tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post7058013262905181448..comments2023-09-18T15:13:07.133-04:00Comments on Cyclopeatron: Poll: What Generation D&D Player Are You?Bob Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-66128626452325983752011-03-06T00:29:52.559-05:002011-03-06T00:29:52.559-05:00Hmm surprised to see my fellow 4th-gen guys repres...Hmm surprised to see my fellow 4th-gen guys representing such a large chunk. I would have figured we were much smaller than that.Jeremy Deramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166744272459044563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-36041784989239868422011-03-04T13:57:05.966-05:002011-03-04T13:57:05.966-05:00"The question isn't what your preferred e..."The question isn't what your preferred edition is. Your generation is defined by what version of D&D you started playing FIRST.<br />................" <br /><br />Oh, I knew what the question was, I was provided an example of what happens when one doesn't read the question fully. :Daka Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-24240488007475515282011-03-04T10:10:15.699-05:002011-03-04T10:10:15.699-05:00I'm generation 1.75 we started with Holmes Edi...I'm generation 1.75 we started with Holmes Edited Basic and added the original supplements until we moved to AD&D.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-29413743616824459812011-03-04T07:43:23.010-05:002011-03-04T07:43:23.010-05:00I think this bump represents (1) this was when D&a...<i>I think this bump represents (1) this was when D&D was at the height of its popularity and sold by far the most copies, and (2) people that read this blog tend to be old school gamers of this generation.</i><br /><br />Those are worthy hypotheses which the sub-categorization of Holmes/Moldvay/AD&D would not have tested as well! I agree that what I'm talking about is better done as a sub-analysis. (Other people who belong to other categories may also see within-group distinctions worth making).<br /><br /><i>Further, I'd wager all Holmes and most Moldvay/Cook players quickly began using AD&D anyway.</i><br /><br />That certainly describes me, but I'd be interested to see the data. When I've met people at the Arneson Gamedays & elsewhere who didn't make that move to AD&D, their experience seems to have been much more "Arnesonian" - they did wilderness exploration, built strongholds, established baronies, etc. and largely eschewed the tendency towards epic narrative that crept into my own gaming well in advance of Dragonlance, which I think is thanks to the relative clarity of the support for procedural sandbox play in B/E and B/E/C/M/I. Lumping these Basic lineages in with AD&D 1E and 2E respectively prevents an examination of how common it was to meld them or keep them distinct.<br />- TavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-41085056343573125632011-03-04T00:40:28.774-05:002011-03-04T00:40:28.774-05:00I voted fifth, but reading the comments now you mi...I voted fifth, but reading the comments now you might count me as fourth. Technically I started with AD&D 2E for several months, but that experience drove me away from D&D to Rolemaster and some others. 3.0 got me back into D&D, and in a lasting way for the first time. Old school play is a recent addition for me.<br /><br />Word verification: cranistr. Make it crainiuster and you have an exploding, psionically attacking brain in a jar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-54673932705721492892011-03-04T00:32:42.174-05:002011-03-04T00:32:42.174-05:00Alright, who are the three people who voted in the...<i>Alright, who are the three people who voted in the Founder category?</i><br /><br />Gygax, Arnesan, and ? (They are polling from beyond the grave!)Greg Johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11309648175626829683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-8916587194399470172011-03-04T00:17:33.594-05:002011-03-04T00:17:33.594-05:00Definitely fifth. I'm a youngster, even if I ...Definitely fifth. I'm a youngster, even if I play old games now.Mirandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745062840676790649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-49178654189384693542011-03-03T23:58:57.426-05:002011-03-03T23:58:57.426-05:00Alright, who are the three people who voted in the...Alright, who are the three people who voted in the Founder category?David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-71506471282960906032011-03-03T23:44:22.675-05:002011-03-03T23:44:22.675-05:00I'm first gen by date (1977), but I started wi...I'm first gen by date (1977), but I started with Holmes (2nd gen in the poll). I voted first since '77's when I began to play :D<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-54755148703303849862011-03-03T23:06:21.544-05:002011-03-03T23:06:21.544-05:00I myself started with my "purple" box se...I myself started with my "purple" box set, and within a year or two moved up to AD&D. This was primarily because I thought that AD&D and B/X were related; one "graduated" up to AD&D when one was ready for the complexity. Obviously, I was not a child genius.<br />I remember trying to convert one of my Dwarf characters from B/X to AD&D, and being quite befuddled by the whole thing.<br /><br />If only early teen-Me had known that I would continue to be a nerd into my 40s - I'd have kept all of that old Gamma World, Traveller, Star Frontiers, Gangbusters, etc. crap that used to cover my room's floor.<br /><br />I love the LBB, and I was very pleased to be able to pick up a box and the four supplements, but I truly marvel that back then, I had no idea that B/X wasn't the original Dungeons and Dragons. I don't even remember knowing anyone who had anything other than B/X, AD&D, and the plethora of %-based games TSR rolled out in the early '80s (other than Traveller).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-61011081806502261682011-03-03T21:42:39.830-05:002011-03-03T21:42:39.830-05:00I think you're right about a lot of people pla...I think you're right about a lot of people playing B/X with AD&D added. I realized that recently after getting my old books back, and realizing that LL AEC is essentially replicating our style of B/X + PHB (not so much DMG). I've read similar things in posts and comments all over the place.Spawn of Endrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431848914619887998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-48923766746751831002011-03-03T20:30:34.239-05:002011-03-03T20:30:34.239-05:002nd generation here! Started with Moldvay and went...2nd generation here! Started with Moldvay and went to AD&D fairly quickly. Played many different games in the 90s before settling on Gurps for a long run in the 90s. Came back to D&D with 3e.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17635116929490398699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-31688586814642341722011-03-03T20:22:52.219-05:002011-03-03T20:22:52.219-05:00The big bump in the 2nd category suggests you migh...<i>The big bump in the 2nd category suggests you might do well to sub-categorize Holmes Basic, Moldvay/Cook, and AD&D</i><br /><br />I respectfully disagree. I think this bump represents (1) this was when D&D was at the height of its popularity and sold <i>by far</i> the most copies, and (2) people that read this blog tend to be old school gamers of this generation.<br /><br />Further, I'd wager all Holmes and most Moldvay/Cook players quickly began using AD&D anyway. Holmes was marketed as an intro set for AD&D, so I don't think it warrants being its own separate generation. Moldvay/Cook was the official basic line for only two years, so it doesn't make sense to make it an entire separate generation.<br /><br />I think a lot of us from this period played a kind of a mash-up of two or three of these games - I played B/X with a little AD&D mixed in, myself.Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-36648919671932458632011-03-03T20:14:17.575-05:002011-03-03T20:14:17.575-05:00v2.5 = Pathfinder Lite
no feats, no psionics, no X...v2.5 = Pathfinder Lite<br />no feats, no psionics, no XP, no prestige classes <br />classic feel but compatible with d20*<br /><br />I thought of it first (2005),<br />or did castles and crusades ; - )<br />but the big guys had distribution<br /><br />*(the latter has the most FREE source material)Clovis Cithoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208194219083373456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-89848085768306367212011-03-03T20:07:57.059-05:002011-03-03T20:07:57.059-05:00The big bump in the 2nd category suggests you migh...The big bump in the 2nd category suggests you might do well to sub-categorize Holmes Basic, Moldvay/Cook, and AD&D; apart from being good data massaging I think it's theoretically justified (I went from Holmes to AD&D and find myself often surprised by how different the experience of people who stuck with Moldvay was).<br />- TavisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-45549200457721589452011-03-03T19:35:51.881-05:002011-03-03T19:35:51.881-05:00One more option please, All of the above.
The que...<i>One more option please, All of the above.</i><br /><br />The question isn't what your preferred edition is. Your generation is defined by what version of D&D you started playing FIRST.<br /><br />Traditionally this would have been one of the versions of D&D in print at the time you started playing. Until very recently it was not common for people to begin playing out-of-print editions. <br /><br />For example, even though these days I mostly play OD&D, I am firmly 2nd generation because I started out with the Moldvay Basic Set in 1981.Bob Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12073807225519106277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005132770907882258.post-72364362354907441152011-03-03T19:17:58.722-05:002011-03-03T19:17:58.722-05:00One more option please, All of the above.One more option please, All of the above.aka Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13840169407835436058noreply@blogger.com