05-20-2019, 06:11 AM
Hi,
I'm a lapsed player who started with the Mentzer Red Box in '85-'86, moved on to Mentzer Expert (accidentally mixing these with Moldvay/Cook editions) and then AD&D 1st Edition. After that I stopped all D&D because "it was unrealistic" and went through RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer, MERP, Vampire, Shadowrun and the like before ending back with D&D 3.0 (and 3.5). Skipped D&D 4 and 5 completely and now I'm heading back to where it all started with Chainmail, OD&D, Outdoor Survival and the Dragon Magazine Archive CD.
I'm especially fond of the old school revival movement and have bought a ton of stuff from DriveThruRPG (all of the MicroLites, Basic Fantasy, BX Essentials, Labyrinth Lord, Delving Deeper, Blueholme, Dark Dungeons). I don't play any of them, I just enjoy reading it all.
Unfortunately, I didn't realise what a big part Dave had in the origins of D&D until after he died. I'm still learning about it now (it's very revealing how little of the Dragon Magazine Archive mentions him).
I'm a lapsed player who started with the Mentzer Red Box in '85-'86, moved on to Mentzer Expert (accidentally mixing these with Moldvay/Cook editions) and then AD&D 1st Edition. After that I stopped all D&D because "it was unrealistic" and went through RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer, MERP, Vampire, Shadowrun and the like before ending back with D&D 3.0 (and 3.5). Skipped D&D 4 and 5 completely and now I'm heading back to where it all started with Chainmail, OD&D, Outdoor Survival and the Dragon Magazine Archive CD.
I'm especially fond of the old school revival movement and have bought a ton of stuff from DriveThruRPG (all of the MicroLites, Basic Fantasy, BX Essentials, Labyrinth Lord, Delving Deeper, Blueholme, Dark Dungeons). I don't play any of them, I just enjoy reading it all.
Unfortunately, I didn't realise what a big part Dave had in the origins of D&D until after he died. I'm still learning about it now (it's very revealing how little of the Dragon Magazine Archive mentions him).