D&D 5E Happy 50th, Forgotten Realms!

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

The Realms is 50 years young, and D&D is the better for it.

As noted at Candlekeep: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19841&whichpage=9#465432

EDIT: Also noted at The Realms Secretariat: http://realmssecretariat.com/happy-50th/

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Forgotten realms was published in the 80's it is not 50 years old....


We don't count the day Lucas wrote star wars, we don't count the age of anything that way it is published dates that matter

1987 so this year is 28 years. Happy with
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Realms

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

I am certain that's how you view things, but not everyone else sees things the way you do.

Me, I am looking forward to the next 50 years of awesomeness. Happy birthday Realms!

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I am certain that's how you view things, but not everyone else sees things the way you do.

Me, I am looking forward to the next 50 years of awesomeness. Happy birthday Realms!

Please tell me anything else you count that way... Ed insists his contributions predate Gary, but I do not like that at all

 

[KarinsDad]

The Realms is 50 years young, and D&D is the better for it.

As noted at Candlekeep: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19841&whichpage=9#465432

For the Forgotten Realms to be 50 years old, Ed would have started them at age 5.

Sorry, but imaginary games at age 5 do not count.


If one counts this way, then D&D effectively started over 76 years ago when Gary was born and thoughts slowly started moving through his brain.

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

Please tell me anything else you count that way... Ed insists his contributions predate Gary, but I do not like that at all

That's OK. Thisis a thread for people who enjoy the Realms. If that's not your cup of tea, no problem: plenty of other threads on EN World for you to enjoy.

Have fun!

 

[GMforPowergamers]

That's OK. Thisis a thread for people who enjoy the Realms. If that's not your cup of tea, no problem: plenty of other threads on EN World for you to enjoy.

Have fun!

what... how dare you tell me where I can and can't post. Thisis of the thread is the realms is 50 years old, this is the thread I wish to post in... it is not 50 years old, nothing else in published history is messured this way...

I love the Dresden Novels, and I know the writer spent years trying to get published, but those years don't count... it's age goes from publication date. I'm not being insulting or causeing a problem all I am doing is tating the facts... the forgotten realms is 28years old...


I do notice you avoided the question, do you count everything this way, or only things the creator calls out and self promotes themselves that way?

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

Sorry, but imaginary games at age 5 do not count.

Closer to 7, actually. And it was a story, not a game. And it's OK, I wasn't asking for anyone's permission on what does or does not "count", thanks.

If one counts this way, then D&D effectively started over 76 years ago when Gary was born and thoughts slowly started moving through his brain.

I happen to think the history of where games come from is important. D&D didn't start that long ago, but the formative history matters, which is why we have timelines and so many online articles and blog posts on the topic.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Closer to 7, actually. And it was a story, not a game. And it's OK, I wasn't asking for anyone's permission on what does or does not "count", thanks.


I happen to think the history of where games come from is important. D&D didn't start that long ago, but the formative history matters, which is why we have timelines and so many online articles and blog posts on the topic.

can you please explain what makes the forgotten realms so special that his imaginary make believe game at 7 counts toward the age of an established twenty year life of the product...

 

[HardcoreDandDGirl]

Forgotten realms was published in the 80's it is not 50 years old....


We don't count the day Lucas wrote star wars, we don't count the age of anything that way it is published dates that matter

1987 so this year is 28 years. Happy with
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Realms

um... so which is it 50 or 28? I am confused. Did he maybe get published in a magazine you and wiki are not counting?