The D&D table top, help.

Ok well... I've played the D&D table top twice with a friend, who, unfortunately, moved away numerous years ago. I enjoyed playing the table top with him, as we both set out on an adventure with our dynamic duo of cleric(me) and rogue(him). It was fun because his dad was an old D&D player, and he was an amazing game runner (which I later found out was called a Dungeon Master, lol ^_^). I have a hardbound copy of the v3.5 Dungeon Master Guide, and I picked up a D&D: Adventure Game starter set somewhere, but it uses a premade dungeon paper map and uses these kinda cardboard feeling tokens for characters, npcs, and objects. It came with prefab characters and a token for each.


Anyways, I saw this picture in the picture thread: Here! and I remembered playing the table top with my friend using nothing but paper and pencil (his dad called it playing "real" D&D) I thought this was also very cool, because they included someone over the net to play, which is pretty cool. So, I was wondering, next time someone plays table top, would I be able to join in over the net? I barely remember anything of playing table top except that it was fun, but it would probably be quite a bit easier to relearn now that I'm older. I miss the fun. :biggergri (I do realize Spike posted that January 2006, but I've only been here a couple weeks.)

 

I wonder how many people here actually get in to table-top (or PnP as it is sometimes called...). We don't play that often, but I'll see if I can't get you involved somehow. Usually, we play with a pretty tight circle. I'd love to get into a game with some Co8 people.

 

That's awesome. Nobody around my area plays D&D, except for this one other kid I know and he's....well....very...umm...odd... He creeps me out.. =\ But yea, I brushed off that copy of the DMG and read it again, interesting how things you missed last time you read something pop out at you the next time. I think I can remember most of the basics in the v3.5 DMG now. I'm asking for the player's handbook and the monster manual for christmas, then I can know everything. =) Just kidding, mostly to help me not look like a complete nub.

 

AAh, yes, nothing like table top rpg...more if you use figures instead of tokens...

 

We used pens... and papers.... It was inaccurate when you draw it,
nevertheless it was fun. Besides, how the hell do you expect me to get
a figurine of every single creature available in D&D?

 

Ha Ha

...imagine a horde of Orcs and goblins...say 50-60 miniatures!!! But actually there IS a figurine of most all of the creatures of D&D...the center figure is a Drow from a Greyhawk adventure! (on the other side of the hooked buckler it has the Lolth simbol). When i play with friends, we use figurines only for our characters or encounters with few creatures

 

...yep, sometimes, things get epic...i remember a battle of Mordheim between 8 of us...and the final battle of a campaign (also on Faerun) similar to wath you say (but here they where good...and don't won the battle)

 

Our party battled a giant purple wurm as the final boss, he
was the "Will of Bhaal", as our DM called it. It swallowed my
character a few times, but I somehow managed to get out
(monks and their crazy jumping ). We had a big battle,
our 10th level PCs defended Kuldahar along with the help
of some mages and druids, they tried to kill giants who would
later smash smaller creatures falling down the hill they were
coming from... oh, they also were on sleights... (sic!). Now, THAT
was fun. I agree that figurines give a lot of flavour to the game,
but they're too expensive... contrary to pencils and blocks of
paper.

 

D&D miniatures are fun. I unfortunately use my as a display item right now, cause they aren't being used. I collected up what I have (I think I mighta missed 2 or 3 of em) and took a picture(crappy camera sorry). Here's what I've got =)

Oh crap I didn't think about that....PLEASE ignore the keyboard D= (Temporary use until I can actually buy a new one...)

 

http://www.co8.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2338&highlight=minis

More from an earlier thread.

 

I game with some friends in Houston, TX (usually about 4 or 5 times a year) and we use pencil, paper, And miniatures. We also use a vinyl grid with wet-erase markers, but only when we can't build the scene. He has lots of tiles to build dungeons with. Really gets you into the story when you can see your player in relation to bad-guys and other stuff.

I'd be interested in a game with Co8 members as well.

Books I have: DMG (Dungeon Master's Guide), PHB (Player's Handbook), Monster Manual, Complete Warrior, Complete Adventurer, and Complete Divine.

All 3.5 ed. So if y'all ever have a rules question, I either know it or can find the answer.

 

Talking about all those miniatures has got me thinking
about buying some minis for our RPG sessions. Now,
we've been looking for some cool minis for our characters,
but the stock is quite... limited here in Poland. So we thought
of buying minis from different battle games i.e. Warhammer,
LotR and D&D minis. The question is, are those minis more
or less the same size? Could someone help me on this matter?
I'm particularly interested in Warhammer Fantasy Battle, D&D
Chainmail (the cheepest ones on the market, not looking bad
either) and Lord of the Rings.

 

All of them that I've seen in the gaming stores have been the same size, Maggit.