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2009-04-03, 03:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I was going through an old issue of Dragon I bought at a local store for $2, and I came across this page:
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I am not sure why, but I just found this funny.
I also got a good chuckle out of things like a Waldenbooks add for selling D&D books saying "Look in the Yellow Pages for a Waldenbooks near you!".
I envy those of you who enjoyed the 80s D&D scene, since fantasy from that area just seems better; however, besides that I can't imagine how you guys got by...
(p.s. I love the sweaters. :D)Last edited by newbDM; 2009-04-03 at 03:57 PM.
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2009-04-03, 03:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Wow, I think I may have played that game...
(Also, could you put the image in spoiler tags?)Love the Third Amendment?
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2009-04-03, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
is it just me or does it seem like the kid on the left is looking at the guy in white and going "he's dreamy!", the guy in white is all like "aw yeah" and the 3rd guy is all "heh heh heh...(mental note: Aaaawkwarrrd)"
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2009-04-03, 03:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
... the jokes are soo bad, not in a bad way just very very lame.
I'd imagine this would be what a late 80's acid trip would look it.
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2009-04-03, 04:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
So...are we supposed to imagine that the dragon is really there or not? Because the kids don't seem to notice it.
At least John Stamos and Anthony Michael Hall don't. Scott Baio looks like he might be closing his eyes with fear.How to Play Rogues Properly:
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2009-04-03, 04:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I've played that game. It's pretty cool, like speed HacknSlash DnD.
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2009-04-03, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I have, a few monsters missing in my second hand copy, but the game itself was fun. Names seem to derive a bit from Faerun, especially novel Azure Bonds: Monsters like "Evil Sorceress Cassana of Westgate", weapons like "Hillcleaver, +2 sword"
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2009-04-03, 05:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
That game was totally rad, man!
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2009-04-03, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Ha, if you think that was bad:
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It is like no period of the 80s I remember, but then I wasn't even a teenager back then, and maybe it was exactly like that across the pond...Last edited by Matthew; 2009-04-03 at 05:39 PM.
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2009-04-03, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
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2009-04-03, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Yes, indeed. Of course, the 90s were no picnic either... especially if you weren't prepared for a Dragon Strike!
I am sure the period 2000-2010 will look equally ludicrous to us in ten or twenty years time, but still...Last edited by Matthew; 2009-04-03 at 05:50 PM.
It is a joyful thing indeed to hold intimate converse with a man after one’s own heart, chatting without reserve about things of interest or the fleeting topics of the world; but such, alas, are few and far between.
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2009-04-03, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I love that movie so much.
I think my favorite scene is the bit with the owlbear. It was made all the better because the game had no owlbears in it, causing one to question why they didn't use a troll, or bugbear, or something.
On Dungeon, though, that's a pretty cool game - there was nothing quite like bursting into a room to see a Dracolich.Last edited by Thane of Fife; 2009-04-03 at 05:55 PM.
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2009-04-03, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I still miss Hero Quest... used to play that all the time. Never could find any of the expansion packs, though.
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2009-04-03, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Not only have I played that game... I still have that game. I even have all the pieces.
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2009-04-03, 09:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
The problem with Hero Quest was that, much like Epic levels in 3.5E, you reached a point where the monsters simply couldn't challenge the Heroes anymore, not unless you were really stingy with loot. Still, I played all 12 Quests, the Return of the Witch King and Kellar's Keep, so I got a lot of fun out of the game.
Oh, I used to play Dungeon with my friends too. We had that goddamn game down to a science, to the point where we had memorized how many of a certain treasure and which monsters could be found in which level. Sort of takes the guesswork out of playing one of the Wizards.Last edited by FoE; 2009-04-03 at 09:08 PM.
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2009-04-04, 02:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Had a couple things with that add. Yes, yes I was there.
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2009-04-04, 04:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Let us be thankful, that we were born not even a year earlier.
Anyone remember this game?
Interestingly, this was my parents game and they played it with me, when I was very young. True, it's not D&D, but my mother introduced me to dungeon crawling.Last edited by Neithan; 2009-04-04 at 04:07 AM.
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2009-04-04, 04:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Ah, how i loved the 80s.
You think thats bad, go watch the dungeons and dragons cartoon. Seriously, the villian's a cross eyed idiot with a horrid overbite.Monk sucks, but you know, it's not actually worth negative LA.
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2009-04-04, 04:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I like parts of the 80's. For example, Ghostbusters, early video and computer games, and of course, D&D. The clothes and fashion I have a real love/hate relationship with.On one hand I find them atrociously ugly. On the other hand, they are so out there, so bombastic and colourful, I can't help but love them.
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2009-04-04, 06:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
If there's one good thing that can be said for the 80s it is this: it wasn't the 70s.
With that offhanded dismissal of everything that happened before I was born (I challenge anyone to prove that the universe did not begin in 1984) out of the way, I can at least say this for the decade:
*The cartoons were pretty sweet.
*The toys, too.
*Some of the music was okay
I would make a statement regarding the politics, business, and overall culture of the decade, but I was under three feet tall throughout, so what I mostly remember is the cartoons, toys and music.How to Play Rogues Properly:
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2009-04-04, 07:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Of course, if you think the people in those ads look bad, you have to remember that all advertising presents aspirational images to its target market. So yeah, there really were kids in the 80s who would have looked at those ads and thought 'hey, if I buy this game maybe I'll be that cool'. Not that I was one of them, of course....
Then again, I don't think I've seen any ads for D&D recently, so maybe they're still trying to appeal to the same demographic.Look at me - I'm Robespierre!
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2009-04-04, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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I grew up through the 80s. That ain't bad at all. I seriously don't get what the hullaballoo is aboutl. I don't see any scary shoulder pads, giant hair, or triple layered socks. Just three sweater preppies playing a board game.
Also, playing D&D in the 80s was srs bsns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbcWKWp2UE4 (WARNING: Contains extreme 80s nerdery)
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2009-04-04, 03:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-04-04, 03:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-04-04, 03:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
Yep, that's pretty much what the 80s were like. There were more hair bands, and the sexual revolution was happening at the beginning, and people kept talking about communist conspiracies even though things like Perestroika were happening, but that's unrelated.
Let's see: Decades I liked. 1990s, 1960s (1970s ruined a good thing with watergate and disco), 1950s, 1940s (War is horrible, but winning THAT war felt good), 1920s, The Oughts, 1890s, and then we have to jump back all the way to 1650s. I don't actually remember the 1650s that clearly, but I had fun. There was alcohol involved, and a few heists/assassinations, and I wound up getting banished from france.
Decades I am ambivalent about: Oughts MK II, 1970s, 1930s, 1880s. Then pretty much 1760s-1860s.
Decades I disliked: 1980s, 1910s, 1870, and pretty much everything not mentioned between 1760 and the dawn of mankind. Though... I think on the modern calendar it was around 120 ad? Rome was decent. Some of the posher neighborhoods even DIDN'T have fecal matter running in the streets.
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2009-04-04, 04:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I found this amusing.....so this is what the 80s were like?
I mentally filed them under "toys". Definitely don't want to forget the many many hours and braincells I wasted in front of Mario, Megaman and Link.
I have a Nintendo Wii now. It's great and I've had lots of fun with it even with the few games I currently own. But when I play it I'm still very aware that I'm a guy in his twenties waving a magic wand at a televised plumber.
But every now and then I'll dust off my old NES carts, blow into the console until my face is blue and then watch as the hours just disappear while I play Mike Tyson's Punch-Out.
I've defeated you before, Iron Mike, and I know I will again. Oh yes.How to Play Rogues Properly:
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2009-04-04, 05:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-04-04, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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hee hee. "Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name..."
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