Dungeons and Dragons?

by **CodeRed68** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:49 pm

Originally posted by cavalierlwt
ever see The Summoer Geeks? hilarious!
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/6024/
This has to be the most accurate portrayal of D&D ever.

HA HA HA

that is great! LOL - I sent it to one of my old friends that i played rpg's with..

by **EZC** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:26 pm

I've played the arcade games. thats about it

by **CodeRed68** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:54 pm

Originally posted by =ender=
CodeRed, was that hero one Champions or Marvel SH (other)? Champions had an awesome system, though I only played it a handful of times.

hey.. i am not sure which one it was.. We were big Marvel fans so if that one was out in the early to mid 80's, that was probaby the one we played.

yea, we would have some good times staying up all night playing d & d, then moatly traveller.http://www.travellerrpg.com/images/Products/t20lite_600.jpg
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1408

We would smoke cigars and make instant iced tea's, play music till the sun came up.

by **=ender=** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:04 pm

Here's an 8-bit reenactment of that Summoner Geeks flick (from Newgrounds):CLICK HERE

by **SkiloDog2000** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:36 pm

"Its their gym teachers fault for making them feel like an outcast when they couldnt do one single pullup."

by **cavalierlwt** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:36 pm

Summoner geeks started out as just an audio skit by a group called the Dead Alewives. Then someone added the figures from two video games called Summoner and Red Faction. BTW, someone mentioned it got banned at their school? I had one friend whose parents banned him from playing it after they saw the handbook "Deities and Demigods". Kinda funny, they also got pissed when he had to read 'Lord of Flies' for High School English class.

by **mjrhzrd** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:52 pm

Played D& D from 79-85. In late high school and in college. Played as a player and DM. Played in some nasty 18-hour long matches. Could smell the candles for days. Still have some character sheets and books squirreled away. Saw the Basic D&D game in Toys R' US and thought I could get my kids into it, but it is listed as 12 and up. Drat.
Used to paint and sell the miniatures to pay for college texts.

Used to play Battletech and CityTech too with the miniatures like Ender. We had ours all painted up. I remember painting a pink Marrauder called the "Pink Cadillac" for my friends girlfriend. We photo copied the maps actually created a 12" by 12" map in the dorm sutie with cities and open country and would drop in the mechs by dropship into the area. They were games that would last for about 8-10 hours. Those were the days before PC gaming. When you had to use your imagination.

Might play D&D again when my kids get a little older-- Roll for Initiative!!!

by **Chin_Sack** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:28 pm

Ya, I ment to say AD&D, not D&D. Plus its always a toss up to play AD&D, or Magic: the Gathering. A nther game thought to be satanic lol

by **LordShard** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:42 pm

I had the best deck ever for Magic. Nothing but white cards.

A few banned cards but even after I take them out I still pwnt everyone. Such as COP and ROP. But 1/2 my creatures regened my HP the other half had resistxnces to red, white, and green.

I was also heavy anti-enchant. I had 8 in my deck, circumvented the rule because there were 2 differnt kinds of anti-enchant cards with differnt names. My friend had solme beastly artifact creatures that I would just BOOM HEADSHOT.

Against a good black deck it was who ran out of cards first. Because one of my friends got ahold of a invulnerable to white card, so it was always. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it. STOP BLOCKING!

by **=ender=** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:12 pm

Couple of things to mention (sorry for the length):

I knew some guys that played Traveller a LONG time ago back when they were a collection of mini-books (almost pamphlets). Always looked cool to me, but never played it.

Speaking of mini-books, I knew another guy whose dad gave him the original set of D&D books (before any of the boxed sets and hardcover books) that David Arneson and Gary Gygax created just after making the Chainmail tabletop rules. Really cool piece of gaming history.

It was 1983 when D&D was banned from my school. The admin were influenced by a very religious group of parents who were on the Parent Teacher board and we were no longer allowed to play during school or even after school on school grounds. There was even a meeting with parents and students about the evils of playing D&D in an attempt to persuade parents from letting their kids play it at home. It was a strange time.

There's a comic artist named Jack Chick who makes these little pamphlets (mostly for kids) that some people call "Christian Propaganda." One of the funniest ones ever (unintentionally so) is this one right here about the dangers of playing a fictional game called "Dark Dungeons": CLICK HERE If you ever played D&D you HAVE to check it out.

Along the same lines, you HAVE to read the following article about just how evil D&D is: HERE

There was an early 80's TV movie starring Tom Hanks called "Mazes and Monsters" (based on a book of the same name) that was basically about how dangerous playing D&D could be. Laughable at best. IMDB Info here

Most of the "evilness" that was attributed to D&D can be traced back to a woman named Patricia Pulling whose son committed suicide. She blamed his suicide on none other than D&D.

Remember, I was a diehard D&D player and in no way do I feel that D&D is evil. I put all this info here so that you might get a laugh as I did about how narrow minded some people can be about something they know nothing about.

by **=ender=** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:39 pm

Something else I forgot to mention. The original first edition AD&D book "Deities and Demigods" had troubles associated with it and is considered one of those much sought after tomes for hardcore D&D fans.

First, two mythos that were represented in the book (one based on the Cthuhlu mythos and another based off of the series "Elric") conflicted with copyrights owned by a company called Chaosium (in turn, licensed by Arkham House), so the printing was halted at some point and then continued again with a "Special Thanks" section added in the beginning.

When it came time to do a second printing, they took both mythos out of the book and changed the name of it to "Legends & Lore" to avoid any trouble with religious groups.

Funny afterthought to all that. For the Third Edition of the game, Wizards of the Coast published a new version of that book and went back to the original title of "Deities & Demigods."

This has been yet another useless fact from your fellow D&D geek.

by **=ender=** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:59 am

Triple postage!

Look for a song called D&D by comedian Stephen Lynch (at least that's who I think wrote it). Here are the lyrics (couldn't find a legal link to the song... sorry folks):

I got my twelve-sided die and I’m ready to roll
With a Wizard and my Goblin crew
My friends are comin' over to my mom’s basement
bringin' Funyuns and Mountain Dew
I got a big broad sword made outta cardboard
And the stereo’s a pumpin' Zeppelin
It's that time of the night we turn on the black light
Let the Dungeons and a Dragons Begin!

It’s D & D
Fightin' with the Legends of Yore

It’s D & D
Never kissed a lady before

Nope.

Now the Lord of the Rings a Dark Crystal and things
We use these as a reference tool
And when we put on our cloaks and tell warlock jokes
We're the coolest kids at the school

No we’re not
I know...

Now Tak's a real bastard
But a fair dungeon master
He’s got hit points and charisma to lend

And I rehearse in my room or what I call the dragon’s tomb
When I’m not I’m with my girlfriend

Wow wow wow
You’ve got a girlfriend?

Yea...
Yea...
No.

It’s D & D
Warriors who terrify

It’s D & D

Virgins till the day we die...

by **A.M. Foxtrot** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:03 am

You guys are all just a bunch of dorks...

Yeah, I played

by **PudriK** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:48 am

Originally posted by =ender=
The movie was... ugh. Don't even get me started. As a huge fan of films in general and as a dried up old D&D player, that movie just plain pisses me off that it was even made. Game was fun, movie was... torture.

Kind of like the Wing Commander movie, huh?

Has any good movie ever been made based on a video game?

I guess we'll see if Doom is any good. Sure sounds like the nerfed it though.

A friend bought some D&D books when I was a kid, but we didn't know anyone who could teach us how to play properly. Did play the D&D computer games a bit, though. Never cared much for RPGs, then or now.

by **Padre** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:42 pm

Originally posted by PudriK
Has any good movie ever been made based on a video game?

I guess we'll see if Doom is any good. Sure sounds like the nerfed it though.

Yeah a movie about DOOM without mentioning demons and Hell... That'll be great.

Anyhow D&D and I are rather intertwined, but seriously I didn't have any real friends to play the game with til college. I played some IWD via PC with some friends after college, then I got involved with some friends playing good old paper-and-pencil D&D a few years ago and it was cool.

Now I'm stuck with just NWN for "real" D&D and Guild Wars for a general fantasy RPG.

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