Introduction Thread -- Say Hi!

thegraham7 · Post by **thegraham7** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:24 pm

Thanks for welcoming me to the boards. I am excited to learn more about this game and others offered by TLG.

Nae-hurin · Post by **Nae-hurin** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:02 pm

thegraham

Howdy neighbor. You were here first, but welcome anyway!

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:19 pm

Welcome to our new Crusaders! Glad to have you with us.

Enjoy the game!

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thegraham7 · Post by **thegraham7** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:53 pm

Nae-hurin wrote:
thegraham

Howdy neighbor. You were here first, but welcome anyway!

Thanks

Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:49 am

Rhuvein wrote:
Welcome to our new Crusaders! Glad to have you with us.

Enjoy the game!

Indeed! Welcome to thegraham7 and any others I may have missed recently.
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CrazyBlend · Post by **CrazyBlend** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:09 pm

Hi, I just joined the forums.

I'm just starting to learn C&C. I love how it combines the best of the old with the best of the new.

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:43 pm

Welcome insane kitchen device.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:14 am

Howdy and welcome, CrazyBlend.

Glad to have you with us.

Enjoy the game!
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Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:43 pm

CrazyBlend wrote:
Hi, I just joined the forums.

I'm just starting to learn C&C. I love how it combines the best of the old with the best of the new.

Welcome, CrazyBlend. Good to have another fresh face here on the boards. Jump in, the water's fine.
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AD&D, Amish Dungeons & Dragons.

"Galstaff, ye are in a cornfield, when a moustachioed man approaches. What say ye?"

"I shun him."

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"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."

-- E. Gary Gygax

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:33 pm

CrazyBlend, welcome to the Crusade. Get a good helmet.

-O
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Aladar · Post by **Aladar** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:07 pm

I wish to add my welcome as well.
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Roman · Post by **Roman** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:42 am

Hello, all!

25+ year gaming veteran, but new to C&C. I've been lurking for a while, but am just getting around to introducing myself. Apparently, like many here, I quickly became frustrated with D&D 3.X. I began looking for something different, a game that would appeal to D&D and D20 gamers in my area, but that had a system that was lighter, freer, and a better fit with my improvisational GMing style. Lo and behold, I discovered C&C!

I will be running my first C&C campaign soon with a new group, so wish me much luck and fortune!

slimykuotoan · Post by **slimykuotoan** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:46 am

Good luck Roman -although I've no doubt your players will welcome C&C as a breath of fresh air.

Harry Joy · Post by **Harry Joy** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:48 am

Hail Roman! Glad to see another new player/CK enter the game.

Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:03 am

Howdy Roman. Welcome to the Crusade!

Enjoy the game.
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"Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!" ~ Gary Gygax

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes:" - Macbeth

Omote · Post by **Omote** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:39 am

Best of luck Roman! Sharpen your steel and ready for war!

-O
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Aladar · Post by **Aladar** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:23 pm

Welcome to the forum Roman.

No doubt your players will enjoy the change, I know mine did.
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Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:31 pm

Welcome, Roman. You will enjoy the CK freedom that C&C lavishes on you.
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"Galstaff, ye are in a cornfield, when a moustachioed man approaches. What say ye?"

"I shun him."

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"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."

-- E. Gary Gygax

blackmote · Post by **blackmote** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:42 am

In real life, most people know me as Hoyt (or Greg, depending on how I know them and how long they've known me). I consider myself an old-school metalhead and an old-school gaming geek. I am prior USAF, having served 6 years and stationed at Moody AFB, GA and Spangdahlem AB, Germany. I was an AMMO trooper, which meant spending hours sitting out in a bobtail truck, picking up and delivering practice bombs... and playing D&D by flashlight during overnight military exercises *winks*.

I'm married for the second time in my life; almost 14 years this time around and to a wonderful woman named Karen. She's the main reason I'm even able to be here, as she really turned my life around about 15 years ago. I would be lost without her. =)

Patrick is my only 'child' at 19 years old. I am very proud of him as he has graduated from High School with high honors, and was also the recipient of the Marching Band Member of the Year as the euphonium/baritone section leader for the championship Hiram High School Band of Gold his senior year. He is also the bassist for the Christian power metal band Theocracy, and the lead singer for the local power/thrash metal band Eclipsed by Sanity.

My experience with the Dungeons & Dragons game system started in early 1983 with the old blue boxed set. A high school friend had received it for Christmas ('82) after we witnessed some school friends chatting about it in the library. So my bud and I started our gaming history with another friend and a cousin of mine using a home-brewed generic setting . I have many, many AD&D stories to tell. Someday I'll start a book sharing stories from that time in my life.
I've played tabletop D&D very seldom over the past 5 or 6 years. Early frustrations with the clunky 3E version of the game, and also a fading community of good gamers made it difficult to continue with the game I loved for nearly 20 years. So I turned my attention to Neverwinter Nights for most of the past 6 years. That is where 3.X edition rules belong IMHO - inside CRPGs. It works well there, but not so well on paper.

But I digress... it's with the discovery of Castles & Crusades which brings me here today. And on March 15th I should make my return to the gaming table with dice in hand. HUZZAH!!!

froglegg · Post by **froglegg** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:32 am

It was 1979 and I was in the 6th grade...It seems like yesterday. The first PC I ever made....He was a thief....I had very little understanding of what was going on but i was hooked....I could see in my mind's eye the sweat running down his face....The fighter and the magicuser I was with,what was going to happen.?.....The kobolds were all around.In those days we had yet to get the"funny looking dice".We had a cup....Yes a cup with numbers from 1 to 20 on little pieces of paper...The DM said roll for party initive.....We had it .The kobolds all around and I shouted that I will attack the one closest....I take the cup and pull out a piece of paper....An 18... The Dm says the kobold yelps and falls dead...hee hee I rolled a 6 on the six side we took from the monopoly game. Then came the box set that hay...."It's the funny dice....oh look a crayon...to color the dice" COOL! Hay what is this Keep on the borderland? ...No mom that is not the devil it is an efreet...No mom it's not the devils game ....Thanks mom for letting me play on...Now it's 2008 and I find this forum...It is hard to think that the man who opened my eyes to the world of gaming might read this. What can I say to you Mr.Gygax? Big swelling words? No just a straight from the heart THANK YOU! The game lives on as my wife and kids got in to it and friends and so on.You have never seen me yet know that you have a friend for ever in SC.......PLAY ON SIR...PLAY ON !...Lets see now where did i put those spell components?...

froglegg · Post by **froglegg** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:43 am

Just what is C&C? Is it AD&D lite or D20? Plez tell me it is not a hackmaster want to be.....Oh one more thing God bless Dragons foot.com

Harry Joy · Post by **Harry Joy** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:45 am

froglegg wrote:
Just what is C&C? Is it AD&D lite or D20? Plez tell me it is not a hackmaster want to be.....Oh one more thing God bless Dragons foot.com

Hello froglegg. Welcome... C&C bears little in common with Hackmaster. It draws from old school sources, but it is it's own game. I like to think of it as what 3rd Edition should have been.

hth

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:06 am

I agree with Harry, Castles & Crusades is like a good Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 3e. It is both like and unlike AD&D, but certainly more like it than D20 is; check out the below links for an introduction to C&C.
Quick Start Rules
Monsters & Treasure
The Rising Knight
A Lion in the Ropes

And a warm welcome to all the new crusaders! (and Skathros)
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froglegg · Post by **froglegg** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:11 am

Thanks for your input

Roman · Post by **Roman** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:02 pm

A quick welcome to both Froglegg and Blackmote, from a fellow C&C newbie!

serleran · Post by **serleran** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:05 pm

May your swords be wet in the blood of virgin goblins as you lay your smote upon them. And, if you're not into that, may you just have a good time!

Aladar · Post by **Aladar** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:30 pm

My welcome to froglegg as well.

I have found C&C to be more old school (1st Ed AD&D and the old D&D).

It uses a more simple d20 like system called SIEGE which is a far easier, faster, and more of a well flowing system than d20.

I will echo Matthew, and recommend that you give the Quick Start Rules a look over. It doesn't have everything in it, but it will give a good general idea of C&C and the SIEGE system rules.
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Omote · Post by **Omote** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:59 pm

Welcome all!

Now... ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!!!

-O
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froglegg · Post by **froglegg** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:13 am

I will be looking into C&C.....And just take it from ther.

Zudrak · Post by **Zudrak** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:55 pm

Welcome, froglegg and Blackmote! I think I welcomed Roman earlier, but if not welcome, Roman!

If I missed anyone else new or returning, welcome (back)!

Happy gaming,

Zudrak
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AD&D, Amish Dungeons & Dragons.

"Galstaff, ye are in a cornfield, when a moustachioed man approaches. What say ye?"

"I shun him."

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"Knowledge, logic, reason, and common sense serve better than a dozen rule books."

-- E. Gary Gygax