When Did You Start Playing D+D?

[Masquerade]

I bought the books in 2001, but didn't participate in anything remotely resembling a game until 2002. Now, my best friends and I are fans for life.

Ugh, I HATE these kinds of threads. They make me feel soooooo old.

Opposite problem

 

[Kanegrundar]

First played D&D with the Moldvay Cover Basic set borrowed from a friend's father back in 1992. I quickly went out and bought AD&D 2E after my first session with 1E just a couple nights later.

 

[Nyaricus]

AD&D in '99. I was 11 years old and it was great fun! So much so that I am never going to haev a real social life now

 

[Ambrus]

Out of curiosity, why are 75 and 76 grouped together and why didn't anyone at all start playing during those years? :\

 

[ElectricDragon]

I started playing in '78 with the classic white boxed set (still have it, but it is covered with notes and do-fers for higher levels) and the AD&D Monster Manual. Soon, I collected both the Blue and Red books, Deities Demigods and Heroes, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry, and Swords and Spells (never did find Chainmail or Greyhawk); but had to wait almost 10 years for the PHB and DMG to arrive in my backwoods area.

Ciao
Dave

 

[Lanefan]

Out of curiosity, why are 75 and 76 grouped together and why didn't anyone at all start playing during those years? :\

OD+D came out in 1974, and I took a guess that people either got in on that right at the start or not at all until D+D came out in 1977 or thereabouts, so I lumped 1975 and 76 together. And as so far there's no votes there, it seems I guessed right.

Lanefan

 

[kenobi65]

March of '82; bought the Moldvay Basic box set with (17th) birthday money.

But I'm an anomaly because I'm older than most of the people on these boards and didn't begin roleplaying in anything like the 'usual' way. I was over 30 and didn't start with D&D. I've never played D&D with fellow students, siblings, or at my local game store.

We love ya anyway, snif.

 

[awayfarer]

My girlfriend introduced me to it in 2004, shortly after we met. I might have played sooner but my mother always told us that D&D was evil.

Funnily enough I was also introduced to Rolemaster at around the same time from a (now former) roommate.

 

[Darkness]

Early 1990s; between 1990 and 1994, probably.

 

[Daijin]

79. (12 yrs old) I was actually experimenting on making my own which i called Dunjons and Dragons (must heard it somewhere). Then Aaron Henry (Ronin) (deceased ) introduced me to the basic set. I was hooked and dropped my own experiment from henceforth. Went to AD&D, to 3e to 3.5....not really looking forward to 4e since i easily have spent over 15k on any gaming related stuff since and not looking forward to do it again.