If no one hears from me again, tell my wife I love her...

[Ed Anger]

I always wanted to play but it seems like it would be really hard to get into  now.

The difficulty is finding a group of friends who all simultaneously happen to have the hours of free time necessary to play it.

But there are so many rules and backstories.

When the GM offers a +2 sword for a blowjob, it's a trap.

[Korea]

But there are so many rules and backstories.

The rules are really rather simple, especially since you don't need to follow them all.  Same with backstories.   What you need is somebody to run the game who is good at telling stories.

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

[Korea]

I always wanted to play but it seems like it would be really hard to get into  now.

The difficulty is finding a group of friends who all simultaneously happen to have the hours of free time necessary to play it.

But there are so many rules and backstories.

When the GM offers a +2 sword for a blowjob, it's a trap.

[Malthus]

I always wanted to play but it seems like it would be really hard to get into  now.

The difficulty is finding a group of friends who all simultaneously happen to have the hours of free time necessary to play it.

But there are so many rules and backstories.

What Neil said. The rules aren't the important part, they can be made very simple.

What is important is having a good DM who can as it were bring the story to life.

I pride myself that I was pretty good at that. Plus I was rutheless. One of the banes of D&D was DMs who were basically monty hall - too chickenshit to ever actually kill off players; so there was no tension and the games got boring. In my games, if you were stupid, you got killed off. 

[Eddie Teach]

Would it be possible to play D&D on the forum?

[Savonarola]

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

I'll GM; would you like a +2 sword?

[Barrister]

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

I'll GM; would you like a +2 sword?

You should hold out for a curling broom +2 Korea.

[Ed Anger]

Would it be possible to play D&D on the forum?

You can. Me and my friends set up one of those freebie forums and played Paranoia on it.

Games usually fell apart fairly quick, due to real life issues.

OBEY THE COMPUTER.

[MadImmortalMan]

But there are so many rules and backstories.

The rules are really rather simple, especially since you don't need to follow them all.  Same with backstories.   What you need is somebody to run the game who is good at telling stories.

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

You're a real catch, you know that? 

[jimmy olsen]

How does a gelatinous cube drop loot when killed? WHY ARE THERE NO PRIZES IN MY JELLO?

Gelatinous cubes drop some of the most dangerous loot in the game, at least in AD&D 2nd edition, the +5 ICBM.  There is a percentile roll to see if the weapon detonates and then how long it takes to go to detonate.  This led to a typical crisis in the game known amongst AD&D fans as the "Cube and Missile Crisis".

Brilliant!

[dps]

Would it be possible to play D&D on the forum?

You can.

I might be interested, if there's anyone who wants to DM. 

[Korea]

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

I'll GM; would you like a +2 sword?

[Korea]

I really want to try it!

[Korea]

But there are so many rules and backstories.

The rules are really rather simple, especially since you don't need to follow them all.  Same with backstories.   What you need is somebody to run the game who is good at telling stories.

Languish should have a teach Korea how to play D&D themed meet up.

You're a real catch, you know that? 

If that's not sarcasm then