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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 14:17:03
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Originally posted by Yoss
I wasn't cool enough to hang out with the kids who played d&d in high school/junior high, and didn't know where to find people on campus once I got to college who weren't stoned hipster idiots. And after some failed attempts at getting into dragonlance novels over the years, a friend recommended the Icewind Dale trilogy last year. So I'm still figuring out stuff out as a noob only 50 or so novels in, but enjoying the hell out of reading everything I can get my grubby mitts on, several hundreds of days late and increasingly more bucks short.
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 15:12:06
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Yoss
I wasn't cool enough to hang out with the kids who played d&d in high school/junior high, and didn't know where to find people on campus once I got to college who weren't stoned hipster idiots. And after some failed attempts at getting into dragonlance novels over the years, a friend recommended the Icewind Dale trilogy last year. So I'm still figuring out stuff out as a noob only 50 or so novels in, but enjoying the hell out of reading everything I can get my grubby mitts on, several hundreds of days late and increasingly more bucks short.
Better late than never my friend
Indeed.
I am happy to say I successfully "converted" a friend. I introduced him to Forgotten Realms through The Haunted Lands Trilogy, and he has become a loyal follower in a matter of days. He's devouring every FR novel in my library right now. |
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WizardsHerb
Acolyte
United Kingdom
23 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 16:24:53
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Baldur's Gate CRPG way back was my first introduction to the Realms. It was part of a wave of fantasy CRPGs I discovered when I went to a new school and made friends with other computer owners (I swear, when I was growing up it seemed almost no one knew what a personal computer was, let alone played games on one) and we all traded games when we were done with them. I had the Ultima Collection. :D
It was pretty darned magical, I tell you. There weren't any of the novels in the school library, and it was years later when we started playing D&D as well. I remember being confused by D&D's 3rd edition rules when I'd only known it through BG1's computerized AD&D 2e set. Good times. :) |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Oct 2011 : 16:31:53
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by Yoss
I wasn't cool enough to hang out with the kids who played d&d in high school/junior high, and didn't know where to find people on campus once I got to college who weren't stoned hipster idiots. And after some failed attempts at getting into dragonlance novels over the years, a friend recommended the Icewind Dale trilogy last year. So I'm still figuring out stuff out as a noob only 50 or so novels in, but enjoying the hell out of reading everything I can get my grubby mitts on, several hundreds of days late and increasingly more bucks short.
Better late than never my friend
Indeed.
I am happy to say I successfully "converted" a friend. I introduced him to Forgotten Realms through The Haunted Lands Trilogy, and he has become a loyal follower in a matter of days. He's devouring every FR novel in my library right now.
I tried to convert a friend of mine who loves epic fantasy, but it didn't really work out. I think the shortest fantasy book he had ever read was 600 pages, so the 315 Realms books did not appeal to him much. I tried though! |
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Nilus Reynard
Learned Scribe
Canada
137 Posts |
Posted - 26 Oct 2011 : 23:03:02
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| My first inroduction to TSR products was through the Dragonlance novels, and when I no longer found them interesting I started to read Forgotten Realms & haven't looked back. |
Nilus Reynard
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CaptainTrips
Acolyte
USA
4 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2011 : 15:18:26
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by CaptainTrips
AD&D - specifically, the original Forgotten Realms grey box campaign setting.
LOVE that cover
Agreed, the covers of both the books in that set (one of which was also on the cover) are some of my favorite Forgotten Realms, and D&D, cover art. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2011 : 17:43:16
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Originally posted by CaptainTrips
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Originally posted by entreri3478
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Originally posted by CaptainTrips
AD&D - specifically, the original Forgotten Realms grey box campaign setting.
LOVE that cover
Agreed, the covers of both the books in that set (one of which was also on the cover) are some of my favorite Forgotten Realms, and D&D, cover art.
When i see that cover i always picture an huge army waiting right behind the hill ready to support the lone scout |
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Marc
Senior Scribe
657 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2011 : 17:52:14
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| AD&D in 1998, but Forgotten Realms two years after, after I changed the group. |
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Seethyr
Master of Realmslore
USA
1151 Posts |
Posted - 29 Oct 2011 : 18:07:43
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Originally posted by Kuje
The old commodore/apple computer games, Pool of Radiance/Curse of the Azure Bonds, from the 80's. :) Man, I'm old.
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Originally posted by BARDOBARBAROS
Eye of the Beholder series..I'm old too...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...and then there were three. Pools of Radiance here... |
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Joran Nobleheart
Senior Scribe
USA
495 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2011 : 11:37:40
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| My introduction to the Realms came by way of my old manager asking us to learn about D&D and to create characters under him for the first time. That's actually where Joran came from, and where all my stories and adventures with him started. One summer day in an office, surrounded by a massive box of dice, AD&D 2E books, pencils, calculators, boxed sets, and papers while the air conditioner sputtered and struggled to keep the blazing heat from cooking us all inside. Ah, the memories!! |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2011 : 18:43:54
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BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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stephenslate
Acolyte
24 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 06:57:31
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| 1991 shadowdale i was playing a first level berserker . |
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore
USA
1853 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 09:01:29
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it was the original gray box for me too. it took no more than 3 seconds to realize that adventuring in the Realms was going to be far better than Greyhawk or the Known World, though those had their moments. i loved the broad-ranging quality of the Cyclopedia, which gave a Glance at so many different areas that i could pick something i liked and build an adventure around it. just enough to get your mind going, but not so much that it did all the work for you. i didn't really jump in though until FR10. the Old Empires has been my home ever since. it is kinda weird when "getting out of my comfort zone" means doing something in the Heartlands. but at least there's tons of published material for those times.  |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 21:17:05
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I was a Greyhawk DM for years (using many systems, not just D&D), and then my brother-in-law and his friends wanted to learn to play (after a bad experience with another DM), but insisted on using this 'newfangled' Forgotten Realms. At that time, I collected EVERYTHING produced by TSR, and most other RPG companies, so I already had the OGB and whatever 1e supplements that had come out for it, so I bought the 2nd edition box (which had just come out) and started running it.... and its been a wild love affair ever since.
I still feel bad about leaving GH behind, but people change, and it was time to move on - I'm just glad we didn't have children together. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 21:31:00
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It's a bit surprising that so many played Greyhawk before the Realms, although I suppose it might be expected since the "core" books for 1E and 2E were filled with numerous minor Greyhawk references, races, spells, magic items, etc.
Nobody first played Dragonlance as their main campaign setting?
Nobody first played D&D (instead of AD&D)? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 21:51:30
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Originally posted by Ayrik
It's a bit surprising that so many played Greyhawk before the Realms, although I suppose it might be expected since the "core" books for 1E and 2E were filled with numerous minor Greyhawk references, races, spells, magic items, etc.
Nobody first played Dragonlance as their main campaign setting?
Nobody first played D&D (instead of AD&D)?
I read Dragonlance novels, and those turned me onto the FR novels... |
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_Jarlaxle_
Senior Scribe
Germany
584 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2011 : 23:32:43
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I think I said this on a simillar scroll allready.
My first touch with the realms was throuch the game Baldurs Gate 2, from there it went BG1, Neverwinter Nights and finally to reading the novels.
I never really played D&D Pen&Paper unfortunatly, tried it once with a starter set and some friends but they didn't really get into it and I'm not really a good DM... |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Dec 2011 : 01:06:30
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Nobody first played Dragonlance as their main campaign setting?
I long gamed and read in the world of DRAGONLANCE before the Realms. It was my one true TSR love before the coming of the official FORGOTTEN REALMS in 1986/87. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2011 : 02:37:08
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Ayrik
It's a bit surprising that so many played Greyhawk before the Realms, although I suppose it might be expected since the "core" books for 1E and 2E were filled with numerous minor Greyhawk references, races, spells, magic items, etc.
Nobody first played Dragonlance as their main campaign setting?
Nobody first played D&D (instead of AD&D)?
I read Dragonlance novels, and those turned me onto the FR novels...
Same here. I started reading DL novels then found the FR ones. I also first started playing D&D with the red basic set in 86 |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Dec 2011 : 06:17:40
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It was the other way around for me. I read FR novels and discovered DL after... |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 15 Dec 2011 : 06:47:47
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I did play D&D, but D&D didn't really require 'a setting' (at least back then). You started out at the Inn, and then marched off to the Dungeon - that was about it. I had a friend who still used the old rules from time to time (which was weird, because we had the same characters in both systems), but he ran GH as well (once we had progressed to the point where we wanted a setting). I love Mystara, but sadly, never played in it.
As for Dragonlance, it had tried to replace (in my eyes) my beloved Greyhawk before The Realms did, and unfortunately earned the brunt of my animosity (I never gave it a chance). By the time FR came around, I had mellowed enough to at least try it. So I suppose if DL hadn't paved the way, I wouldn't have tried FR... at least not right away... (not that I tried it right away anyway - I didn't run it until 2e).
However, none of that stopped me from buying FR and DL products, along with DS, PS, RL, SJ, and everything else that came down the pipe - I'm a whore when it comes to raiding anything and everything for ideas (The Minotaurs of Taladas is still one of my favorite sources). |
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froglegg
Learned Scribe
317 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2011 : 17:30:25
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By way of 1st Edition AD&D.
John |
Long live Alias and Dragonbait! Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb the Realms need you more then ever!
On my word as a sage nothing within these pages is false, but not all of it may prove to be true. - Elminster of Shadowdale
The Old Grey Box gets better with age! |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2011 : 20:45:39
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| Technically it was 1e, but I was a young kid tagging along with his big brother. I didn't really get into the Realms until AD&D 2e around 1991-ish |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2011 : 18:51:49
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| Eye of the beholder comuter game |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Tren of Twilight Tower
Seeker
51 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2011 : 21:18:12
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Neat topic.
My introduction to FRs came via greatest video-game ever made - Neverwinter Nights. Those who played the game and bothered to get deeper in it by downloading community-made modifications and connect to online-worlds will know what I am talking about. |
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Nicolai Withander
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
1093 Posts |
Posted - 20 Dec 2011 : 10:31:22
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I have got to say, that even though, I chose D&D, It was a mix of D&D, playing Baldur's Gate and because of BG, reading about Elminster.
So... A mix of all! |
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stephenslate
Acolyte
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Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 05:02:21
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| I started out playing in the realms, my first book i ever read was pool of radience, and i played the red d&d boxed set but i played with some old gamers that used the 1st ed. more than the 2nd ed. until the 2nd. ed. came out than both were used since most of the 1st. was better then the 2nd. but there were some info for the 2nd that updated all the rules so we just used the 1st. and 2nd. and left it as that and never touched the 3rd. and 4th. except in the video games but thats about it. |
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Thrasymachus
Learned Scribe
195 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 09:28:13
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| 1st Edition AD&D. Ed’s Dragon magazine articles led to purchasing the setting material. |
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Therise
Master of Realmslore
1272 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jan 2012 : 14:51:23
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I was a Greyhawk player in AD&D, having come down through Chainmail, then started reading about the Realms in Dragon magazine... way back when...
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Female, 40-year DM of a homebrew-evolved 1E Realms, including a few added tidbits of 2E and 3E lore; played originally in AD&D, then in Rolemaster. Be a DM for your kids and grandkids, gaming is excellent for families! |
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Introduction To Forgotten Realms
