Skip to content

Old School D&D

EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
edited January 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
The 'Nostalgia Effect' was often referenced in the poll tabulating the most popular rule set and it did bring back some fond memories I must admit.

Bearing this in mind, I would like to also share an extremely funny series of articles that will certainly hit home on those of us who were fortunate (and old :-0 ) enough to have rolled our first characters and played our first campaigns during the genesis of D&D and expose the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all.

I encourage you to LOL to all the articles by Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner (found in the right pane) but these shroud get you started:

The Original Dungeons & Dragons
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/steve-old-gygax.php?page=1

Dungeons & Dragons: 1st Edition Monster Manual
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-monster-manual.php

Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Wondrous Inventions
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-wondrous-items.php
Post edited by Edwin on

Comments

  • ChowChow Member Posts: 1,192
    These are certainly amusing. Thanks for sharing.
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    @Chow Glad you enjoyed them. I certainly thought they were worth a read.
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    Every thread in that wtf d&d column is hillarious! =)
  • ZanathKariashiZanathKariashi Member Posts: 2,869
    "Zack: He's gone now, Steve, but his spirit lives on in the exciting new 4th Edition of- I can't even type that shit out. Does anyone actually play that garbage?"

    Priceless.

    And the medusa page was pretty funny.
  • smeagolheartsmeagolheart Member Posts: 7,964
    like
  • leeho730leeho730 Member Posts: 285
    Lol'ed at Medusa doesn't look like she gives a fark
  • The_New_RomanceThe_New_Romance Member Posts: 839
    The owlbear accepts only the sweet apology of vengeance.
    These are so damn funny. I actually had a laughing fit about Foxwoman.
  • smeagolheartsmeagolheart Member Posts: 7,964
    pretty funny how an official rulebook brings a "pinball" machine to D&D
  • saffon69saffon69 Member Posts: 58
    they good :D
  • EdwinEdwin Member Posts: 480
    @smeagolheart

    I think some of the intention of 'Wondrous Inventions' was to strike home the notion that even with a framework of rules, the possibilities were as limitless (and cheesy) as one's own imagination.

    This sort of runs parallel to some of the debate in the rule sets poll, where people tend to get hung up on minutia instead of plowing forward with their own imagination while still respecting the spirit, if not the letter, of the rules.
  • TJ_HookerTJ_Hooker Member Posts: 2,438
    Edwin said:

    @smeagolheart

    I think some of the intention of 'Wondrous Inventions' was to strike home the notion that even with a framework of rules, the possibilities were as limitless (and cheesy) as one's own imagination.

    Yeah but the train one was just lazy.
Sign In or Register to comment.

2025 Overhaul Games, a division of Beamdog. © 2025 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Baldur's Gate, Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, Forgotten Realms, Baldur's Gate, Wizards of the Coast and their logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries, and are used with permission. Hasbro and its logo are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. and are used with permission. © 1998 BioWare Corp. All Rights Reserved. BioWare, the BioWare Infinity Engine and the BioWare logo are trademarks of Bioware Corp. Black Isle Studios and the Black Isle Studios logo are trademarks of Interplay Entertainment Corp. Atari and the Atari logo are trademarks owned by Atari Interactive, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.