The Nerd & Geek Thread

nossmf wrote: »

I played 2nd edition for years, then hit college where nobody was interested in playing, think I got a single gaming session in with 3rd edition, then nothing until somebody mentioned in passing at work that there was now a 5th edition (I hadn't even been aware there was a 4th until I looked it up).

I think 4th is happily forgotten by most, though if you like detailed minis-combat it's actually a great system for skirmish games (probably since I think they made 4th edition their old minis skirmish rules).

nossmf wrote: »

I played 2nd edition for years, then hit college where nobody was interested in playing, think I got a single gaming session in with 3rd edition, then nothing until somebody mentioned in passing at work that there was now a 5th edition (I hadn't even been aware there was a 4th until I looked it up).

I like 5th and 3rd, but I think 2nd is just a little grittier. Has that sword and sandal feel. Even the artwork is different. 4th? Yeah, refused to play or run it. No roll playing. I encourage my players to RP situations. If they go to the sword to often, they get a bad reputation and I make situations harder for them.

I just got the Stranger Things D&D for my birthday on Friday!!!!

It seems like an odd match up between 1st and 5th edition with the campaign notes/maps the kids were playing in the show.

Now I just need to find a DM, or be brave enough to try that myself...

tcunbeliever wrote: »

It seems like a fairly small story, maybe I'll try my hand as a DM...with a very small group of kind friends!

Highly recommend trying it with some kind friends. Just have fun--that's the main "rule" to remember when DMing, if you and your players are having fun than what else are you after in a session?

Btw, I just saw it in the store--kinda like the art that was show on the back cover, they really did it up to look like Mike's adventure and that's pretty awesome

This movie looks like it's a direct sequel to the original two movies and sidesteps the 2016 reboot altogether.

I didn't mind the 2016 movie, actually. It wasn't up to the level of the original, but it had it's moments and was probably on par with Ghostbusters 2. I think if it had been a sequel instead of a reboot (maybe the daughter of one of the original characters takes over the family business or something) it would have been better received.

I have mixed feelings about the new trailer...on the one hand, it looks wonderfully 80's and what's not to love about that...on the other hand, Steve is alive, and I hate when they bring dead characters back on general principal, plus you know it's going to be time travel or an alternate dimension...and I hate that WW can't just be WW, they had to pair her up with Steve in the first movie, and do all the Batman/WW sexual tension in the Justice League...it's tiresome, can't she just be wonderful and freaking single, or get her a girlfriend, clearly the amazons take care of each other and there's precedent for that...plus, in JL they made a point of WW not doing ANYTHING since WWI and being a non-entity on the hero scene, so now all of sudden she was a thing in the 80's...not that comics ever have continuity errors...ever...

Not sure what qualifies as nerdy or geeky but I love birds, comics, and games.

Found these great stores recently and was in heaven.

MFP split my post for some reason. See below.

nooshi713 wrote: »

Not sure what qualifies as nerdy or geeky but I love birds, comics, and games.

Found these great stores recently and was in heaven.

MFP split my post for some reason. See below.

nooshi713 wrote: »

Marry me 💍

That’s an awesome looking store.