In the late ‘80s I had lost interest completely in AD&D and started using Rolemaster as my main fantasy rpg. Throughout most of the ‘90s I gamed only sporadically and was relegated to collecting and reading. By 2001 I hooked up with a steady group that’s been playing once a week pretty much ever since. We switch games and DM duties every year or so. Most recently, I've been playing in two 4th ed D&D games (BLECH!) and I've been running a Savage Worlds Star Wars game.

I’m definitely NOT a fan of 4th, and really didn’t care for D20 in all of its iterations either. I stumbled across the retro rpg movement about a year ago and was quite intrigued. Fortunately, I already had pdfs of the 0D&D books, so I printed them off and have been absorbed by them ever since.  I was intrigued by Swords and Wizardry White Box, but Labyrinth Lord with the Advanced Edtition Companion has REALLY grabbed my attention.  This is truly the way I played D&D back in the day!

I love James' blog and publications (I own them all!) and look forward to seeing the final version of the LOFTP RPG.  Now, I just need to convince my hard headed players that old school does not equal dated.

Oh, and I'm 39, played 1E back in the day.  Skipped 2E and 3E but got back on board for 3.5 with Paizo's Age of Worms.  I'm now a Pathfinder fanatic...but I long for the magic of the game from my youth.  OSRIC is ok, but I love Labyrinth Lord and Brave Halfling's material.  I'm anxiously awaiting my S&S: White Box.  Let me preorder LotFP: WFRP (I like the abbreviation) and I'll anxiously await it too!

In 00' I switched to 3rd edition and stayed with it since then. These I am using Pathfinder RPG as my sytem of choice. My group and me did a lot of playtesting for Green Ronin (Black Company Campaign Setting, Thieves' World, Song of Ice and Fire RPG and Dragon Age).

By chance I stumbled upon the Grognardia Blog. I found that all the years my group and me have been playing (some are still with me since 83') we are still using "some old school" elements in our games. For example, even though you can Search for Traps in 3e by simply rolling the dice, that was never the case with us. We always described how we look and where we look.

Curently I am soaking up all the ideas and OSR goodnes to be better able to reflect thsi in my games.

I was never happy with the over indulgence of rules that is the beast created by WotC.  I tried my hand at DMing a few times over the last decade and I was never able to enjoy it with the 3rd edition rules.  I was looking around for 3.x material to DM and discovered Necromancer games (3rd edition rules with a 1st edition feel). I have never played 1st edition, but I found myself drawn to the ethos of the older D&D game.

It was around this time while researching Pathfinder that I stumbled upon The Grognardia blog.  I thought to myself "what is this strange world called the OSR?"  So I have been reading tons of blogs over the last few months, trying to acquaint myself with the dark mystery of yesteryear.

I started with Castles & Crusades and within the last month, it has been Swords & Wizardry and Labyrinth Lord.  I just recently downloaded the Basic Fantasy RPG and think I may use that to try to lure my gaming group to the old school.

While I was looking for the game to use, I also decided to try out some of the adventures that had been published to see what the OSR had to offer.  After reading Grognardia, I decided to try some of Raggi's stuff.  I ordered Death Frost Doom and Grinding Gear.  I was pretty much sold!

So I look forward to seeing what James has in store for us in the future and I'm as excited as a little kid about to get all kinds of sugary sweets on Halloween night.

I got the red box for Christmas when I was 6 and was hooked, the first AD&D book I bought a few years later was the MMII and I was fascinated with the art and mosters even though I didn't understand the rules.

Played a lot of 2nd Edition in my teens also CoC, Rolemaster, WFRP. I fall into the "not a grognard" category as I DM 2nd Edition and play in a 3E campaign but I've used quite a few LotFP modules for 2E with absolutely no problems. Loving your style Jim and can't wait for the next release!!

I personnally really don't care what game I play as long as I play something, so I enjoy playing old-school stuff as much as newer games.

At heart I am player and Keeper of Call of Cthulhu more than I am a player of Dungeons & Dragons, but I started out by playing Red Box Basic Dungeons & Dragons (back in 1980) before progressing onto Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, both First and Second Editions. If I have a favourite module, it would be U1, Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh. My favourite RPGs include Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, SkyRealms of Jorune, Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne, Call of Cthulhu, and anything written by Ken Hite.

For about ten years I have been seriously reviewing RPGs as a hobby and have of late been reviewing for the Yog-Radio podcast.

I started with 1e AD&D, Maelstrom, Dragonquest and Dragon Warriors, then bought loads of shiny new games in the 90s that I never played, leading me to turn to short free rules-lite RPGs for a while. I arrived back at Holmes D&D, then Swords & Wizardry.

I like the LOTFP blog and bought Death Frost Doom - pure class.

Good luck Jim, keep at it !

I've moved with the editions since then, and was sad when 3e vaporized my DM zen and my play skill. I began DMing 4e hoping I'd find my way home and, well ... wtf. Really. W.T.F. I've continued to game with friends who prefer new school but, man, I miss the zone. You know??? Yeah, if you're here you do. Bless the old school renaissance and this series of tubes.

I have no idea what they're like to play, but my favourite modules are the two I've DM'd many, many times: Dark Tower, and Tomb of Horrors a close second. They've both got That Texture, whatever it is, that thing that evokes your personal D&D. And so I'm registering here at LotFP because I just finished reading DFD and I'll be damned if this witty Raggi bastard isn't channeling Gygax and Jaquays.

So, James, success! I wish you God's speed.

Jeff

Eventually we played a mix of Moldvay/Cook with 1e. Also, as a comic book fan, I got heavily involved in the Marvel Super Heroes RPG. I still love that game. I eventually moved from my home town to play in a band, so I left gaming behind for a while.

After 3e came out, I thought I'd give it a shot and joined a campaign ran by my wife's co-workers. I did not enjoy the game in the least (two and a half hours to kill a few goblins...yeesh). 3e put a bad taste in my mouth for RPGs, and I quit gaming...until the summer of 2008.

Last summer, my brother-in-law from Brazil was staying with us. He remembered watching the D&D cartoon as a kid and we got to talking about the game. This started stirring some interest in me, so I began doing some research online for old-school RPGs.

There I discovered a huge community who are still dedicated and playing old-school games. And the retro-clones!! Wow! I downloaded all I could find and then asked my co-workers (who are all movie and comic geeks like me, but strangely have never played table top RPGs) to come to my house for a game night. We've been playing ever since.

Influenced by the OSR community, I started publishing adventures under my Prime Requisite Games company for the Labyrinth Lord game. This has been a fantastic creative outlet for me, plus it's cool to contribute something to the OSR.

As for LotFP --  James, I discovered your writing on the various RPG forums - I believe it was all the complaining and moaning about the "Fantasy Fucking Vietnam" title.   I dug your writing and frank discussion (plus you're a metal fan) and found my way to the LotFP blog. Needless to say, I am a fan of your blog, especially because it can stimulate interesting discussions/debates.

My first D&D game was the red box, camping in a cave. I was an elf. In my teens, I "played" and by played I mean my friends and I munchkined through the box sets and AD&D 1e. Played a little Tunnels and Trolls and Man Myth and Magic too. In college, I played Champions mainly, also Cyberpunk, ShadowRun, 1e and the occasional Call of Cthulhu and Toon.

After school, I pretty much dropped out of gaming. Now I find I want to play again and want to play the way we did back then. I'm in grad school and am a dad, so I haven't found time for a regular game. Hopefully I will soon.

-F-

After adolescence gaming waned. I remained interested, read game books, worked on game ideas, sometimes discovered new friends also gamed, played the occasional session every year or so. Finally bought that Mentzer Basic box, discovered I liked the history of the hobby, and got Holmes too. Read gaming material on usenet, then message boards, then blogs. Tried 3E when it came out, wasn't impressed. Read The Forge at first, drank the kool-aid, recovered and moved on. Tried 4E when it came out, wasn't impressed. Just purchased my first OD&D box recently, having only PDFs before.

Started reading Jeff's Gameblog before Grognardia started. Watched the OSR grow with mixed feelings. Focusing on the positive, I like: Jeff's Gameblog, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and the availability of a wide selection of OSR publications, some of which are good.

I've been running a Keep on the Borderlands "sandbox" campaign for a couple of years. Sessions are infrequent, players change, characters change, the rules change, but the effects of character actions are persistent. Recent sessions have been with a single player and using heavily modified Moldvay Basic. In the most recent session I provided a hook to Death Frost Doom due to player request for something Halloween appropriate. Going to post actual play for that.

I live in the hot sweaty suburban jungle that is Central Florida.  I originally began gaming back in 1982 with Moldvay Basic set, moved on to AD&D and also played some Twilight 2000 and BattleTech Minis.  I gamed throughout high school, but then quite when everyone I knew either went into the military or moved away to college.  I was out of the hobby until about four years ago when I rediscovered a bunch of my old gaming material stored at my folks house.  Since then I've been on a tear to get reacquainted with the games I used to play. 

I'm definitely not interested in the newer editions of D&D, 4ed and even 3.0-3.5 are just not my thing, though Microlite 74 holds a fascination for me.  I like OD&D or 0e as it's called because it's so flexible, Swords & Wizardry for the same reason I'm also interested in Mutant Future and even a few story based hippie games like Spirit of the Century and Changeling.

Currently I'm working on a book of Fortean cryptids to drop into a campaign.