Ask Lemmy
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected].
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected] or [email protected]
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
view the rest of the comments
Wow dude, I probably started D&D a year or two after you. It was the summer the first DMG came out. Still have those original 3 hardbacks, Deities & Demigods, etc. The DMG is pretty tattered. I actually DM a weekly 1e game at my house with some friends I found on meetup.com before Covid. We're all really into retro - I'm gonna see how they feel about Castles & Crusades, which I've never played in all these years.
Here are the older edition books I have. My 1e DMG and PH have been lost to time. That copy of the Monster Manual is one of the originals. The Deities and Demigods though is NOT one of the issues with HP Lovecraft's monsters in it. I have seen one of those editions, one of my local games stores has one for sale for over $300, but that's not what I have. Not shown are all the 5e stuff I have. In my youth it was a challenge to save up enough to buy material when it came out. As an adult, especially since I got the wife playing, yeah... I've indulged quite a bit.
Those are all in great looking shape. I didn't have the "Cthulhu Deities & Demigods" either until a few years ago - it was in a box of D&D stuff my sister bought me at a garage sale for $30. There were 7 or 8 books and maybe 15 old modules - with a couple still in the plastic. Quite a haul it was. Dunno if I mentioned above but I worked for WotC for a couple years around 2010. There was a "free table" in the break room where people put books, minis, t-shirts, whatever was cluttering up their desks - it was a gold mine.
That's awesome!
I live about an hour away from Lake Geneva, WI, which is Gygax's hometown and the birthplace of D&D. I worked with someone that worked at TSR during the 2e days and he has a lot of stories. (The only thing he has to say about Gary Gygax is; "The guy owes me money.") Last April I attended a conference in Lake Geneva at the location of the very first Game Con. The Wisconsin Historical Society sponsored it. It was a great time and will be going back again this year.
My books look in great shape... From that angle. LOL... They have thousands upon thousands of hours of playing behind them over the last 40 years. Every page has smudges on them from where they've been turned again and again.