Dungeon’s & Dragons, originally uploaded by ReidCarlberg.
I started playing in the fifth grade, when I moved to Idaho Falls. Got out of it for a while after I moved to Rochester, started again at Kenyon. My first non-trivial computer program? AD&D Character generator. On a printer terminal connected to a DEC PDP 1170 at Eagle Rock. AD&D touched my life in many ways. Thank you, Gary Gygax.
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Right on, man. I remember you had the Fiend Folio too, I was always jealous…
Yeah — still have that too. And it’s in better condition than these two. I remember, relatively vividly, hanging out at your house with Whit and the Hyde brothers. (Whatever happened to them?)
On a side note: what I can’t figure out is how a McDonald’s “No Smoking” sign got attached to the back of the Player’s Handbook.
I used to play marathon (18 hours) sessions with the ADs my freshman year of college. (sighs) I miss those days.
The AD’s? The frat? It never ceases to amaze me how many things I didn’t know about KC.
FYI: Slate posted an obituary today that you might want to check out if you haven’t already seen it.
(Also, the fact that you’ve commented elsewhere on using moving as an opportunity for ridding yourself of superfluous belongings — “…I’ve always found that getting rid of stuff is one of the great things about moving. I haul around a lot of stuff, sure, but every move is also a purge. That stuff - it isn’t you…” — really underscores the significance of your D&D manuals!)
Yep — these have survived 12 separate moves.
For the record, I love it when people throw my own words back at me. For the record #2, I’ll bet the Pope n whose blog that was written still has his as well.
Thanks for the pointer to Slate!
Ah yes, Lemming. I specifically remember a few truly marvelous games. Fred was a fantastic DM, willing to give people *just* enough rope…
As to how a McDonald’s “No Smoking” sign got on the back of one… maybe the Burger King signs were to tough to get down?
LOL that is probably it.
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