How many of you?

Angelousss · 10-30-2002, 02:26 AM

the different persective thread got me thinking, How many of us were famillar w/ d&d before playing bg(or another bioware game)?
I was I got the dungeon masters guide and players guide for free from my uncle and read them(although i've never played pnp)eventually i bought the monster manual which was great to read even though i never planned on playing pnp.

White Lancer · 10-30-2002, 03:13 AM

Nope, never even heard of D&D before BG. Now though, i think i'd be able to play P&P D&D fairly well. I know most of the rules (granted, some of these will change between computer and P&P) so it should be fun to try one day. Its just a pity that none of my friends like D&D

Lord Starshadow · 10-30-2002, 03:16 AM

I was kinda familiar with the first-edition rules of D&D, but I've never played in anyway until BG2. I've always wanted to try, but I've never known anyone that would play. I don't think I'd have the time now, but hey, I've made time for lots of other things, so who knows what would happen if I had the opprotunity.

Lord Lothar · 10-30-2002, 06:24 PM

I played BG2, tried playing PnP but it was too slow for my liking.

NiceWorg · 10-30-2002, 07:41 PM

Well, I knew some of the Goldbox games, but that was it. Then, I couldn´t imagine better tutorial to AD&D than Baldur´s Gate.

Mack_Attack · 10-30-2002, 07:52 PM

Well back in grade 7 we had a ad&d club at school and one of the teachers was into it. She would make up the dungeons and we would get to play are charcters through them. But that was a very long time ago.
I just figured out why I was beat up in school. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

The Lilarcor · 10-30-2002, 09:27 PM

I sorta have been, my friends play and I occasionally join in.

SpiritWarrior · 10-30-2002, 10:21 PM

I had been playing P&P D&D since 1990. I think for those of us who had been hardcore fans of AD&D and D&D there was an added sense of awe in seeing the best RPG rendered into the Infinity Engine within these games.
To simply see your character fire twin magic missles or cast cure light wounds on another was, for me amazing. This is the stuff we had only been able to *imagine* up till now. There comes a great sense of appreciation to what has been done here.Yes there were some early attempts at making D&D a PC game (we all remember the DOS based Pool of Darkness and Hillsfar) but with Baldurs Gate they came pretty close to..well perfection!

Caramon Majeure · 10-31-2002, 02:08 AM

BG1, then BG2 are my only two things that I've done even close to AD&D. No one that I know of actually play PnP, or even have played it...but I'd like to at least once, just so I can understand BG that much more.

Zuvio · 10-31-2002, 03:46 AM

Anno 1998: "You've heard of PnP AD&D man?". "The Pn me what&who? Some type of new drug man?"

10-30-2002, 02:26 AM	#1
Angelousss Red Wizard of Thay Join Date: August 23, 2002 Location: come play with my wings Age: 41 Posts: 821	the different persective thread got me thinking, How many of us were famillar w/ d&d before playing bg(or another bioware game)? I was I got the dungeon masters guide and players guide for free from my uncle and read them(although i've never played pnp)eventually i bought the monster manual which was great to read even though i never planned on playing pnp. __________________ Just because your paranoid<br />Don\'t mean they\'re not after you<br />Kurt Cobain

10-30-2002, 03:13 AM	#2
White Lancer Drizzt Do'Urden Join Date: August 30, 2002 Location: Australia Age: 39 Posts: 628	Nope, never even heard of D&D before BG. Now though, i think i'd be able to play P&P D&D fairly well. I know most of the rules (granted, some of these will change between computer and P&P) so it should be fun to try one day. Its just a pity that none of my friends like D&D __________________ It deons\'t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, it olny mtaetrs taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be croecrt. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it. The huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

10-30-2002, 03:16 AM	#3
Lord Starshadow Quintesson Join Date: October 3, 2002 Location: The plane of non-existence... and Michigan Age: 44 Posts: 1,087	I was kinda familiar with the first-edition rules of D&D, but I've never played in anyway until BG2. I've always wanted to try, but I've never known anyone that would play. I don't think I'd have the time now, but hey, I've made time for lots of other things, so who knows what would happen if I had the opprotunity. __________________ Bah, I don\'t need a sig. You all don\'t care what I do anyway. <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Razz]\" src=\"tongue.gif\" />

10-30-2002, 06:24 PM	#4
Lord Lothar Quintesson Join Date: August 7, 2002 Location: Oakville (next to the T.O.), Ontario, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 1,097	I played BG2, tried playing PnP but it was too slow for my liking. __________________ \"King Kong ain\'t got NOTHING on me!\"

10-30-2002, 07:41 PM	#5
NiceWorg Baaz Draconian Join Date: January 15, 2002 Location: Vaasa, Finland Age: 43 Posts: 772	Well, I knew some of the Goldbox games, but that was it. Then, I couldn´t imagine better tutorial to AD&D than Baldur´s Gate. __________________ Fell in love with a country girl, morning sunshine<br />She was up from a nether world, just to bust another soul<br />[url]\"http://jarkokson.suddenlaunch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Click!</a>

10-30-2002, 07:52 PM	#6
Mack_Attack Osiris - Egyptian God of the Underworld Join Date: May 22, 2001 Location: Sherwoodpark,Alberta,Canada Age: 52 Posts: 2,929	Well back in grade 7 we had a ad&d club at school and one of the teachers was into it. She would make up the dungeons and we would get to play are charcters through them. But that was a very long time ago. I just figured out why I was beat up in school. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] __________________

10-30-2002, 09:27 PM	#7
The Lilarcor Elminster Join Date: October 24, 2002 Location: Traveling to wrestle a dangerous Ent Age: 39 Posts: 405	I sorta have been, my friends play and I occasionally join in. __________________ ...Since when do you care about me unless I\'m impaled in somethings guts?!

10-30-2002, 10:21 PM	#8
SpiritWarrior Jack Burton Join Date: May 31, 2002 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,854	I had been playing P&P D&D since 1990. I think for those of us who had been hardcore fans of AD&D and D&D there was an added sense of awe in seeing the best RPG rendered into the Infinity Engine within these games. To simply see your character fire twin magic missles or cast cure light wounds on another was, for me amazing. This is the stuff we had only been able to imagine up till now. There comes a great sense of appreciation to what has been done here.Yes there were some early attempts at making D&D a PC game (we all remember the DOS based Pool of Darkness and Hillsfar) but with Baldurs Gate they came pretty close to..well perfection! __________________ Still I feel like a child when I look at the moon, maybe I grew up a little too soon...

10-31-2002, 02:08 AM	#9
Caramon Majeure Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: September 29, 2002 Location: Prince George, Canada Age: 41 Posts: 33	BG1, then BG2 are my only two things that I've done even close to AD&D. No one that I know of actually play PnP, or even have played it...but I'd like to at least once, just so I can understand BG that much more.

10-31-2002, 03:46 AM	#10
Zuvio Gold Dragon Join Date: May 19, 2002 Location: Blessed are those who are not.... Age: 43 Posts: 2,556	Anno 1998: "You've heard of PnP AD&D man?". "The Pn me what&who? Some type of new drug man?" __________________ [img]\"http://img121.exs.cx/img121/4236/zuviodemonnoname2hf.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

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