and once it healed I found I couldn’t sit still and was always gone when we played (Saturday nights). I’d love to rejoin a group.

Somewhere I have the original players handbook and monster manual.

Yep, I’m old.

I played Adventurer's League for a minute; that used the Discord/Roll20/D&DBeyond combo...
Discord for voice chat, Roll20 for the DM to show maps and the such, and D&DBeyond for character sheets & dice rolls...

Don't have any of my old books (nor any of my new ones), but I fondly remember opening that original pack of three small booklets way back in the day...!

Signed, another Old Timer... ;^p

With D&D One on the horizon, and D&DBeyond growing into a one-stop resource, I might have to look into resurrecting some old characters...

 

[icanhazmac]

Played way back in the day but have never found local groups that fit my schedule.

Chaotic Neutral FTW!

 

[eyoungren]

D&D basic red set from 1983 to 1986. Mechwarrior from 1986 to 1992, AD&D from 1992 to 1994. Rolemaster from 1994 to 2000.

I moved a state over in 2000 and haven't had a regular group in 23 years.

All my experience is AD&D 2nd Edition. I've had maybe one experience with 5th Edition, but the DM and his friends were basically man-chillds so it didn't really amount to much.

Rolemaster is my preferred game, but I'm always willing to play almost anything.

And for the record - I have all my books. AD&D 2nd Edition and the reprints and all the books from that time period. Rolemaster 2nd Edition, all the books (except one, which I intentionally did not get). And EVERY 1st Edition manual/book FASA produced for MechWarrior/Battletech from 1986 up into the early 90s when they switched to MW2.0. Also, most of the ShadowRun 1st Edition books as well.

I also have all the RM 2nd Edition books in PDF and the 2nd Edition AD&D Players Handbook and Dungeon Master Guide in PDF.

 

[Huntn]

I sat down to play a D&D starter version with the grandkids, opened the box, got out the directions, flipped though the volume of rules, and told them maybe we can play in a day or two. We never did play…

 

[eyoungren]

I sat down to play a D&D starter version with the grandkids, opened the box, got out the directions, flipped though the volume of rules, and told them maybe we can play in a day or two. We never did play…

That's generally how AD&D players feel about Chartmaster, Rulesmaster Rolemaster.

 

[Bodhitree]

I also haven’t played in years. I got introduced to the original red box rules when I was 13 and living in the USA, and in high school played everything from AD&D to Car Wars to Rolemaster. I also was DM for the group for a while, but in university other concerns took over.

 

[eyoungren]

I also haven’t played in years. I got introduced to the original red box rules when I was 13 and living in the USA, and in high school played everything from AD&D to Car Wars to Rolemaster. I also was DM for the group for a while, but in university other concerns took over.

I have always managed to prioritize it, sometimes to the detriment of other things. But after moving to AZ, finding a group that was similar to the one I'd been in wasn't happening. And quite frankly, Phoenix is an AD&D sort of town anyway - if you can find anyone that plays it seriously.

 

[Algr]

The pandemic has permanently put lots of games online. Our DM moved out of state, so my old group will likely never meet in person again.

 

[eyoungren]

The pandemic has permanently put lots of games online. Our DM moved out of state, so my old group will likely never meet in person again.

For about two years I think, I was gaming with a friend over Skype. This was back before I had a webcam so it was audio only and long before the pandemic and Zoom. It's entirely possible to play via Skype/Zoom, you just have to adjust a bit. And you have to take the word of the other person as far as dice rolls are concerned.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Used to play when I was in junior high, haven’t played since.

 

[Algr]

And you have to take the word of the other person as far as dice rolls are concerned.

We used something called Roll20:

https://app.roll20.net/

It gives you character sheets, the correct dice for items on your sheet, and maps.
I think it can give you audio chat, but we used discord for that instead.