tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post4285557869269976227..comments2024-03-24T21:00:25.930-07:00Comments on Daddy Rolled a 1: How Did It All Start?Martin R. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-77933139245766464142013-09-18T18:15:42.538-07:002013-09-18T18:15:42.538-07:00Hey, thanks for stopping by at BigPointyTeeth.net!...Hey, thanks for stopping by at BigPointyTeeth.net! <br /><br />...Wait, you don't WIN!? Awe, man! I've been trying to beat D&D now for 20 years!! ;)Matt Conlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616567498642991754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-37664873727163508372011-02-25T18:15:49.904-08:002011-02-25T18:15:49.904-08:00Thanks for stopping by, Mal!
And you don't ...Thanks for stopping by, Mal! <br /><br />And you don't get away so easily from rolling your dice again. Remember that you agreed to play in my Play-by-Post game that I'm currently working on. Details coming soon!<br /><br /><i>And the most important thing...it's not really about the game...it's about having an excuse to regularly spend time with people I love...laughing, sharing the highs and lows of our week, telling really terrible jokes, eating, and creating great memories.</i><br /><br />This has been true for every game group I have ever been a part of. I like and enjoy the games that we play, but ultimately it comes down to liking the people I'm playing with and creating friendships that move past the game.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-43237259566783712062011-02-25T17:44:08.464-08:002011-02-25T17:44:08.464-08:00I think I was about 11 or 12 the first time I ever...I think I was about 11 or 12 the first time I ever heard about D&D. This was during my tomboy phase (I was usually the only girl on the playground playing football with the guys and I had aspirations of being a Boy Scout). My neighbor used to play with his friends and I wanted to be one of the guys, so I sat in on a session, even though I had no idea what the game was about.<br /><br />To this day, the only thing I remember was how long it took to create our characters. I also remember graph paper with these octogon-type "squares" and not understanding how the dice rolling thing worked. I was so bored that I never came back.<br /><br />My second attempt at D&D gaming came almost 20 years later when Martin suggested I learn to play as "research" for our client, WOTC. So I dove into Martin's world and finally figured out what the game was about.<br /><br />Here's what I learned my second time around: <br /><br />1) I loved creating my character and developing the back story so my character would feel like a real person.<br /><br />2) I still sucked at the actual game play - remembering the different stats, what things I could or couldn't do.<br /><br />3) I secretly enjoyed the combat aspect of the game...getting to role the dice and do major kick-butt damage (or not).<br /><br />4) And the most important thing...it's not really about the game...it's about having an excuse to regularly spend time with people I love...laughing, sharing the highs and lows of our week, telling really terrible jokes, eating, and creating great memories.<br /><br />And although I haven't picked up my dice in several years, I will forever be grateful to Martin for re-introducing me to the world of D&D and helping me earn my "geek" badge. So, thanks Martin!Malindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08357133086720812794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-58901321408052003682011-02-12T11:47:31.321-08:002011-02-12T11:47:31.321-08:00@Jeff - that experience you relate about Vito bein...@Jeff - that experience you relate about Vito being "a lousing DM that loved effing with people more than helping move the story along" is going to be the subject of an upcoming blog. I think almost every gamer has had this experience at least once in their life.<br /><br />And, yeah, isn't it funny how "geek-dom" has now become semi-accepted? It's no longer a sign of instant social-death to mention that you're a gamer or that you read comics.Martin R. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672657745232101753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312698957749576588.post-84404205355550608932011-02-11T13:46:23.378-08:002011-02-11T13:46:23.378-08:00When I was young, I was always more into TV "...When I was young, I was always more into TV "in general" than anything else, same with movies. I loved watching anything and everything back then. Things like Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. were just part of the mix of things I dug, so I never really declared myself a sci-fi or fantasy fan back then. I didn't even really get into reading that type of fiction until high school when I took a sci-fi lit class my junior year and my buddy Vito turned me on to a lot more.<br /><br />As far as gaming goes, I didn't do the RPG stuff until way later as well, and even then it was just brushing the surface. Again, my friend Vito, used to lead the games, but I was never into them that much because I thought he was a lousy DM that loved effing with people more than helping move the story along.<br /><br />I swear now I'm more of a "geek" or whatever on this stuff more than I ever was back then. Of course, now it's much more accepted than it ever was back in the day.Jeff Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568272490198870384noreply@blogger.com