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Re: The Hello Thread! - Bud - 09-09-2017
Hello all you Thonians and Peshwah!
I'm new to the Comeback Inn, and a gamer since 1982. I've enjoyed D&D, AD&D 1st and 2nd +, RuneQuest, Tunnels and Trolls, Man Myth and Magic, GURPS, and Advanced Fighting Fantasy, and plenty more.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
Cheers,
Bud
Re: The Hello Thread! - Havard - 09-10-2017
Bud Wrote:Hello all you Thonians and Peshwah!
I'm new to the Comeback Inn, and a gamer since 1982. I've enjoyed D&D, AD&D 1st and 2nd +, RuneQuest, Tunnels and Trolls, Man Myth and Magic, GURPS, and Advanced Fighting Fantasy, and plenty more.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
Cheers,
Bud
Hello Bud!
Welcome to The Comeback Inn!
I have now bumped you up so that you no longer need approval for posting. Looking forward to more gaming talk!
-Havard
Re: The Hello Thread! - aquabob79 - 09-10-2017
Friends,
I have been playing since 1989, when we waited at the Waldenbooks two towns over for the 2nd Edition Player's Handbook to arrive. We didn't have a Monstrous Compendium or a Dungeon Master's Guide, so - with no monsters to fight - we just fought one another's characters. It took some time for our group to realize this is not the typical way to play.
Since then, I've been playing regularly and in a much moor [sic] cooperative manner. I discovered Blackmoor in the 1990s when I was in college in Tennessee (after all, Al Gore was a senator from that state when he invented the internet). When it arrived from eBay, "Temple of the Frog," blew my mind and changed the way I approached what was possible in "fantasy" roleplaying. I really appreciated the "you got sci-fi in my fantasy"/"you got fantasy in my sci-fi" approach that module opened up for our table.
I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Arneson in 2004. I thanked him for everything. He was incredibly gracious and even posed for a picture with me.
I am excited to have found this community and look forward to virtually interacting with this community.
Cheers and Hello,
Bob
Re: The Hello Thread! - Yaztromo - 09-11-2017
Bud Wrote:Hello all you Thonians and Peshwah!Unbelievable! I'm not the only one playing with Advanced Fighting Fantasy!
I'm new to the Comeback Inn, and a gamer since 1982. I've enjoyed D&D, AD&D 1st and 2nd +, RuneQuest, Tunnels and Trolls, Man Myth and Magic, GURPS, and Advanced Fighting Fantasy, and plenty more.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
Cheers,
Bud
hock: 8) 
Re: The Hello Thread! - RobJN - 09-14-2017
aquabob79 Wrote:Friends,Welcome to the Comeback Inn, Bob!
I have been playing since 1989, when we waited at the Waldenbooks two towns over for the 2nd Edition Player's Handbook to arrive. We didn't have a Monstrous Compendium or a Dungeon Master's Guide, so - with no monsters to fight - we just fought one another's characters. It took some time for our group to realize this is not the typical way to play.
Since then, I've been playing regularly and in a much moor [sic] cooperative manner. I discovered Blackmoor in the 1990s when I was in college in Tennessee (after all, Al Gore was a senator from that state when he invented the internet). When it arrived from eBay, "Temple of the Frog," blew my mind and changed the way I approached what was possible in "fantasy" roleplaying. I really appreciated the "you got sci-fi in my fantasy"/"you got fantasy in my sci-fi" approach that module opened up for our table.
I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Arneson in 2004. I thanked him for everything. He was incredibly gracious and even posed for a picture with me.
I am excited to have found this community and look forward to virtually interacting with this community.
Cheers and Hello,
Bob
Hope you'll share some tales of your groups' exploits in Blackmoor with us. Did you stick to Blackmoor-as-written, or did your group add their own touches to it?
While I've read DA2 several times, I've never actually run it. Likewise, DA1 -- I bought it mostly for the background material (and, man, is there a lot packed into that module!). I'm currently using a... version of the Inn in my play-by-post here on the forums, down there in the Emerald Room, where the science and fantasy are very much mashed together. (Okay, so it might be a bit more science-y at the moment...)
Re: The Hello Thread! - RobJN - 09-14-2017
Bud Wrote:Hello all you Thonians and Peshwah!... but have you ported Blackmoor into each of those games?
I'm new to the Comeback Inn, and a gamer since 1982. I've enjoyed D&D, AD&D 1st and 2nd +, RuneQuest, Tunnels and Trolls, Man Myth and Magic, GURPS, and Advanced Fighting Fantasy, and plenty more.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
Cheers,
Bud
Re: The Hello Thread! - Rafael - 09-19-2017
Yeah, please elaborate your connection to Blackmoor, if you like!
Re: The Hello Thread! - salem saberhagen - 10-01-2017
Hi! I'm Salem Saberhagen aka Tim (host of the HeroPress blog) and a long time fan of Dave's Blackmoor setting. One of my earliest purchases back in the day was The First Fantasy Campaign book from Judges Guild and I pored over it incessantly (as well as The Arduin booklets - I find great inspiration in what the 'old masters' did with their campaigns when 'everything was new')
Since returning to the gaming fold, setting up a gaming group almost a decade ago, while we only get to play once a month, the majority of our games are generally what you would term 'old school' (our current campaign, which I am a player in, is second edition Top Secret), but my heart truly belongs to Dungeons & Dragons. My ever-elusive dream is to run an open-ended campaign in the style of Blackmoor, Greyhawk, Arduin etc
Re: The Hello Thread! - Havard - 10-01-2017
salem saberhagen Wrote:Hi! I'm Salem Saberhagen aka Tim (host of the HeroPress blog) and a long time fan of Dave's Blackmoor setting. One of my earliest purchases back in the day was The First Fantasy Campaign book from Judges Guild and I pored over it incessantly (as well as The Arduin booklets - I find great inspiration in what the 'old masters' did with their campaigns when 'everything was new')
Since returning to the gaming fold, setting up a gaming group almost a decade ago, while we only get to play once a month, the majority of our games are generally what you would term 'old school' (our current campaign, which I am a player in, is second edition Top Secret), but my heart truly belongs to Dungeons & Dragons. My ever-elusive dream is to run an open-ended campaign in the style of Blackmoor, Greyhawk, Arduin etc
Hello Tim/Salem!
Welcome to the Comeback Inn!
I have bumped you up to regular poster status, so you no longer need to have your posts approved.
If you want access to the free downloads and stuff, you need to request it over here
-Havard
Re: The Hello Thread! - ctimmins - 10-07-2017
Hi all, I am interested in viewing the site and reviewing the resources available. I'm an admin/librarian over at RPGGeek.com and I'm always looking for potential new documents to add to the wiki over there.
Thanks!