Dungeons and Dragons

[Caite-chan]

Is it possible for us to be able to play together online?

[EmeraldSky]

Yes--there are online tabletop apps, but no word on any free ones--most of the ones I've researched you have to pay for

[Noblejanobii]

Oh there's a D&D club at my college of which I want to become a part of I just don't have the time for it.

[Suicune's Fire]

Sooooooo I played my first session of D&D as the DM on Friday! I had five players; one was my brother and the other four are long-term friends. I bought a 3D printer from work like three weeks ago and I've been printing all these minis out for the campaign that I'm doing with them! I'm just doing the campaign in the Starter Set, which is an official D&D set you can buy for $25 that contains a basic adventure and comes with character sheets already pre-done...but all my players made their own instead. XD

Here's a shot of a bunch of minis I've printed and primed (not painted yet) (also sorry for Facebook photo quality) (yes there are lots of wolves):

Spoiler:

Because they were printed, they have visible layers, which obviously isn't ideal, but it suits me just fine for NPCs and enemies. For player characters I actually bought real minis, but printing out a mini costs me like 3c compared to $5 per mini if you buy them.

Anyway, this has been taking up ALL my freaking time. xD Yes the adventure is written out for you, but you have to memorise it all and then fill in the gaps. None of my friends had played before either, so they were all learning as they went along. My brother had played before but he just kept questioning my decisions and telling me I was wrong about certain rules which annoyed the crap out of me because I've been exposed to far more D&D than he has. xD

Nothing hugely off-script has happened so far, though they did capture a goblin so I had to quickly make up a name (stuck with "Gookli") and was acting him out. It was hard to keep a straight face some of the time. xD

[Neo Emolga]

Sooooooo I played my first session of D&D as the DM on Friday! I had five players; one was my brother and the other four are long-term friends. I bought a 3D printer from work like three weeks ago and I've been printing all these minis out for the campaign that I'm doing with them! I'm just doing the campaign in the Starter Set, which is an official D&D set you can buy for $25 that contains a basic adventure and comes with character sheets already pre-done...but all my players made their own instead. XD

Here's a shot of a bunch of minis I've printed and primed (not painted yet) (also sorry for Facebook photo quality) (yes there are lots of wolves):

Spoiler:

Because they were printed, they have visible layers, which obviously isn't ideal, but it suits me just fine for NPCs and enemies. For player characters I actually bought real minis, but printing out a mini costs me like 3c compared to $5 per mini if you buy them.

Anyway, this has been taking up ALL my freaking time. xD Yes the adventure is written out for you, but you have to memorise it all and then fill in the gaps. None of my friends had played before either, so they were all learning as they went along. My brother had played before but he just kept questioning my decisions and telling me I was wrong about certain rules which annoyed the crap out of me because I've been exposed to far more D&D than he has. xD

Nothing hugely off-script has happened so far, though they did capture a goblin so I had to quickly make up a name (stuck with "Gookli") and was acting him out. It was hard to keep a straight face some of the time. xD

Ahhh, so that's where you've been! That's cool that you're the DM, though! Sounds like you've been enjoying it, also.

I never thought of 3D printing miniatures like that. They look pretty good and nicely detailed!

[Chakramaster]

I've still kinda wanted to try playing one day. If anything maybe work on a Pokemon style D&D game to try. I'm all for the basic so I can get my mage skills on, but Pikachu is where it's at ;P

Still looks and sounds like you had tons of fun!

[Neo Emolga]

I've still kinda wanted to try playing one day. If anything maybe work on a Pokemon style D&D game to try. I'm all for the basic so I can get my mage skills on, but Pikachu is where it's at ;P

Still looks and sounds like you had tons of fun!

I think it exists (essentially a tabletop game format for Pokemon), but it gets pretty complicated. I remember reading a bit into it and I kind of felt it wasn't worth all the moving parts. They really should have kept it simple.

[Chakramaster]

I think it exists (essentially a tabletop game format for Pokemon), but it gets pretty complicated. I remember reading a bit into it and I kind of felt it wasn't worth all the moving parts. They really should have kept it simple.

I've only played D&D once with an old friend and I didn't even finish his first story set. I could stand to play again some day xD. Even if it's learning the Pokemon one or creating my own

[EmeraldSky]

I have always wanted to play D&D for real, be this official stuff or some homebrew aspects

[Neo Emolga]

I have always wanted to play D&D for real, be this official stuff or some homebrew aspects

The beauty of D&D is you don't need to be strict with the rules. We definitely weren't when we played it. I know some people can be technical about every little thing and will be rules lawyers, but it's best played with a casual group.

Thing is, meeting up is the toughest part. You never really get to the deep, good stuff if you only meet with your crew like once or twice a year for these kinds of occasions. If you don't come up with a regular schedule to meet up for D&D, yeah, you'll miss out on so much of it.