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It was over a year ago I saw the cover of Dungeon #116 while browsing in a newsagent. Crikey! I know that face, I thinks to myself. Now at that point I had not played or even thought about D&D for at least 15 years, but the Green Devil stared me down and forced me to buy the issue.
Since then I've purchased Dungeon religiously and by crawling through the discount bin in the local game shop have managed to get most issues back to #88. Obviously it did not take me long to get the new rules, old module pdfs and even some updated Judges Guild gear from Necromancer.
Last week I run my first game in a very long time. I even got to yell "Bree Yak"! My oldest boy and a mob of his school mates are all hooked and I've had to expand to two campaigns to fit them all in. None of them had ever played before and thought D&D was a computer franchise.
So I thought I would just drop a line and say thanks to whoever was responsible for putting that devils face on the cover. They are directly responsible for reintroducing me to simple pleasure of putting a mob of goblins to the sword and getting some younger lads into the game.
Bill
I have to second a lot of this post. I had been away from the game for a long time. i had picked up the third edition players handbook, and the monster manual when they came out...i was intrigued, but didn't have a gaming group, and a lot of other distractions, i didn't pursue it much further. I'd occasionally pick up a book (epic level...manual of the planes....draconomicon...)and i'd daydream about getting back into the game, but never actually played. I even got campaign cartographer and began making maps...but never actually started playing....
Then I ran into a copy of 116 sitting in a magazine shop...they had never gotten around to sending it back or selling it or getting it to someone who appreciated it, the issue was almost a year old when i found it. I read it, and between the 'top 30 dungeons of all time' and seeing the three excellent adventures in it, i felt that old familiar charge.
The same issue, the same story. It called me back to the game. Between here and ebay, i've managed to get issues back to 97 and forward to my subscription's beginning. The local hobby store got very used to seeing me for a few months until i started buying books from here.
I found an online group to play with, and i'm trying to coax my family into the game. I'm back, and having as much fun as i ever did.
Thanks to those who put that excellent issue together, to those who have made a product so full of possibilities. Once my budget sorts out, i know i'll be getting more back issues and books....i'm a completist, what can i say.
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I have to second a lot of this post. I had been away from the game for a long time. i had picked up the third edition players handbook, and the monster manual when they came out...i was intrigued, but didn't have a gaming group, and a lot of other distractions, i didn't pursue it much further. I'd occasionally pick up a book (epic level...manual of the planes....draconomicon...)and i'd daydream about getting back into the game, but never actually played. I even got campaign cartographer and began making maps...but never actually started playing....(...)
I observed that so often now!
D&D-players are kind of that. I can't play or find a group? Heck, I buy the book anyway!I heard/read about a lot of players who can't find a group but are still buying stuff, and I think I would do exactly the same. Just reading a rulebook or Dungeon Magazine makes your imagination burst out of you. Reading adventures is almost like playing them.
What a great hobby we have!