How did you guys play the books originally?

[hellebore]

Did you write directly into the pages of the book (shock, horror, gasp!) or did you make up your own?

Being the total nerd that I was (am) I painstakingly drew out by hand A4 sheets to keep my records and notes on - which meant I had about 5 abd only used one (cause I didn't want to waste them )

Did you use a D10 or just point at the combat table?
I had real difficulty pointing honestly- I remebered where the 10s etc were, so it wasn't hard ot hit them.

On the other hand, years later when I actually HAD a D10 I found I died rather easy because it was TOO random (how ironic is that?).

hellebore

[Zipp]

I also created sheets by hand, though more sloppily than yours, and I used to just think of a number between one and ten. Now, this wasn't like "I want a 0, so I'll think 0." No, I just let a number come to me. I had some very intense combats doing it this way, plus it meant I could easily play in the car, which is where I finished a good portion of the books.

[Laguna Blade]

No special way save for closing my eyes and point any number using tip of a pencil.

I'm much relieved the project aon come out with staskeeper and lone wolf action chart to track down my stats and combats

[JLSigman]

Used notebook paper and made really elaborate homemade action charts. Used the eracer on the paper for the random number table, except when fighting Zakhan Kimah or the Chaos Master.

[North Star]

Well maybe it's because I simply do not believe in buying something just to own it, but I always wrote in my books. After all, they were mine and I wasn't selling them, so to Naar with pristine character sheets!

NS.

[Nathan P. Mahney]

I never wrote in my books, and a pox on the liver of every person who has written in books I've bought.

I used the flat end of my pencil, and cheated like a bastard. I used to memorise where the best numbers were. Because I used the flat end of my pencil, it would often overlap into multiple numbers - I would always pick the most favourable one. Yeah, the books were way easier back then!

[North Star]

Tssk tssk. *wags his finger at Nathan* Aren't you a cheat? *grins in memory of his very own 11 unbeaten 0s when fighting Gnaag in solo-12* Maybe not

NS.

[Relenoir]

When I first started playing, I'd use one of the two action charts in each book. Later, I began to make a super-generic character sheet each time I was going to play through on some notebook paper. I use the tip of my finger or eraser to point at the RNT, and pretty much always have.

[stuh505]

I definitely wrote write in the books.

I did that until I realized my character was too cool to fit everything in there. Then I started making my own charts...I may have photocopied the charts...I may have actually re-drawn some of the corny rotting heads in the corner...but eventually I was just using a regular piece of paper. Funny how once you write all your information down on that piece of paper, it becomes special

[Relenoir]

Funny how once you write all your information down on that piece of paper, it becomes special.

I've got at least a couple of LW character sheets sitting on the bookshelf with my books, along with a NO Kai Lord one besides.

[North Star]

Well I got Books 4-7 from the library once and obviously used file paper rather than the books themselves to note them down. I still have those character sheets ready to use if ever I want to do those books again or take up where I left off

NS.

[Gazguz]

I always thought that the reason the random chart was used (apart from precluding the need for dice) was because as you played you got to know which area to "aim" for to get what you wanted.

I got my first two books fairly early and initially used the books but I found that it was easier (ie less turning pages back and forth) to use a seperate pad. It also made it easier to play several books in a row with a seperate chart as you didn't need to rewrite the chart for different games.

[Dusk Fox]

Nathan said:

I never wrote in my books, and a pox on the liver of every person who has written in books I've bought.

I used the flat end of my pencil, and cheated like a bastard. I used to memorise where the best numbers were. Because I used the flat end of my pencil, it would often overlap into multiple numbers - I would always pick the most favourable one. Yeah, the books were way easier back then!

You are a man after my own heart.