Any Paper and Pencil Warriors around here?

[DaGamingMonkey]

My love for video games always fit right in with my love of D&D. My group of friends in school were either killing each other in video games, Table Top War games, or backstabbing each other in D&D. I was invited to play in a group a while back and it really got my nostalgic juices going. I had to go dig out my 3.5 books and start DMing again.

So anyone else Play D&D or any other Table top RPG? If so what version.
I've been looking into 4E and just picked up the starter set to mess around with. Wanted to hear some opinions on it.

[jfe2]

I've always been interested, but I could never find anyone to play with when I was younger.

[AmishSamurai]

I play 4e as well. I'll say that it's good to get new people in, and you need to work as a group to play through properly. It's not like 3.5 where at later levels the Wizard could reduce the rest of his party to his personal audience. They also streamlined skills, and actually included methods to grant experience outside of battles (to those who bitch about it being hack and slash or WoW edition).

We should try and make a racketboy D&D oneshot.

[nikon_62]

2 years into playings 2.0 AD&D and starting a 3.5 campaign this summer. Got to have the right people though.

[PharmaceuticalCowboy]

I have played some D'nD in my day, but my favorite tabletop RPG is Vampire: The Masquerade. Just something about vampires and me being into Anne Rice at the time... regardless there were a couple of good video games that resulted from the series (Vampire: Bloodlines, and even Hunter: The Reckoning for Xbox).

[DaGamingMonkey]

I have played some D'nD in my day, but my favorite tabletop RPG is Vampire: The Masquerade. Just something about vampires and me being into Anne Rice at the time... regardless there were a couple of good video games that resulted from the series (Vampire: Bloodlines, and even Hunter: The Reckoning for Xbox).

I played Werewolf a bit but never moved onto Vampire.

We should try and make a racketboy D&D oneshot.

No clue what that is

[AmishSamurai]

No clue what that is

Get people on Racketboy, run a game of D&D over IRC, Skype, or something.

[MrHealthy]

I've tried being a dungeon master a few times. Im not that great at it, but I am the best in my pathetic group of friends.

[DaGamingMonkey]

I've tried being a dungeon master a few times. Im not that great at it, but I am the best in my pathetic group of friends.

Best advice, keep at it. Look to the internet for ideas and tips.

Get people on Racketboy, run a game of D&D over IRC, Skype, or something.

ahhhh
I'd be down.
4E has released some really nice programs for that I've seen. But I think everyone would have to pay to use their programs.
I've tried that in chat/IM and it was too difficult for me since I need some sort of visual for battle tactics as a player.

[Flake]

I've run every White Wolf game in existence (except Vampire because F&*k Vampire) and even dabbled in GURPS a wee bit. Cannot at all abide by D&D. Too many rules, too bland a world, and too many editions.

Right now I'm organizing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer campaign which is a surprisingly robust and serviceable game mechanic, to say nothing of the setting and characters. Late 90's Joss Whedon cannot be beat.