tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post2387030755136267045..comments2024-03-26T22:17:42.458-04:00Comments on Semper Initiativus Unum: Weird Encounters from the Dawn of D&DWayne Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11347401495298367324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-51132333998929597082014-07-04T19:58:20.348-04:002014-07-04T19:58:20.348-04:00Yes, for all the internet hype on the subject, wie...Yes, for all the internet hype on the subject, wierd is not a new concept. Back in the glorious 1980s, when I was reading good (and not-so-good) fiction, our D&D games were filled with random and bizarre pop culture references. I recall fondly our party entering a dungeon room where we were forced to sit at desks and answer questions from the blackboard... a classroom! The inhabitants, in full academic dress (robes and square cap), were ruthless and did not 'spare the rod'. Fortunately one of the players managed to ask the professors about pi. While they gathered about the blackboard in heated discussion, we all made our escape back to the relative safety of the castle dungeons.Darcy Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385198563203931754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-17296856523932254322014-06-12T01:13:17.321-04:002014-06-12T01:13:17.321-04:00The prudes won.The prudes won.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-3480462283202027492014-06-11T11:00:29.435-04:002014-06-11T11:00:29.435-04:00I was born a curmudgeon, so even at the age of 10 ...I was born a curmudgeon, so even at the age of 10 or so I knew what was right and proper. I reveled in the futuristic weapons from Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, but saw how quickly things devolved once you went down that particular path.<br /><br />I prefer my gaming to be SRS BSNS.Jason Packerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240705069654358715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-22627677799758621572014-06-10T21:36:54.052-04:002014-06-10T21:36:54.052-04:00See, this is the stuff we did before we knew what ...See, this is the stuff we did before we knew what was "proper" fare for RPGs. Frankenstein versus Darth Vader? T-Red versus Hitler? Conan versus a Smurf? All totally good. <br /><br />Only later. I think with Dragonlance. Did we fits realize what D&D was "supposed" to be. Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.com