Lakesidefantasy
Hero
I started at 10 years old and I'm 48 now.
D&D General How old were you when you started playing D&D?
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Campbell
Relaxed Intensity
When I was 11 I started doing this shared writing exercise thing with some online friends. We each created characters and took turns writing short stories set in a shared setting. Shortly after I got involved in some online message board based freeform roleplay and some IRC games that were pretty freeform.
A couple years after when I was in the 7th grade I found out there were some 8th graders who played D&D. I set out to become friends mostly to try D&D.
A couple years after when I was in the 7th grade I found out there were some 8th graders who played D&D. I set out to become friends mostly to try D&D.
Ath-kethin
Elder Thing
I started playing D&D (well, an AD&D/2e/Basic mishmash, though I didn't realize they were actually different things for a good while) at 13 or 14, Earthdawn about a year before that.
I'll be 43 soon.
I'll be 43 soon.
Green Onceler
Explorer
10 or 11. We visited the Isle of Dread. My halfling died in short order.
Levistus's_Leviathan
5e Freelancer
I started just after I turned 16. I'm now 19.
Unlike most people who were introduced to the hobby, it wasn't through an older sibling or cousin. It was actually through my younger cousin that I started playing, and I quickly took over DMing.
Unlike most people who were introduced to the hobby, it wasn't through an older sibling or cousin. It was actually through my younger cousin that I started playing, and I quickly took over DMing.
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Dax Doomslayer
Adventurer
Twelve years old with the Blue Box and the supplements.
I was 12. I'm now 40.
embee
Lawyer by day. Rules lawyer by night.
12 years old.
Was GM in the D&D Club back in junior high. When the Satanic Panic was really gaining steam.
Not that the Satanic Panic made a big difference because I'm Jewish, had a developmentally disabled brother, was a nerd, and my mom was divorced; as far as everyone around me was concerned, I was shun-worthy anyway. Might as well join the D&D Club and play a game that all the parents had their panties in a bunch about because none of the parents in my neighborhood would let their kids play with me or my brother.
Was GM in the D&D Club back in junior high. When the Satanic Panic was really gaining steam.
Not that the Satanic Panic made a big difference because I'm Jewish, had a developmentally disabled brother, was a nerd, and my mom was divorced; as far as everyone around me was concerned, I was shun-worthy anyway. Might as well join the D&D Club and play a game that all the parents had their panties in a bunch about because none of the parents in my neighborhood would let their kids play with me or my brother.
