tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post3540884434689533036..comments2023-09-18T15:13:07.133-04:00Comments on Cyclopeatron: Defining the Six Generations of D&D PlayersBob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-14414801497485015922011-10-09T12:44:48.800-04:002011-10-09T12:44:48.800-04:00I was exactly of the 4th generation. I think my ac...I was exactly of the 4th generation. I think my active range was 1991-1999. I did play some "basic" D&D during that period too.Necropraxishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12716340801054739658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-63849470195297988192011-06-22T15:09:23.954-04:002011-06-22T15:09:23.954-04:00First generation D&D player here (started in N...First generation D&D player here (started in Nov. '77), though I moved up to AD&D 1E in late '78. Did most of my playing while I was in the Navy. Now family and life in general gets in the way of me playing my fave game.Drednot57https://www.blogger.com/profile/05818310637715902498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-84167508223797181172011-06-13T19:05:27.219-04:002011-06-13T19:05:27.219-04:00Whew! I'm a youngin' with 5th gen. Started...Whew! I'm a youngin' with 5th gen. Started out on 3.5, but I inherited a blue box set and the transition begun :)Celestial7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11550393390068522994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-71511131336347359012011-06-12T09:01:18.101-04:002011-06-12T09:01:18.101-04:006th Gen here :p I've started to read the Pathf...6th Gen here :p I've started to read the Pathfinder Corebook recently, but I've been a Vampire The Masquerade storyteller this years :)Kerathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570726516109080590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-49900603013304171892011-03-07T20:46:06.590-05:002011-03-07T20:46:06.590-05:00I began gaming in the middle of the '3rd Gener...I began gaming in the middle of the '3rd Generation', and didn't manage to actually play D&D until the waning years of '5th Generation', but D&D was always there with me, in some form or another!<br />I've been playing RPGs since '85 utilizing a homebrew system cobbled together by me and a few friends, initially based off inspiration from Video Games(PC/NES primarily, and ports thereof) like Wizardry, Zelda, Faxanadu, Ultima, Final Fantasy, CastleVania 2:Simon's Quest, etc.... ,which all obviously are descended largely from D&D, and refined over the years into something else altogether.(Almost beyond recognition! :-)) At roughly the same time, I discovered T&T 5th Edition, which also wouldn't exist without the creation of D&D, through a local game store. The next year a friend invited me to play the Mentzer Basic Set, but the game fizzled out before it got started!(PC creation.) And of course, I played (A)D&D video games in the meanwhile. Somewhat later, I visited my FLGSs, regularly browsing TSR's selections(among others like Chaosium's, SJG's, FASA's, GDW, Palladium, etc...), oftentimes buying some 2E products(which was a lot more popular than some seem to think, see for example, WOTC's marketing data.) especially Ravenloft, which I loved, but utilized with other systems. During all this time, I knew plenty of AD&D 1E/2E players, especially 2E(as it was very affordable, especially for Adventures and Box Sets),(and one group that went BACK to Mentzer Basic![Considered weird, even wrong; 'Advanced' is clearly better than 'Basic'|as 'Classic' D&D was erroneously labelled by most everyone I knew at the time|, as we all know, right? ;-)]), but I never joined in. The years went by, and I FINALLY played a non-electronic D&D game in 2006, at a local Con. At last, the real deal!(Or not. Depending on your view of 3.5.) Now I happily use the B/X derived LL in addition to T&T and BRP(which itself was created in the wake of D&D). Odd how omnipresent D&D was, but I always seemed to skirt the edge of actually gaming with a full-fledged rules set!velaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689908090884198784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-44228765275703847542011-03-06T14:22:50.025-05:002011-03-06T14:22:50.025-05:003rd Generation.3rd Generation.Fred Daileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17215347354172956698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-1318840867526622892011-03-06T12:28:10.640-05:002011-03-06T12:28:10.640-05:00Early third, just past 2nd by a hair.Early third, just past 2nd by a hair.neurozombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03165651869854869354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-34054374619008142892011-03-06T04:50:32.075-05:002011-03-06T04:50:32.075-05:00I'm in the second Gen. My favorite rulebook, t...I'm in the second Gen. My favorite rulebook, tho, is 4th gen... the Allston D&D Cyclopedia & Wrath of the Immortals.<br /><br />On the other hand, most of the people I introduced to Roleplaying didn't get introduced to D&D... they got d6 Star Wars, WFRP, FASA-Trek, Traveller, or Hero System. One got Robotech. <br /><br />Many Others in the gen 3/gen4 eras have gotten started with DSA, WFRP, WEG d6 Star Wars, Traveller...<br /><br />And a small fraction got started in gens 1-7 on T&T....aramishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308648707448646351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-68897816058689392682011-03-05T19:36:41.145-05:002011-03-05T19:36:41.145-05:00Kewl idea. I cross posted a link to this over at K...Kewl idea. I cross posted a link to this over at Kenzer&Co's forums;<br />http://www.kenzerco.com/forums/showthread.php?p=972590#post972590<br /><br />I'm 2nd Generation, btw...Greylondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896610456503648984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-73508639396312497572011-03-04T17:26:44.187-05:002011-03-04T17:26:44.187-05:00Solid 2nd generation here, started with Moldvay B/...Solid 2nd generation here, started with Moldvay B/X in 1981.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06915410231396312718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-91511754314413462802011-03-04T14:23:45.332-05:002011-03-04T14:23:45.332-05:00My first exposure to D&D rules actually came f...My first exposure to D&D rules actually came from the video games Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, so I guess that makes me 4th gen.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09169740307774007505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-26065095470525357102011-03-04T09:36:17.210-05:002011-03-04T09:36:17.210-05:00I'm late 2nd edition. I had books and was awa...I'm late 2nd edition. I had books and was aware of the game in 79 or so (I was 7 at the time - roughly my son's age now). I didn't actually get to play the game until about 1981. I really consider my gaming heyday to be around 1986 or so though. I was a freshman in HS and we played AD&D 1e (the revised Easley cover era with UA and MMII, DSG, WSG, etc).Xyanthonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07902260753434100101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-1001508040737050222011-03-04T02:59:05.074-05:002011-03-04T02:59:05.074-05:004th/5th here as well. Initial Knowledge of the ga...4th/5th here as well. Initial Knowledge of the game came in 4th gen, but I didn't start playing until 5th started.Greg(ory) Senpaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137328793556744138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-38495297166306549672011-03-04T00:50:34.204-05:002011-03-04T00:50:34.204-05:00I'm late 4th gen / early 5th gen, but I really...I'm late 4th gen / early 5th gen, but I really want to be 2nd / 3rd gen.BlUsKrEEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050270487818381832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-28237841154185252752011-03-03T22:26:31.033-05:002011-03-03T22:26:31.033-05:00I put myself in 1st Gen, though the AD&D MM ha...I put myself in 1st Gen, though the AD&D MM had just released when I started. We played from the brown books with supplements adding AD&D to them as the PHB and (finally) the DMG came out.<br /><br />These days, I play Pathfinder, FATE, M&M (3rd) and various other games. But still have great memories of the various editions and the games they lead into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-16294491597585959642011-03-03T20:48:40.875-05:002011-03-03T20:48:40.875-05:00I began with AD&D before the release of the Ea...I began with AD&D before the release of the Easley cover player's handbook, but that was the first copy I owned had that cover--so I must have started in 1982. I guess I started at the end of the 2nd age and reached my heyday in the 3rd.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-3979583474210905052011-03-03T20:24:41.870-05:002011-03-03T20:24:41.870-05:00Not sure if I'm 2nd or 4th...
My dad played i...Not sure if I'm 2nd or 4th...<br /><br />My dad played in college in the late 70's, and it was his old gaming stuff that got me started, but they sat on a shelf until the early 90's when I really got interested in the game. It took until '95 or so before I started the switch to 2nd edition.<br /><br />Haven't played an old-school game in years, but my group switches back and forth between 5th and 6th generation systems.theoutsyder83https://www.blogger.com/profile/06498206412285063607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-42872768207519748832011-03-03T20:01:02.317-05:002011-03-03T20:01:02.317-05:00I'm 3rd gen, but a revived interest in D&D...I'm 3rd gen, but a revived interest in D&D has seen me purchase 1ePHB, DMG, and several Moldvay sets via eBay in the past six months. Never owned 'em or played 'em before reading all this OSR stuff. damnyouguysDigital Orchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276516390269689741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-37731155260088329712011-03-03T19:07:44.292-05:002011-03-03T19:07:44.292-05:00First generation here. I started with the Brown Bo...First generation here. I started with the Brown Box (3rd printing), shortly after Supplement I: Greyhawk came out.Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879930955049101533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-25429125230486206892011-03-03T18:50:55.316-05:002011-03-03T18:50:55.316-05:00Nice generation list!
First generation. Come on p...Nice generation list!<br /><br />First generation. Come on people there has to be more than 2 of us.<br /><br />Those fancy xerox things were hard to come by back then. :) So I got the nice white box when it came out.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231609275892907901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-27909443066657040902011-03-03T18:19:14.648-05:002011-03-03T18:19:14.648-05:00I'm 5th gen, but I mainly play OD&D, Labyr...I'm 5th gen, but I mainly play OD&D, Labyrinth Lord, and 1e now. Weird huh?Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-525595505401454362011-03-03T18:18:06.096-05:002011-03-03T18:18:06.096-05:00I'm a freak. I was raised with Chainmail &...I'm a freak. I was raised with Chainmail & EPT, bought Blackmoor to use with my bluebox friends, then dropped out after D&D didn't give me the stories in my head that I wanted.<br /><br />I'll say "Lost Generation" - I've only found D&D fun as revised by diverse hands as of late...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591314495319520460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-82941374906541249572011-03-03T18:15:07.586-05:002011-03-03T18:15:07.586-05:003rd Gen. here using the AD&D hardbacks with th...3rd Gen. here using the AD&D hardbacks with the Easley covers.Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051575444218675705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-34013851731220975052011-03-03T17:37:27.762-05:002011-03-03T17:37:27.762-05:00I'm a Gen X'er in real life, but a gaming ...I'm a Gen X'er in real life, but a gaming "Boomer": 2nd generation all the way.Carter Soleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286436801953647693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-10088376413528696102011-03-03T17:35:21.720-05:002011-03-03T17:35:21.720-05:00So, what if... like... yer 2nd generation but you ...So, what if... like... yer 2nd generation but you want to be 1st generation? Can you like... diablerize a 1st generation D&D player to bump up a generation?<br /><br />Cuz I'm 2nd generation but I prefer 1st generation. :)<br /><br />(Sorry for the V:tM reference, but I found it humorous.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com