Pyronox said:
*Sigh*
All this looks so awesome. I just wish I would've had a chance to play D&D somewhere before I turned 18.
Why not try it now? My group (before scattering to the winds) had no one in it younger than 25.
Then again, I've never really gotten to play. I've got tubs of books, though. I've got a pretty decent collection of AD&D books. I want so badly to play. Unfortunately, my DM moved to the west coast. Also, between college and jobs, we never really did much. Which sucked.
And, for all the people talking about homebrew, cool. I've been slowly working on a homebrew campaign, but basically set in the Forgotten Realms setting. The beauty is a pre-established set of rules and gods and mythos that you can then add to. Unless you're talking about creating an entirely new setting (I read the process for it on www.giantitp.com), in which case, wow. Props to you.
I accidentally purchased a 3.0 book, and I have a question: how did you ever get anything done? You could have an entire skirmish in a few minutes in AD&D, but with all the rules, how did you progress the story and campaign? Battles had to take up a hell of a lot of time.
I was taught by old school gamers, and I like THAC0. So, I may not have played back in the day, but I feel a bit more old school. Not first edition, but I do have a second run Deities and Demigods. Awesome.