thumperz1
Burlington, IA
age: 54
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What happened to the good old days of D&D role playing. A group of guys and gals sitting around a table socializing "in character". I was a dungeon master for 20 years until these danged kids started getting into computers and stuff. Now all we old codgers have is our fading memories and disintegrating books. (oh, and lots of cool dice!) 
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shieldoftyr
Jefferson City, TN
age: 24
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We're still out there, in garages, basements and hobby stores, chucking our d20s and quoting the Player's Handbook like scripture. Perhaps not as commonplace now, but the rules lawyers, min-maxers and the rest of the old-school gamers are still alive and kicking (the hell out of some ogres, trolls, or some other monster of the week).
Maybe we can trade war stories sometime.
I do love video games, but they still, and forever will lack the one aspect that makes DnD and its cousins unique. Video games present you with an ultimately immutable experience of another person's creation whereas RPGs are limited only by your own imagination.
Its just like when people discuss a movie and someone inevitably says, "The book was better."
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lycida
Providence, RI
age: 58
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Have you seen where they are planning to put the D&D games maps on the computer? My son is DM for one group and participates in a second group. He's been telling me about how Wizards is planning to have a setup where players can use their computers to access the maps online.
Pros and cons on this idea, I suppose.. as it would make it easier for a group to get together to play when they live far apart, but on the downside it cuts out that face to face socialization aspect.
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