30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons 264
vasqzr writes "CNN has a story about Dungeons and Dragons celebrating its 30th birthday. 'An estimated 25,000 fans in 1,200 stores celebrated the anniversary Saturday, said Charles Ryan, brand manager for role-playing games at Wizards of the Coast, a Renton, Washington, company that owns Dungeons & Dragons.'"
Although correlation != causation (Score:5, Funny)
30 years! (Score:5, Funny)
THIRTY years of Dungeons&Dragons!
It's a ...
/me rolls 1d6
...HAPPY birthday!
30 Years? (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks... (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks... (Score:4, Funny)
Just kidding, happy big 30 D&D! :)
Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
I wonder if the D20 system will last that long.
Gaah! (Score:4, Funny)
Where're the Cheetos??? (Score:5, Funny)
Can I have some Mountain Dew?
World Record? (Score:3, Funny)
That first session, so long ago... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Although correlation != causation (Score:4, Funny)
*wipes a tear from his face, grabs his bag'o'dice and notebook, and marches off into a distant realm*
Re:30 years! (Score:5, Funny)
Wow.. (Score:5, Funny)
24,999 guys with chainmail bikini posters. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where're the Cheetos??? (Score:3, Funny)
And yet... (Score:4, Funny)
I love hack n slash.
Re:That first session, so long ago... (Score:3, Funny)
Whaaa? I always played a bard.
<musical spock>
Ahhhhhh... bitter dregs.
</musical spock>
Re:Where're the Cheetos??? (Score:2, Funny)
ain't easy being a peasant (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Where're the Cheetos??? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yeah - definately ! (Score:5, Funny)
DND Humor (Score:5, Funny)
ERIC: A gazebo? What color is it?
ED: (Pause) It's white, Eric.
ERIC: How far away is it?
ED: About 50 yards.
ERIC: How big is it?
ED: (Pause) It's about 30 feet across, 15 feet high, with a pointed top.
ERIC: I use my sword to detect whether it's good.
ED: It's not good, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I call out to it.
ED: It won't answer. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Pause) I sheathe my sword and draw my bow and arrows. Does it respond in any way?
ED: No, Eric. It's a gazebo!
ERIC: I shoot it with my bow (rolls to hit). What happened?
ED: There is now a gazebo with an arrow sticking out of it.
ERIC: (Pause) Wasn't it wounded?
ED: Of course not, Eric! It's a gazebo!
ERIC: (Whimper) But that was a plus-three arrow!
ED: It's a gazebo, Eric, a gazebo! If you really want to try to destroy it, you could try to chop it with an axe, I suppose, or you could try to burn it, but I don't know why anybody would even try. It's a @#%$*& gazebo!
ERIC: (Long pause - he has no axe or fire spells) I run away.
ED: (Thoroughly frustrated) It's too late. You've awakened the gazebo, and it catches you and eats you.
ERIC: (Reaching for his dice) Maybe I'll roll up a fire-using mage so I can avenge my paladin...
I haven't played AD&D in a long time (Score:5, Funny)
Our AD&D sessions were always fun, back when we had too much time and no girlfriends.
Somewhere along the line we grew up and got a life, although we all fondly remember being half drunk and playing AD&D.
It's almost as if ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow.. (Score:3, Funny)
D&D is 30 today, only 2 years younger than the virgins who play it.
Ahother version for the Dead Alewives parody (Score:2, Funny)
Wives? (Score:4, Funny)
And only 2 women were pissed at their husbands cuz of the event....
Re:Although correlation != causation (Score:5, Funny)
Usually for pissing off the DM... Took the last powdered donut without asking? Your character's last words might be:
"What do you mean the feather fall wears off?"
"C'mon guys, it's just a pile of dragon bones... guys?"
"What's a tarrasque?"
"HOW many Kobolds?"
Re:Nice, Sort Of (Score:5, Funny)
His arm comes off, but he's OK about it.
celibate D&D geeks (Score:4, Funny)
d4, the dreaded caltrop (Score:3, Funny)
oh the pain...
I can remember getting up from the gaming table and finding that missing d4 with my bare left foot.
Those damn dice were small enough to hide in a shag rug and hurt like a bastard when stepped on, (especially the early ones, cuz the corners weren't blunted)
i still prefer Basic edition the best :-) (Score:1, Funny)
ps. Erol Otus is da man!
Obligatory Chick (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Although correlation != causation (Score:5, Funny)
Cripes, some of these women won't even touch the d20. How do they expect me to approach them then?
Re:Yeah - definately ! (Score:3, Funny)
I need to get out of my IT career. I read that and was wondering why he was talking about "Pointy Haired Boss" being read to the DM.
??!!??11
30yrs of dangerous sociopaths meeting in bars. (Score:2, Funny)
But OH NO!
And look at the damage these violent drunkards have wreaked!
Dragon molestation on the rise.
Millions of trolls put to the torch.
And more orcs, kobolds, and goblins killed (wholesale slaughter) than there are stars in the sky!
Damn you Gary Gygax!
Damn you Dave Arneson!
Scoliotesticularcancerous The Red
The Inferno
Scourge of Twelve Nations
Spokesdragon for Monsters Against Dangerous Hominid Infestations
Re:Although correlation != causation (Score:4, Funny)
Nope, you can't be good at any of that without skill points from killing kobolds and giant bats. Of course I suppose a clever enough farmer might get the experience to be a great philosopher if they manage to find and exterminate an ant colony in their field.
It all depends on what you count as "any" (Score:2, Funny)
Literally. Bait them with cake.
Re:ain't easy being a peasant (Score:3, Funny)
All together: CLOUDKILL!
DM: @#$#@$ npc's, !@#$@#$ (tears up notes)
Re:Changing Demographics? (Score:3, Funny)
Those geeks should get out and get themselves some girlfriends!
Re:Waitaminnit! (Score:2, Funny)
ErrOr (Score:3, Funny)
Does not compute. More information needed...
"I would never touch it in high school, as tabletop games were too nerdy for computer gamers to touch"
ErrOr. Does not compute.
System terminated.