tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post5526183352887401383..comments2024-03-15T19:23:56.947-06:00Comments on The Excessive Gamer: Dungeons and Dragons 40th Anniversary Blog Hop Challenge! First D&D Product I ever purchased ... The Lord of Excesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post-31186681627807880852014-02-11T06:40:49.837-07:002014-02-11T06:40:49.837-07:00Chainmail was a good set of rules. It was for hi...Chainmail was a good set of rules. It was for historical games but it had a fantasy section where you could do battles with elves, dwarves, orks, etc, in a way that anticipated GW's LOTR games by thirty years. Likewise, another board game from the 70s, Steve Jackson's Melee, had optional rules for RPG that anticipated D&D. It's interesting how many people were all thinking the same way in the 70s. Gygax was just the most successful in packaging it all together as D&D.Mad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post-25851645542071644052014-02-10T10:05:47.753-07:002014-02-10T10:05:47.753-07:00I always wanted to try Chainmail. From what I rec...I always wanted to try Chainmail. From what I recall the system was an outgrowth of historical gaming and more based on minis-centric tabletop combat. D&D is all just a happy accident in a way.<br /><br />I like that RPGs have their roots in mini gaming as I think if I had to choose between minis and RPGs ... it would be a tough choice but I think I'd choose minis.<br /><br />The irony for me though I guess is I've never been a huge fan of using minis for an RPG. The Lord of Excesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post-4597824672637972402014-02-10T04:51:31.422-07:002014-02-10T04:51:31.422-07:00The boxed sets were after my time. I recall buyi...The boxed sets were after my time. I recall buying the black hardcover Players Manual in 1978 when I was in high school and yes, wasn't that disposable income nice back then.<br />Someone in my first group had a paperback original book, Greymoor, I think? I still have a copy of GG's Chainmail rules from the 1970s.<br />Cheers,<br />MPMad Padrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00410143683610813671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post-27123755234908274912014-02-09T11:57:14.474-07:002014-02-09T11:57:14.474-07:00Ya now that you mention it I ended up buying all t...Ya now that you mention it I ended up buying all the other boxes too all the way up through immortal I think. All lost to the sands of time ... <br /><br />I've long had the ambition of running a classic basic D&D game for my kids one day. Hmmmm ... maybe I should start looking on eBay for the other sets ... hmmm ... Doh! The Lord of Excesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9128492035551042878.post-50700155202493051542014-02-09T03:24:48.242-07:002014-02-09T03:24:48.242-07:00Those were the days..! I also had my red box copy,...Those were the days..! I also had my red box copy, and I remember it was translated to Finnish. That is a rare thing around here, for Finland is a small country. We usually play our RPG's and Warhammers in English :) Now the red box is long gone, and all that was inside of it. But I also lost all the later rule sets, like Expert and Companion. Now when I think of it...Where the hell are they? I have to make some calls to the old gaming group!!! :)Alexander Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02707547269653167835noreply@blogger.com