Next Sunday Game Session

Due to some scheduling conflicts, our next session has been moved to Sunday, 1/13/13. Hope to see you all there.

Timeline of Fantasy RPG

Our conversation on Sunday got me curious so I looked up some dates that might have been important to our gaming lives:

• Dungeons and Dragons was published in 1974.
• AD&D was published in 1977. (Monster Manual - 1977, Player's Handbook - 1978, Dungeon Master's Guide - 1979, Dieties & Demigods - 1980, Fiend Folio - 1981, Monster Manual II - 1983, Unearthed Arcana - 1985, Oriental Adventures - 1985, Dungeoneer's Survival Guide - 1986, Wilderness Survival Guide - 1986, Manual of the Planes - 1987, Dragonlance Adventures -1987, Greyhawk Adventures - 1988) 
• AD&D 2nd edition was published in 1989.
• Wizards of the Coast acquired TSR in 1997.
• D&D 3.0 was published in 2000.
• D&D 3.5 was published in 2003.
• D&D 4th edition was published in 2008.
• Pathfinder Beta was published in 2008.
• Pathfinder RPG was published in 2009.

My first product was the D&D Basic set from 1979. I was able to pinpoint that because of the for the following I found on Wikipedia:

"For a period in 1979, TSR experienced a dice shortage. Basic sets published during this time frame came with two sheets of numbered cutout cardstock chits that functioned in lieu of dice, along with a coupon for ordering dice from TSR."

I followed shortly with the 3 core hardcovers. I remember that Dieties & Demigods was the new book when it came out. I have a 1st edition copy with the two unauthorized mythos.

Game this Sunday, 11/4/12

At this point we are scheduled to play Legacy of Fire on Sunday at 2:00 at Bruce's house. I will do my best to be there around 2:00 but I may be a little later.

I am expecting David, Jon, Bruce and Dave. Matt F is invited but I am not sure if he remembers or can make it or not.

Everyone should have a 2nd level character.

Reminder: Game next Sunday, 10/7/12

Just a reminder that we are scheduled to play Pathfinder next Sunday. I will be continuing the Legacy of Fire Adventure Path. I will try to be there by 2:00 but I might be a tad later than that.

Everyone should also bring a 2nd level version of their character. You will level up during the session. It will save time if you have the next version ready to go.

I show that you are playing the following:

Bruce is playing a Ifrit Bard.

Dave is playing a Tiefling Barbarian.

David is a Aasimar Cleric.

Jon is a Human Paladin.

Matt has to yet make a character.

 

See you Sunday.

Next session

Is everyone onboard for having our scheduled game on 10/7/12? I am prepared to continue Legacy of Fire.

Problem with 9/9/12 date

Well, it looks like we have a wrench in our plans for September. My family will be celebrating the birthdays of my Aunt Kathy and my niece, Quinn, on Sunday, 9/9/12. It is not really something I should miss. If we want to still get together on that date, it would have to be later say around 6:00 PM. Otherwise I expect we will have to cancel for September.

If we want to get together and continue the Legacy of Fire, I can make that work. If some do not want to come out and/or travel for a short session, the rest of us can still get together and do someting. We can always play a lower tier PFS scenario or a board game.

Reminder - Game this Sunday 7/8/12

Just a reminder, we are scheduled for our Sunday game this coming weekend on 7/8/12. I am scheduled to run Pathfinder.


As a side note, I have been a bit dissatisfied with the way the game has been playing out lately. I am not sure if it is the adventure or the high-level play. I figure that if I am not satisfied then the players may not be either.

I was looking for input from the players as to what you would like to do. Our current group of players is Bruce, Dave, David, Jon and Matt F.

We can stick it out with the current characters and adventure and hope my feelings change.

We could start a new high level adventure with the same characters and see how that goes.

I could start a new low level adventure with new characters. I could even start an adventure path (I have several) which would take the characters from 1st to 15th+ assuming that we stuck with it. It would provide several years of story based upon our frequency of play.

I know that we have tried PFS and I am not sure that it is everyone’s cup of tea. It fits the infrequent gaming schedule but most of us already play regularly on Tuesday nights.

We could try a different game system for a while. The questions there are which one and would everyone be ok with it? Pathfinder seems to be a nice common ground.