SnowleopardVK
First Post
This thread is simply to reminisce. Tell the tale of your intro to whichever RPG was your first. From what I've seen among the players in my area, almost none had a story as simple as "I saw the rulebook in the store and decided to buy it". There's always been an at least mildly interesting story behind it; I've had a friend who began with World of Darkness because he was enthralled by werewolves and jumped at the idea that he could play a game where he was one. Another, my best friend is among the third generation of D&D players in her family on the other hand. Her grandparents played back at the beginning of D&D, her parents continued the tradition, and they in turn passed it on to her and her brother, and the whole family and friends of the family frequently play together.
In my case; I wanted to try D&D or something similar after some attempts at roleplay online, which failed mostly due to a lack of rules, order, and DMs. So I set out looking for a group that'd be willing to accept a new player.
During that time I dealt with a lot of jerks and was nearly turned off RPGs before I ever got started. I was insulted for being a girl, told that D&D doesn't need any new players, and told that "noobs" like me are deliberately trying to ruin the game for the "real" players by wanting to join.
I had essentially given up when I learned that my best friend was a D&D player and I hadn't even known it! As it turns out, she was the 3rd generation of the D&D-playing family I mentioned earlier. I hadn't mentioned to her that I wanted to get into RPGs because I didn't know she played, and she hadn't offered to help me because she didn't know I wanted to play because I hadn't told her (it's a vicious circle huh?).
Even then we still had trouble getting started because she had only ever played before and was reluctant to do a solo campaign as her first time being a DM. She managed to find someone in her physics class that was willing to run a game for the two of us, but after creating our characters and a month of waiting to hear back from him it seemed a lost cause.
And then when I came back to our residence building (I still lived on campus at university at the time) late one night after teaching some spell-writing exercises for the local paranormal group I bumped into another friend of mine with a Pathfinder character sheet in hand.
Her boyfriend was planning to take his first shot at being a DM soon, but their game had been delayed because two of the players (who had been dating) had a falling out. There was a lot of fighting, and both were asked to leave the game (so as not to play favourites), meaning the group was two players short. I jumped at the opportunity and the DM was more than happy to bring in both me and my best friend as the replacements for the other two (in the end my barbarian and her rogue were the only two to make it out alive). I've tried out both 3.5 and 4e, as well as a few of the different WoD games since then, but Pathfinder has been my favourite RPG system ever since I started with it.
...And that's the story of how I first entered the world of tabletop RPGs.
I'm looking forward to hearing about others' experiences.
In my case; I wanted to try D&D or something similar after some attempts at roleplay online, which failed mostly due to a lack of rules, order, and DMs. So I set out looking for a group that'd be willing to accept a new player.
During that time I dealt with a lot of jerks and was nearly turned off RPGs before I ever got started. I was insulted for being a girl, told that D&D doesn't need any new players, and told that "noobs" like me are deliberately trying to ruin the game for the "real" players by wanting to join.
I had essentially given up when I learned that my best friend was a D&D player and I hadn't even known it! As it turns out, she was the 3rd generation of the D&D-playing family I mentioned earlier. I hadn't mentioned to her that I wanted to get into RPGs because I didn't know she played, and she hadn't offered to help me because she didn't know I wanted to play because I hadn't told her (it's a vicious circle huh?).
Even then we still had trouble getting started because she had only ever played before and was reluctant to do a solo campaign as her first time being a DM. She managed to find someone in her physics class that was willing to run a game for the two of us, but after creating our characters and a month of waiting to hear back from him it seemed a lost cause.
And then when I came back to our residence building (I still lived on campus at university at the time) late one night after teaching some spell-writing exercises for the local paranormal group I bumped into another friend of mine with a Pathfinder character sheet in hand.
Her boyfriend was planning to take his first shot at being a DM soon, but their game had been delayed because two of the players (who had been dating) had a falling out. There was a lot of fighting, and both were asked to leave the game (so as not to play favourites), meaning the group was two players short. I jumped at the opportunity and the DM was more than happy to bring in both me and my best friend as the replacements for the other two (in the end my barbarian and her rogue were the only two to make it out alive). I've tried out both 3.5 and 4e, as well as a few of the different WoD games since then, but Pathfinder has been my favourite RPG system ever since I started with it.
...And that's the story of how I first entered the world of tabletop RPGs.
I'm looking forward to hearing about others' experiences.
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