I played D&D back in 1978 [View all]

We didn't have dice, just paper "chits" number 1-20 that we put in a cup and had to draw out.

It was exciting back then when there were not even really any visuals to look at. All we had was what was in our head and maybe some book covers or a Brothers Hildebrandt calendar maybe.

The first "room" I entered, my brother, my DM, said that 2 kobolds landed on our heads. We didn't even know what we had to "do" to fight them and really felt the pressure.

Such things are really impossible to do now or even imagine --what with every bit of information and pictures or videos or it available at a moment's notice.

Back then, the "monster manual" had not even been released, I think.