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<blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 7761532" data-attributes="member: 6092"><p>I started in '80 under my brother and he and his group were already using AD&D, so that's what I did. I also found the concept of a race also being the class weird. I think I reversed it? I didn't look down on those who played Basic but was happy I was smart enough? good enough? to play Advanced! </p><p></p><p>When my brother ran a game, his friend hosted it and they had the whole basement for themselves. The game room was in one area, and a TV area in another. Back then, you were sent out of the room if your character wasn't involved. There was a lot of Atari 2600 games and the hand held football game played! We also had to do training, iirc, and it cost some amount but I don't think I never had it. </p><p></p><p>I think the part that I look back on and am sad is that a) I never played an "iconic" dungeon/module and b) I don't remember the games my brother ran in terms of story. My brother did all home brew stuff, so he never used modules. I never played in the Tomb of Horrors, Temple of Elemental Evil, Scourge of the Slavelords, or Against the Giants as a kid. It's more that I couldn't participate when the few other people I met that played talked about it. With regards to story, though, I don't remember big plots or why we were doing things. I enjoyed it but I can't say what we did. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for doing these articles!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="evildmguy, post: 7761532, member: 6092"] I started in '80 under my brother and he and his group were already using AD&D, so that's what I did. I also found the concept of a race also being the class weird. I think I reversed it? I didn't look down on those who played Basic but was happy I was smart enough? good enough? to play Advanced! When my brother ran a game, his friend hosted it and they had the whole basement for themselves. The game room was in one area, and a TV area in another. Back then, you were sent out of the room if your character wasn't involved. There was a lot of Atari 2600 games and the hand held football game played! We also had to do training, iirc, and it cost some amount but I don't think I never had it. I think the part that I look back on and am sad is that a) I never played an "iconic" dungeon/module and b) I don't remember the games my brother ran in terms of story. My brother did all home brew stuff, so he never used modules. I never played in the Tomb of Horrors, Temple of Elemental Evil, Scourge of the Slavelords, or Against the Giants as a kid. It's more that I couldn't participate when the few other people I met that played talked about it. With regards to story, though, I don't remember big plots or why we were doing things. I enjoyed it but I can't say what we did. Thanks again for doing these articles! [/QUOTE]
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