Fiffergrund wrote:Go resurrect an old thread. There's some really great stuff in there.
I killed some time today reading through the C&C Module threads. I will resurrect one of my own from 8 years ago.
Really enjoying your threadcromancy, Fiff. I wish I'd more time/longer lunch breaks to do more myself.
Psalm 73:26
"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."
"Rules not understood should have appropriate questions directed to the publisher; disputes with the Dungeon Master are another matter entirely. THE REFEREE IS THE FINAL ARBITER OF ALL AFFAIRS OF HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN."
-- E. Gary Gygax
I must say, some of the old threads being mixed in is a tad confusitating.
Get off my lawn!
Psalm 73:26
"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."
"Rules not understood should have appropriate questions directed to the publisher; disputes with the Dungeon Master are another matter entirely. THE REFEREE IS THE FINAL ARBITER OF ALL AFFAIRS OF HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN."
-- E. Gary Gygax
Sir Ironside wrote:Those old boards are sure hard on the eyes.
The original boards did not look like that before Yuku took them over. The second TLG boards were "customizable" in that you could change the theme/style of the way it looked from your profile page. When I go back, I make sure I log in.
Psalm 73:26
"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."
"Rules not understood should have appropriate questions directed to the publisher; disputes with the Dungeon Master are another matter entirely. THE REFEREE IS THE FINAL ARBITER OF ALL AFFAIRS OF HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN."
-- E. Gary Gygax
I miss the stump forum from the first boards and the double flying the bird emoticon from the second.
Lord Skystorm
Grand Knight Commander KoTC, Member C&CS
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AD&D per se is as dead a system as Latin is a language, while the C&C game has much the same spirit and nearly the same mechanics. --Gary Gygax 8/16/06
(1) It's fun to go back to the old boards to look around. I guess when I started I didn't remember names well, and so I'm amazed at some of the names of folks who have been around since the early days.
(2) I'm kind of bummed to see how many posts cannot be retrieved from TLG Boards I. I have fond memories of that board but a lot of content seems to have been lost over time.
Marv / Finarvyn
Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society
Just discovered Amazing Adventures and loving it! MA1E WardenMaster - Killing Characters since 1976, MA4E Playtester in 2006.
C&C Playtester in 2003, OD&D player since 1975
(1) It's fun to go back to the old boards to look around. I guess when I started I didn't remember names well, and so I'm amazed at some of the names of folks who have been around since the early days.
(2) I'm kind of bummed to see how many posts cannot be retrieved from TLG Boards I. I have fond memories of that board but a lot of content seems to have been lost over time.
Agreed -- on both counts.
Julian Grimm wrote:I miss the stump forum from the first boards and the double flying the bird emoticon from the second.
EDIT: I tried posting the emoticon here last night/early this morning, but it didn't work.
Psalm 73:26
"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."
"Rules not understood should have appropriate questions directed to the publisher; disputes with the Dungeon Master are another matter entirely. THE REFEREE IS THE FINAL ARBITER OF ALL AFFAIRS OF HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN."
-- E. Gary Gygax
I miss the theory threads. I tried to find some of them, especially the ones where we argued about 12/18 vs Target 20, and the thread containing the "ah ha!" moment where everyone understood how Primes would really affect the game. I couldn't find them. This saddens me.
If I only thought about saving that stuff at the time, it would be a really interesting read today.
Marshal Fiffergrund, Knight-Errant of the Castle and Crusade Society
I'm relatively new here, so your suggestion to go resurrect an old thread has led me down a wonderful road of old thread reading. Thank you... I'm still looking for just the right one to raise from the dead, but it will happen soon or later.
Fiffergrund wrote:I miss the theory threads. I tried to find some of them, especially the ones where we argued about 12/18 vs Target 20, and the thread containing the "ah ha!" moment where everyone understood how Primes would really affect the game. I couldn't find them. This saddens me.
If I only thought about saving that stuff at the time, it would be a really interesting read today.
I agree. Those "ah ha" moments were really cool. Looking back, I'm not sure that anything we did was amazing, but it sure seemed cool at the time. Like we were discovering a whole new way to build a RPG. Most of all, I felt like our ideas and suggestions actually meant something and were influential on C&C design.
Marv / Finarvyn
Lord Marshall, Earl of Stone Creek, C&C Society
Just discovered Amazing Adventures and loving it! MA1E WardenMaster - Killing Characters since 1976, MA4E Playtester in 2006.
C&C Playtester in 2003, OD&D player since 1975
I miss, ironically, the old development section where we had some... interesting... discussions. Yes. That and the Yggsburgh area. I had some really cool, to me, stuff in there. So did many others.
serleran wrote:I miss, ironically, the old development section where we had some... interesting... discussions. Yes. That and the Yggsburgh area. I had some really cool, to me, stuff in there. So did many others.
First rgr on the Yggsburgh area.
Second, believe me, your stuff was really cool!!!
Sadly, the fire wall at work has been tightened so I can't look at any gaming threads there. So, I only have a limited time here at home to read the threads, sooooo I can't spend too much time looking at the old stuff, but I do have fond memories of the old stuff (V2 when I joined) ... now I feel old ....
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