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<blockquote data-quote="Templetroll" data-source="post: 1027795" data-attributes="member: 2201"><p>Well, I was in the US Navy, on a decommissioning crew for my ship which was horribly boring. I went out to a store and found that little white box with three tan books - it was 1977 and I was 22 years old.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't until I got out of the Navy and found a group to game with in 79 that i was able to finally play. One of the guys had published a fanzine, another wrote an article for it and included his phone number (!) in case anyone was interested in trying the game. I happened to get a copy of the mag in a small scifi bookstore and called. </p><p></p><p>The game used the PrinceCon rules; the DM was Robert West of the "Robert West Curse System" from those rules. they told me "You have to roll up a dwarf because that is what we have <em>pencilled into</em> the marching order." It still tickles me about that. </p><p></p><p>So I rolled a 19 strength and a 3 charisma. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> the rest of the stats didn't matter, I had a character worth playing. Got a +2 mace the first adventure, since no one else wanted it so it was really sweet.</p><p></p><p>That dwarf got turned to stone because I insisted that he was looking into the mirror shield to make certain it was aimed at the basilisk correctly.... it was. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Two other party members got turned into giant cockroaches (cursed scroll - see RW Curse system...) that same adventure and I was carried back on top of the loot on their backs. back to the Duke of Avranches who wanted us to "..be discrete." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm still friends with some of those guys and we had many years of fun gaming. Later, with a different group I met my wife and a future employer at the same game. this was the mid-80s and I had a perm growing out so it was big curls down past my shoulders, cutoffs, a muscle shirt with no muscles and knee-high moccasins with fringe. She thought I was the oddest guy she had ever seen. i got to sit next to her on the couch, with this group I had never met before ... and shortly after I introduced my character I fell asleep! Snoring away, they played on and on since they figured I must be really tired. they only woke me when my character had to get into a fight. they didn't want to get him killed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>We had another few fun years there and like I said I got a job with the one fellow later. That was with the online game company and I ended up getting to go to a few GenCons, Origins and ComDex in Vegas on the company tab! Life was sweet... then I got laid off but I'm back there again with a different rpg. </p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>Now, I'm gaming with my wife and daughter with a great group, including one other guy's son. Very cool getting to see the game through fresh eyes - when my daughter started to play the DM described a carrion crawler and her character said, "EWW!" and ran! it was just inspiring to see someone play so sensibly. </p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>She still thinks we older players are nuts with how often we risk certain death; she knows it is best to wait a moment, since we will attract all the bad attention and then she can come in and help out whoever needs it the most.</p><p></p><p>good stuff, good memories.</p><p></p><p>[edited for spelling and grammar]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Templetroll, post: 1027795, member: 2201"] Well, I was in the US Navy, on a decommissioning crew for my ship which was horribly boring. I went out to a store and found that little white box with three tan books - it was 1977 and I was 22 years old. It wasn't until I got out of the Navy and found a group to game with in 79 that i was able to finally play. One of the guys had published a fanzine, another wrote an article for it and included his phone number (!) in case anyone was interested in trying the game. I happened to get a copy of the mag in a small scifi bookstore and called. The game used the PrinceCon rules; the DM was Robert West of the "Robert West Curse System" from those rules. they told me "You have to roll up a dwarf because that is what we have [I]pencilled into[/I] the marching order." It still tickles me about that. So I rolled a 19 strength and a 3 charisma. :) the rest of the stats didn't matter, I had a character worth playing. Got a +2 mace the first adventure, since no one else wanted it so it was really sweet. That dwarf got turned to stone because I insisted that he was looking into the mirror shield to make certain it was aimed at the basilisk correctly.... it was. :D Two other party members got turned into giant cockroaches (cursed scroll - see RW Curse system...) that same adventure and I was carried back on top of the loot on their backs. back to the Duke of Avranches who wanted us to "..be discrete." :o I'm still friends with some of those guys and we had many years of fun gaming. Later, with a different group I met my wife and a future employer at the same game. this was the mid-80s and I had a perm growing out so it was big curls down past my shoulders, cutoffs, a muscle shirt with no muscles and knee-high moccasins with fringe. She thought I was the oddest guy she had ever seen. i got to sit next to her on the couch, with this group I had never met before ... and shortly after I introduced my character I fell asleep! Snoring away, they played on and on since they figured I must be really tired. they only woke me when my character had to get into a fight. they didn't want to get him killed. :) We had another few fun years there and like I said I got a job with the one fellow later. That was with the online game company and I ended up getting to go to a few GenCons, Origins and ComDex in Vegas on the company tab! Life was sweet... then I got laid off but I'm back there again with a different rpg. :D Now, I'm gaming with my wife and daughter with a great group, including one other guy's son. Very cool getting to see the game through fresh eyes - when my daughter started to play the DM described a carrion crawler and her character said, "EWW!" and ran! it was just inspiring to see someone play so sensibly. :D She still thinks we older players are nuts with how often we risk certain death; she knows it is best to wait a moment, since we will attract all the bad attention and then she can come in and help out whoever needs it the most. good stuff, good memories. [edited for spelling and grammar] [/QUOTE]
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