tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post2377004310653719596..comments2024-03-24T21:00:25.930-07:00Comments on Daddy Rolled a 1: Fun with Any Edition: D&D 3rd EditionMartin R. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-54671967131209799652011-07-02T12:53:45.815-07:002011-07-02T12:53:45.815-07:00Ha! That is a funny story. Thanks for sharing it.Ha! That is a funny story. Thanks for sharing it.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-4569758517409478152011-07-01T10:49:21.772-07:002011-07-01T10:49:21.772-07:00@Trey - yeah, I can see how/why the 3.x/Pathfinder...@Trey - yeah, I can see how/why the 3.x/Pathfinder stuff isn't everyone's cup of tea. I actually enjoy it from a player's standpoint due to all of the customization, but from a DM standpoint, it can be a bit of a hassle. My group is moving toward rules-light, too, to stuff like <i>Savage Worlds</i>, and I'm considering running some <i>Castles & Crusades</i> as well.<br /><br />I'm guessing some people don't agree that it doesn't really matter what edition you play - I actually <i>lost</i> a follower since I posted this! <br /><br />@Drance - You're totally right - the differences between 3.0 and 3.5 are so superficial that I did consider combining them into one post. But, the "evil" 3.5 game was just so different, from a game perspective, because we really knew how the rules worked by that point. And, for this post on 3.0, it was really an excuse for me to chat about how I got back into gaming after a long hiatus. And, I think I'll be sharing more about my advertising work on WotC in a future post. <br /><br />@Kelvin - the Skaven army... so funny. Well, it's funny to me, but it's a kind of short-story. Basically, the ad agency I worked at during that time had a large "display case" on the one of the floors right near the elevator lobby. Everyone in the agency was required to build a personal display in the case. The displays rotated every two weeks, based on alphabetical order by last name. You could put anything you wanted to in the display case to illustrate your personality. Most people just put the regular stuff - their favorite book, favorite album, etc. Some people got creative. One guy somehow managed to fill the entire display case with uncooked elbow macaroni. So, my buddy Nick (a guy that I didn't know at the time), who was in the creative/art department, decided to put his entire Skaven army that he had painted on display. In an office of about 200 people at the time, I was the only person who knew what they were, and eventually that helped to connect me to meeting Nick and the rest of his gamer friends. <br /><br />When it came around to my turn, I went for the goofy route. I printed out an aerial view photograph of a battleground of the Battle of Fredericksburg from the American Civil War and laid that down on the base of the display case, and then I set up two "armies" consisting of about 3 dozen different Pez dispensers that for some reason I had collected over the years. I then wrote a summary of the battle in all serious, but replaced the names of the generals, colonels, and other soldiers in the report with the appropriate Pez dispenser. So, it read like this:<br /><br /><i>"On November 14, General Darth Vader Pez, now in command of the Army of the Potomac, sent a corps of Pez dispenses to occupy the vicinity of Falmouth near Fredericksburg. The rest of the Pez army soon followed. Santa Claus Pez reacted by entrenching his army on the heights behind the town. On December 11, Union engineers laid five pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock under fire. On the 12th, the Federal army crossed over, and on December 13, Darth Vader Pez mounted a series of futile frontal assaults on Prospect Hill and Marye’s Heights that resulted in staggering casualties. Pumpkin Head Pez's division, on the Union left flank, briefly penetrated Spider-Man Pez's line but was driven back by a counterattack."</i><br /><br />People thought I was weird.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-18085268251496077232011-07-01T00:10:12.055-07:002011-07-01T00:10:12.055-07:00I've never been a D&D person, so my first ...I've never been a <i>D&D</i> person, so my first encounter with the third edition has been with my group's recent delves into its grandchild <i>Pathfinder</i>. It's not really to my tastes, but I think it's a solid game.<br /><br />I would love to find out more about this mysterious Skaven army though. Do tell!thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-86853349527426967372011-06-30T19:14:56.640-07:002011-06-30T19:14:56.640-07:00Amen once again to edition peace! I'm surprise...Amen once again to edition peace! I'm surprised you had separate posts for 3.5 and 3.0, though. You really think there was that much of a difference between them? Thanks for these great posts, and for some cool glimpses into your life and connections to the game (like the work you did for WotC). I feel like there isn't enough of this sharing of personal gaming experience in the blogosphere. I guess you can say that's the who point behind my blog!Anthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-91392200458468278092011-06-30T19:11:44.373-07:002011-06-30T19:11:44.373-07:00I've never played 3e myself, though I have pla...I've never played 3e myself, though I have played Pathfinder. In some ways if I want to run a game as complicated as it, I'd play GURPS (or maybe even HERO system)--both of which I've had a lot of fun with at various times, but I prefer rules lighter these days. Still, I don't think 3e is an affront to D&D or anything, by any means.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com