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<blockquote data-quote="akr71" data-source="post: 7399865" data-attributes="member: 6801213"><p>I was introduced to the game 40 years ago, but spent a couple decades away from the game too. My dad brought home the Basic boxed set and he DM'd for my brother & I. Probably 1978/79-ish and I would have been 7 or 8. We played off and on and we bought the AD&D books. Then my brother started playing with his friends and playing as a family was infrequent at best.</p><p></p><p>When I hit junior high, I started playing with my friends. We took turns DMing and had a blast - running photocopied modules, making our own crazy dungeons, etc. My dad was air force so we moved around a lot. D&D was really the only constant - we'd move, I'd try to find a new group of players which wasn't always the easiest thing in the 80's.</p><p></p><p>Toward the end of high school & the end of the 80's my DM was a bit of a knob/control freak. Parties, girls and beer were far more interesting. I left the game behind. In the late 90's my girlfriend (now wife) and I played Baldur's Gate & Icewind Dale on the PC together - one would play while the other watched. That was the closest I came to D&D for a number of years and her only experience with D&D.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to 2015 - my kids wanted to spend their xmas money so we went to the bookstore. My wife & daughter call me over - they're holding the 5e starter set "wouldn't it be fun to play as a family?" I sigh and say "I'll DM for you, if you want, but you have to agree to give it a fair chance." Three years later we still play together as a family nearly every weekend. My daughter got me to run a one-shot for her friends - they fell in love with the game - one of them stepped up to DM for her group. My son (now 9) wants to get his friends into it - one plays with his brothers, but he is having trouble convincing his best pal. I've got an adventure ready to go for the day it happens, but no pressure... Actually he has run games for us - very free form, anime influenced games. Mostly improved stories where he gets us to roll dice when he isn't sure which way to take the story.</p><p></p><p>I also play in a bi-weekly Roll20 game and my wife and I host a game night with some friends. I'm usually the DM, but another player is taking a shot and my wife wants to as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akr71, post: 7399865, member: 6801213"] I was introduced to the game 40 years ago, but spent a couple decades away from the game too. My dad brought home the Basic boxed set and he DM'd for my brother & I. Probably 1978/79-ish and I would have been 7 or 8. We played off and on and we bought the AD&D books. Then my brother started playing with his friends and playing as a family was infrequent at best. When I hit junior high, I started playing with my friends. We took turns DMing and had a blast - running photocopied modules, making our own crazy dungeons, etc. My dad was air force so we moved around a lot. D&D was really the only constant - we'd move, I'd try to find a new group of players which wasn't always the easiest thing in the 80's. Toward the end of high school & the end of the 80's my DM was a bit of a knob/control freak. Parties, girls and beer were far more interesting. I left the game behind. In the late 90's my girlfriend (now wife) and I played Baldur's Gate & Icewind Dale on the PC together - one would play while the other watched. That was the closest I came to D&D for a number of years and her only experience with D&D. Fast forward to 2015 - my kids wanted to spend their xmas money so we went to the bookstore. My wife & daughter call me over - they're holding the 5e starter set "wouldn't it be fun to play as a family?" I sigh and say "I'll DM for you, if you want, but you have to agree to give it a fair chance." Three years later we still play together as a family nearly every weekend. My daughter got me to run a one-shot for her friends - they fell in love with the game - one of them stepped up to DM for her group. My son (now 9) wants to get his friends into it - one plays with his brothers, but he is having trouble convincing his best pal. I've got an adventure ready to go for the day it happens, but no pressure... Actually he has run games for us - very free form, anime influenced games. Mostly improved stories where he gets us to roll dice when he isn't sure which way to take the story. I also play in a bi-weekly Roll20 game and my wife and I host a game night with some friends. I'm usually the DM, but another player is taking a shot and my wife wants to as well. [/QUOTE]
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