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Monday, September 5, 2011

My Old School Bona Fides

Yeah - anyone can claim to be from the Old School (and thus glory in the fabulous honors and rewards thereof), but can they prove it? I was at the parents' house last night looking through old photos and found a few of me getting my old D-n-D expert set and a couple AD-n-D books.




You'll also notice a Crossbows and Catapults add-on and Robotech model in this last one. Don't know why I'm doing the paparazzi move in the photo though. And though I no longer have the box for the Expert set, I still have the expert books and those AD-n-D books to this day. Actually - I have that Crossbows and Catapults stashed somewhere as well. The Robotech model put up a good fight, but was eventually lost.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    Great stuff Matt, not just for the D&D but for C&C too, I loved that game and recently passed it on to the kids down the road. :-)

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  2. Dr RotwangSeptember 5, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    Nice glasses, nerd.

    No, really, nice glasses, nerd. ONE-OF-US!

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  3. John Matthew StaterSeptember 5, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    Yeah - can you imagine that kid grew up to be a nerd? Go figure!

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  4. QuibishSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    That first picture is awesome.

    Something about pushing monopoly aside and the way you are standing... it begs to be photoshopped into an Elf or Halfling opening a chest and pulling out the "magic box".

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  5. WymarcSeptember 6, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Great share. I was much, much older before my parents got me enough to give me gifts that I wanted without their using the but this is the limit on what is acceptable for a normal gift filter!

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  6. TelecanterSeptember 6, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Awesome. My family never bought me any gaming stuff. I did get the Greyhawk boxed set from a friend once.

    Love the paparazzi pose.

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  7. NakiaPopeSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    I had those same glasses. And the same haircut.

    It's like there was a 1980's geek kid kit or something.

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  8. John Matthew StaterSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Yeah - it was called "your mom chooses your glasses and haircut".

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  9. JimSeptember 10, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I agree that the pic where you push Monopoly aside is CLASSIC! :)

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