dervish
Wanderer
New arrival, brought here by a wild search engine.
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Post by dervish on Jul 28, 2023 1:03:26 GMT -5
Nice to find a place where old farts like me feel like we can contribute! I hope my bit of ancient history satisfies some curiousity!
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jul 28, 2023 3:39:37 GMT -5
Nice to find a place where old farts like me feel like we can contribute! I hope my bit of ancient history satisfies some curiousity! Welcome to the forums, dervish. Feel free to jump into the discussions or ask some questions.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 28, 2023 15:28:17 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member dervish. I too would like to hear more about that wild search engine and your background, if you are willing to share it.
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dervish
Wanderer
New arrival, brought here by a wild search engine.
Posts: 33
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Post by dervish on Jul 30, 2023 3:55:19 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member dervish . I too would like to hear more about that wild search engine and your background, if you are willing to share it. I was trying to find out what had happened to one of the writers, is all, and the search pointed me here. It's only wild in the sense that it brought me someplace I hadn't heard of - and one that actually seemed to be seriously interested in what had happened with Warlock. Since I didn't see people just laughing and pointing at rocket scientists' RPG, I was eager to add a bit in the hopes some of the original writers might still be reading. As for me, the Caltech gamers were my introduction to role-playing games, back in 1977. 1987 I left Pasadena for the Silicon Valley (after playing many different games of that era). It was close to 10 years before I found another group that I could play with, so I got my gaming fix with play by (postal) mail and MUSH gaming - where I discovered the World of Darkness. A little of everything!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2023 7:01:53 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member dervish . I too would like to hear more about that wild search engine and your background, if you are willing to share it. I was trying to find out what had happened to one of the writers, is all, and the search pointed me here. It's only wild in the sense that it brought me someplace I hadn't heard of - and one that actually seemed to be seriously interested in what had happened with Warlock. Since I didn't see people just laughing and pointing at rocket scientists' RPG, I was eager to add a bit in the hopes some of the original writers might still be reading. As for me, the Caltech gamers were my introduction to role-playing games, back in 1977. 1987 I left Pasadena for the Silicon Valley (after playing many different games of that era). It was close to 10 years before I found another group that I could play with, so I got my gaming fix with play by (postal) mail and MUSH gaming - where I discovered the World of Darkness. A little of everything! Well I am glad you found us and yes, we are interested in all of the old games and variants including Warlock. We would be interested in anything you have to share or your comments on what we already have. I have a lot of things I would like to post, it just takes time. I suspect that there are a lot of people like yourself that have not heard of us, but would be interested if they did. So we are also looking for good ways to get the word out too.
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 7, 2023 13:19:56 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member orionnomad! Come on in and make yourself at home.
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Post by hengest on Aug 7, 2023 20:43:01 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 8, 2023 1:29:41 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member orionnomad! Come on in and make yourself at home. Welcome to The Ruins orionnomad!! Great to have you here.
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 21, 2023 20:47:13 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member @veace! Come on in and make yourself at home.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 21, 2023 21:27:12 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member @veace! Come on in and make yourself at home. Welcome to The Ruins @veace!
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 30, 2023 13:44:20 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member chieftorchbearer! Come on in and set a spell, join the conversations.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 30, 2023 13:51:13 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member chieftorchbearer! Come on in and set a spell, join the conversations. Welcome to The Ruins chieftorchbearer. We discuss OD&D, Arduin and many other old school games. What are you into in the realm of TTRPGs and how did you find us?
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Post by El Borak on Aug 30, 2023 14:35:36 GMT -5
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Post by Death Even XIII on Aug 30, 2023 14:37:09 GMT -5
All the same to all of you from me. Welcome!! We don't bite, much!
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Post by Morose on Aug 30, 2023 14:38:35 GMT -5
All the same to all of you from me. Welcome!! We don't bite, much! Welcome to all of you. If Death Even XIII bothers you too much, just hit him with a club and he'll settle down.
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Post by True Black Raven on Aug 30, 2023 14:41:21 GMT -5
Howdy new members, join ongoing threads or start a new one. Thread Necromancy, if you have something to add or questions to ask is approved here. Or link to an old thread and start a new one to take a different tack on the subject.
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Post by Vladimir, The Dark Prince on Aug 30, 2023 14:46:04 GMT -5
Howdy new members, join ongoing threads or start a new one. Thread Necromancy, if you have something to add or questions to ask is approved here. Or link to an old thread and start a new one to take a different tack on the subject. Welcome new members and El Borak is giving you the straight scoop. This place is user friendly and feel free to ask questions. I have heard a rumor that behind the scenes they are working to reorganize this place to make it even easier to find things. Even heard a rumor that in a few months, maybe by Christmas, there will be a new user area to help you get your feet wet. I am sure suggestions for that area would be welcome.
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Post by boarspear on Aug 30, 2023 14:47:16 GMT -5
Welcome aboard everyone, come on in and pull up a chair.
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Post by dilvish on Aug 30, 2023 14:50:01 GMT -5
Great to see all the new shiny faces. If any of you have blogs, websites, or links to stuff on various forms of social media, please share them. If you have something going on we would like to see it. We also love to hear about your campaign(s).
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Aug 30, 2023 17:28:26 GMT -5
Howdy new members, join ongoing threads or start a new one. Thread Necromancy, if you have something to add or questions to ask is approved here. Or link to an old thread and start a new one to take a different tack on the subject. Welcome new members and El Borak is giving you the straight scoop. This place is user friendly and feel free to ask questions. I have heard a rumor that behind the scenes they are working to reorganize this place to make it even easier to find things. Even heard a rumor that in a few months, maybe by Christmas, there will be a new user area to help you get your feet wet. I am sure suggestions for that area would be welcome. For instance, I have written (and it is posted here) a commentary on the 3LBBs (OD&D original three books) and I also intend to do the supplements. I have also written or am in the process of writing commentaries on some other documents too. Those things will be moved when we reorganize. lucylacemaker, kami, @brend, ahkmed, dervish, orionnomad, @veace, chieftorchbearer
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dervish
Wanderer
New arrival, brought here by a wild search engine.
Posts: 33
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Post by dervish on Sept 3, 2023 4:07:51 GMT -5
Since someone earlier in this eternal thread asked, I'm currently at the very beginning of my first-ever effort at FATE. It's a post-apocalyptic setting; aliens came, saw, conquered... and for some reason left. There are multiple ecological disasters happening, infrastructure (and all big cities) has been trashed, and the players accepted an offer from the US Army to help rebuild. What could possibly go wrong? (Playing FATE because I've heard about the game for years but never had the chance to try). My other choice was Mage: the Awakening, since we've just come off of a D&D 5e game).
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Post by simrion on Sept 3, 2023 14:01:52 GMT -5
Nice to see our ranks growing day-by-day. Welcome to all of our newest members!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 3, 2023 15:09:42 GMT -5
Since someone earlier in this eternal thread asked, I'm currently at the very beginning of my first-ever effort at FATE. It's a post-apocalyptic setting; aliens came, saw, conquered... and for some reason left. There are multiple ecological disasters happening, infrastructure (and all big cities) has been trashed, and the players accepted an offer from the US Army to help rebuild. What could possibly go wrong? (Playing FATE because I've heard about the game for years but never had the chance to try). My other choice was Mage: the Awakening, since we've just come off of a D&D 5e game). I've never looked at FATE. Feel free to start a new thread to talk about what you are doing in your game with FATE.
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Post by Admin Pete on Sept 7, 2023 20:24:47 GMT -5
Welcome to our newest member geordieracer. Great to have you aboard.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 7, 2023 20:33:12 GMT -5
Welcome to The Ruins geordieracer!! Come on in and make yourself at home.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 8, 2023 10:01:56 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I'm a 44 year player of role playing games. I started with AD&D 1E in 1984. I'm a writer working on my own AD&D 2E clone with a setting. I met The Perilous Dreamer on Twitter and spent quite a few hours talking with him in private messages. He invited me here. Welcome to The Ruins @jamesdixon! We could use some AD&D conversation around here. Your clone sounded like a lot of fun to me and I think folks here would be interested in hearing about it.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 8, 2023 10:46:30 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I'm a 44 year player of role playing games. I started with AD&D 1E in 1984. I'm a writer working on my own AD&D 2E clone with a setting. I met The Perilous Dreamer on Twitter and spent quite a few hours talking with him in private messages. He invited me here. Welcome to the forums, @jamesdixon. Nice! I'm definitely interested in more AD&D posts and hearing about your clone.
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Post by Morose on Sept 8, 2023 11:03:04 GMT -5
Welcome to @jamesdixon. An AD&D clone, 2E at that. Wondering what you include and what you don't. Particularly in regards to combat.
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Post by Admin Pete on Sept 8, 2023 11:05:05 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I'm a 44 year player of role playing games. I started with AD&D 1E in 1984. I'm a writer working on my own AD&D 2E clone with a setting. I met The Perilous Dreamer on Twitter and spent quite a few hours talking with him in private messages. He invited me here. Welcome, TPD tells me you need an AD&D area, I can do that.
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Post by Admin Pete on Sept 8, 2023 11:17:47 GMT -5
I created the AD&D area, and tagged you in the forum for the Clones and Emulations. Just start your own threads there. Now to go look at your other request.
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