You know you're getting old when...
All of the players in your new Traveller game are older than the starting characters they generate.
As long as none of your Traveller players died while creating their character you're still ok...
You know you're old when you can remember Armor Class descending instead of Ascending.
You know you're old when you can remember when Elf was a class.
You know you're old when you can it was considered acceptable to throw a Disenchanter at your players.
You know you're old when you remember that a Good-aligned Drow was a novel concept.
You know you're old when you can remember when Tieflings were unheard of (me!).
You know you're old when you are using dice older than some of your players.
You know you're old when you still have and play characters that were rolled up before some of your players were born.
You know you're old if you remember Aleena as hot.
You know you're old if you hate Bargle.
You know you're old if you insist on carrying a 10' pole.
You know you're old if you remember coloring in your dice with a crayon.
- You know you are old when you say "Roll a d6" and your players of 30 years start start examining the dice and asking "Which is the d6?" - which is what always happened but now you realise that for the first time you no more have the energies to point at it.
- You know that you are old when you say "All the characters take 1d3 damage" - and when the smartest of them says "but... there is no d3..." you realise that you have no more energies, full stop.
...You and your players need to take a short rest after every encounter. even if the characters don't.
Quote from: DM_Curt on November 17, 2021, 06:51:55 AM
You know you're old if you remember Aleena as hot.
You know you're old if you hate Bargle.
You know you're old if you insist on carrying a 10' pole.
You know you're old if you remember coloring in your dice with a crayon.
What're you talking about? Aleena was ALWAYS hot. Did they fuck up her artwork too?
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
when your friend creased the "20" chit ever so slightly so she could pick it out of the pile.
when you dreamed of owning actual dice
when your friends OOOOed at the Efreeti cover of the DMG, and your non-gaming friends thinking it was a cool art. So metal!
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
... when you can no longer remember which dice came with which boxed set,
Or you forget their names... no, wait! That's children...
Quote from: PsyXypher on November 16, 2021, 09:42:15 PM
You know you're old when you can remember when Elf was a class.
No, you know you are old when you can remember when elf was
not a class. That came later, dammit!
Quote from: Ghostmaker on November 17, 2021, 10:56:59 AM
Quote from: DM_Curt on November 17, 2021, 06:51:55 AM
You know you're old if you remember Aleena as hot.
You know you're old if you hate Bargle.
You know you're old if you insist on carrying a 10' pole.
You know you're old if you remember coloring in your dice with a crayon.
What're you talking about? Aleena was ALWAYS hot. Did they fuck up her artwork too?
She was always hot, but you have to be old to remember who she was.
You know you're old if you remember thinking using different sized die for damage was a new idea.
When you have to explain to a purple haired pervert that a Kilrathi warrior who came to kill stuff is an ok character concept, but a catgirl prostitute is a bridge too far.
There is no Uwu here, only owie-ouchie-olly-oxen-free, with cheeto dust.
When a group of young girls playing "Call of Cthulhu" (and only Call of Cthulhu) is cool - and you do not understand how it come to be (cue "The Calyx").
Quote from: Ghostmaker on November 17, 2021, 10:56:59 AM
Quote from: DM_Curt on November 17, 2021, 06:51:55 AM
You know you're old if you remember Aleena as hot.
You know you're old if you hate Bargle.
You know you're old if you insist on carrying a 10' pole.
You know you're old if you remember coloring in your dice with a crayon.
What're you talking about? Aleena was ALWAYS hot. Did they fuck up her artwork too?
She's probably a dude now. And married to a construct.
You know you're getting old when you are still using forums to talk about RPGs
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Quote from: Slipshot762 on November 17, 2021, 03:03:54 PM
When you have to explain to a purple haired pervert that a Kilrathi warrior who came to kill stuff is an ok character concept, but a catgirl prostitute is a bridge too far.
There is no Uwu here, only owie-ouchie-olly-oxen-free, with cheeto dust.
I've unironically seen a catgirl prostitute done reasonably well. By which I mean "It wasn't disruptive".
Granted that wasn't a D&D campaign but more of an anime inspired fighting game (which was freaking awesome) but I have seen it done alright.
Quote from: HappyDaze on November 17, 2021, 06:16:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Two beers, two fucking beers, normal size too, not pints. I know what I'm talking about.
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:43:40 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on November 17, 2021, 06:16:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Two beers, two fucking beers, normal size too, not pints. I know what I'm talking about.
Greetings!
Dos Equis AMBER for the win, Hermano! ;D
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Quote from: SHARK on November 18, 2021, 12:47:25 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:43:40 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on November 17, 2021, 06:16:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Two beers, two fucking beers, normal size too, not pints. I know what I'm talking about.
Greetings!
Dos Equis AMBER for the win, Hermano! ;D
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Victoria Tamarindo michelada hermano you need to try it.
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 18, 2021, 01:57:16 AM
Quote from: SHARK on November 18, 2021, 12:47:25 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:43:40 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on November 17, 2021, 06:16:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Two beers, two fucking beers, normal size too, not pints. I know what I'm talking about.
Greetings!
Dos Equis AMBER for the win, Hermano! ;D
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Victoria Tamarindo michelada hermano you need to try it.
Greetings!
OOOOHHH, Damn! Yeah, that sounds good! I would love to have some of that! VICTORIA. Here in the states I have had a Victoria beer that is gold. Good stuff for sure! Is that the same Victoria brand? My usual favourites have been Victoria, Dos Equis Amber, and Pacifico.
I haven't seen a Victoria Tamarindo though!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Many people are very interested in these mythical 'two beers'. Law enforcement, for example:
https://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2007/05/two-beers.html
:D
Belgium has plenty of beers, where 2 will put you 'mildly' over the limit.
I'll try to photograph some in front of my dice bag tomorrow, to keep this gaming related ;D
But then Belgium beers are sold usually in smaller bottles than your usual beers, so higher power is balances by lower amount.
/looks at 1.5 l bottle of Westmalle Triple
Myeah... maybe :)
Quote from: SHARK on November 18, 2021, 02:38:30 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 18, 2021, 01:57:16 AM
Quote from: SHARK on November 18, 2021, 12:47:25 AM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:43:40 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on November 17, 2021, 06:16:15 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on November 17, 2021, 11:34:12 AM
You know you're getting old when...
You need more than one bathroom break in a 3 hour session.
Even in previous decades, that was highly dependent upon the beer intake at the table.
Two beers, two fucking beers, normal size too, not pints. I know what I'm talking about.
Greetings!
Dos Equis AMBER for the win, Hermano! ;D
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
Victoria Tamarindo michelada hermano you need to try it.
Greetings!
OOOOHHH, Damn! Yeah, that sounds good! I would love to have some of that! VICTORIA. Here in the states I have had a Victoria beer that is gold. Good stuff for sure! Is that the same Victoria brand? My usual favourites have been Victoria, Dos Equis Amber, and Pacifico.
I haven't seen a Victoria Tamarindo though!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK
My guess would be that yes it's the same brand.
Here we have it normal, with tamarindo, with tomato & lemon juice (our lemon, so your lime), and one with tomato, lemon juice + sauces, kinda spicy.
Quote from: Ghostmaker on November 18, 2021, 08:04:29 AM
Many people are very interested in these mythical 'two beers'. Law enforcement, for example:
https://thelawdogfiles.blogspot.com/2007/05/two-beers.html
:D
LOL LEOs have nothing on me, at least until such a time that drinking and using the internet is illegal.
Quote from: Godfather Punk on November 18, 2021, 08:45:29 AM
Belgium has plenty of beers, where 2 will put you 'mildly' over the limit.
I'll try to photograph some in front of my dice bag tomorrow, to keep this gaming related ;D
Mexican beers are not that strong, about one glass of wine. I've tried some Belgium beers tho, good stuff! I wouldn't drink them and play RPGs tho, my spoken english is already terrible don't need any help from alcohol to not be understood.
I celebrated my 50th birthday in a moshpit.
"Old" is a state of mind.
And I love Mexican beers on tap. Corona on tap in a frosted glass kicks ass.
Quote from: moonsweeper on November 16, 2021, 07:53:12 PM
As long as none of your Traveller players died while creating their character you're still ok...
Only old players mention that. See 1977 rules.
I know Im getting old when I've been through now THREE different waves of the SJW/Woke/Femnazi movement and am probably going to see a third one in less than 10 years.
Quote from: RandyB on November 17, 2021, 11:38:12 AM
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
Vividly remember waiting for its release.
I know I'm getting old when I remember when "Bunnies & Burrows" was a thing and people knew what "Watership Downs" was.
**
"Watership Downs" was the "Harry Potter" of that time.
Quote from: Greentongue on November 21, 2021, 01:33:14 PM
I know I'm getting old when I remember when "Bunnies & Burrows" was a thing and people knew what "Watership Downs" was.
**
"Watership Downs" was the "Harry Potter" of that time.
Never played it, but remember seeing it on the shelf at the game store.
Quote from: Greentongue on November 21, 2021, 01:33:14 PM
I know I'm getting old when I remember when "Bunnies & Burrows" was a thing and people knew what "Watership Downs" was.
**
"Watership Downs" was the "Harry Potter" of that time.
I remember when "Bunnies and Burrows" was still independently published and not a GURPS supplement (I still have the original, with a pale blue cover, somewhere in some upper shelf).
Quote from: Reckall on November 21, 2021, 02:18:59 PM
I remember when "Bunnies and Burrows" was still independently published and not a GURPS supplement (I still have the original, with a pale blue cover, somewhere in some upper shelf).
Yes, that's the one.
You know you're getting old when instead of looking in the mirror and being a young bitter person who is yelling at how dumb the kids are, your face now begins to resemble the old man you've always been yelling at how dumb the kids still are, except now they're younger and dumber.
You know you're getting old when you remember when "Judges Guild" made the stuff everyone wanted copies of.
You know you're becoming an old gamer when...
you remember when Waldenbooks and B Daltons were your FLGS.
you remember when the DM was the most respected person at the table, not the most shit on.
you remember going to the library to read their copies of Dragon magazine.
you remember when people were able to figure out how to play games without needing a half dozen videos.
you remember not knowing the politics or opinions of anyone who wrote your favorite games. Hell not even knowing their names most of the time. I was 10+ years into the hobby before I knew who Gygax was.
you can remember when D&D, RuneQuest, and Traveller were the Big Three rpgs.
... and you can remember the ANGST when Vampire: The Masquerade was released.
Twilight was all the rage at the time if I recall.
Quote from: Greentongue on November 24, 2021, 08:23:55 AM
... and you can remember the ANGST when Vampire: The Masquerade was released.
Twilight was all the rage at the time if I recall.
Nah, Twilight was much later. V:tM was when the Anne Rice books (Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat) were popular.
You know you're getting old when you remember the outrage in the letters page of White Dwarf over the very concept of a "limited nuclear exchange" in Twilight: 2000.
You know you're not getting old quite yet when you still miss half the references in these types of thread.
Quote from: RandyB on November 17, 2021, 11:38:12 AM
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
Well played. I say that anyone who was playing D&D before the release of the 1E AD&D DMG, is a true blue old school gamer. They are the real deal. Unfortunately, 1E AD&D was fully released when I was 9 years old; and absolutely nobody I knew in my small southern town would have allowed their kids to possess such books. The DMG cover alone, would have been seen as an image of the devil himself.
I didn't get exposed to D&D, until the mid 1990's.
You know you're old when you bought a copy of Magic Realm "fantasy adventure board game" when it came out and thought you could play it with friends.
(I actually did set it up once.)
You know you're old when you bought a copy of "Red Moon / White Bear" in a zip lock bag and heard this game called "RuneQuest" was going to be released.
Quote from: Greentongue on November 27, 2021, 08:33:56 PM
You know you're old when you bought a copy of Magic Realm "fantasy adventure board game" when it came out and thought you could play it with friends.
(I actually did set it up once.)
Magic Realm was my gateway to D&D. We had house rules to play with a "party".
Getting frustrated with TSR's cheap dice as the edges wore down on the d20 and they would roll and roll and roll and roll...
Flinching at the memory of stepping on a d4.
Moving up from using crayons to fill in the numbers on your dice to using paint pens.
"Roll percentage dice?" *grabs two d20s.
You know you're getting old when you used to wait for the next copy of White Dwarf for the awesome D&D/Traveller/CoC/Runequest content.
Quote from: Jam The MF on November 27, 2021, 03:52:42 PM
Quote from: RandyB on November 17, 2021, 11:38:12 AM
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
Well played. I say that anyone who was playing D&D before the release of the 1E AD&D DMG, is a true blue old school gamer. They are the real deal. Unfortunately, 1E AD&D was fully released when I was 9 years old; and absolutely nobody I knew in my small southern town would have allowed their kids to possess such books. The DMG cover alone, would have been seen as an image of the devil himself.
I didn't get exposed to D&D, until the mid 1990's.
I lived in a small southern town and had the DMG in hand in 1982. I found the reactions mixed, but there were most definitely people who would not tolerate their kids having any contact with those books at all. Some, who were initially concerned (like my parents) read through the book, and then shrugged wondering what the fuss was about. I did have a pal a few years later, who had his father forbid him from playing and had him destroy his monster manual 2. I never really understood that one, as his father was not really very religious and rarely, if ever attended church.
Quote from: oggsmash on December 02, 2021, 12:54:17 PM
Quote from: Jam The MF on November 27, 2021, 03:52:42 PM
Quote from: RandyB on November 17, 2021, 11:38:12 AM
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
Well played. I say that anyone who was playing D&D before the release of the 1E AD&D DMG, is a true blue old school gamer. They are the real deal. Unfortunately, 1E AD&D was fully released when I was 9 years old; and absolutely nobody I knew in my small southern town would have allowed their kids to possess such books. The DMG cover alone, would have been seen as an image of the devil himself.
I didn't get exposed to D&D, until the mid 1990's.
I lived in a small southern town and had the DMG in hand in 1982. I found the reactions mixed, but there were most definitely people who would not tolerate their kids having any contact with those books at all. Some, who were initially concerned (like my parents) read through the book, and then shrugged wondering what the fuss was about. I did have a pal a few years later, who had his father forbid him from playing and had him destroy his monster manual 2. I never really understood that one, as his father was not really very religious and rarely, if ever attended church.
And now he can visit his father's gravesite, and read aloud the replacement copy he purchased online.
Quote from: Jam The MF on December 02, 2021, 02:40:13 PM
Quote from: oggsmash on December 02, 2021, 12:54:17 PM
Quote from: Jam The MF on November 27, 2021, 03:52:42 PM
Quote from: RandyB on November 17, 2021, 11:38:12 AM
When you looked forward to the release of the AD&D 1e DMG.
Well played. I say that anyone who was playing D&D before the release of the 1E AD&D DMG, is a true blue old school gamer. They are the real deal. Unfortunately, 1E AD&D was fully released when I was 9 years old; and absolutely nobody I knew in my small southern town would have allowed their kids to possess such books. The DMG cover alone, would have been seen as an image of the devil himself.
I didn't get exposed to D&D, until the mid 1990's.
I lived in a small southern town and had the DMG in hand in 1982. I found the reactions mixed, but there were most definitely people who would not tolerate their kids having any contact with those books at all. Some, who were initially concerned (like my parents) read through the book, and then shrugged wondering what the fuss was about. I did have a pal a few years later, who had his father forbid him from playing and had him destroy his monster manual 2. I never really understood that one, as his father was not really very religious and rarely, if ever attended church.
And now he can visit his father's gravesite, and read aloud the replacement copy he purchased online.
Well, his dad was a good guy over all, and I liked him. He could be a bit head strong, and I think this was right around the time the satanic panic was literally full bore (I think it was 1984-85). I have serious doubts he ever thought that sort of thing, and the odd thing was, supposedly his dad did not care if he still came over to my house and played, which he did, so it was strange. Teachers and school folks also had some interesting reactions in the bible belt around that time, again a bit of range. I do remember the scout troop at first allowing games on campouts, and then a banning...which was also right around 1984, so oh well.
... when you wonder who did such a perfectly clean job of filling in the numbers on this black 20-sided die with liquid paper.
You know you're getting old when the paper of your character sheets are starting to yellow with age.
When your "Alarums and Excursions" posting was for that new game "RuneQuest".
You know you're getting old when you played D&D before the Satanic Panic.
You know you're getting old when you your character sheet was a piece of note book paper.
You know you're getting old when the publish a NEW D&D book explaining things like "what is session zero", "you can actually TALK to monsters before killing them", or "you know, if your elf character was raised by dwarves, you could give him proficiency with battleaxes instead of longswords (two nearly identical weapons, BTW)"...
...and you realized some people are reading this for THE FIRST TIME despite playing 5e for years.
https://methodsetmadness.blogspot.com/2020/11/tasha-and-d-5e-is-for-experts-and.html
When your dice are older than the parents of the new players in your group.