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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7998892" data-attributes="member: 15700">There's a lot of stressful things going on.&nbsp; It's tough for a whole heck of a lot of people.&nbsp; It's easy to focus on all these bad things going on.&nbsp; So I decided to look at one thing I'm super grateful for from my favorite hobby.&nbsp; What is that?I'm thankful for being a grognard.Ok, well maybe not the actual word, but rather from one thing that represents.&nbsp; I started playing D&amp;D in 1981.&nbsp; During that time, everything was new.&nbsp; There is no way I can adequately describe or express just how wonderful it was to be part of this new game where everything was brand new.&nbsp; Yeah, it had been around for a few years, but unless you lived in a big city, you really didn't meet anyone who played the game until 1980 or so, when the game finally began to take off.&nbsp; There were no preconceived notions of how to play the game.&nbsp; There was no giant history of the game to use as references or guides going forward.&nbsp;&nbsp; There were not &quot;one true wayism&quot; of playing RPGs in general.&nbsp; You truly made the game your own because you didn't have anyone else.&nbsp; Most of us who played D&amp;D back then also created our own RPGs because there weren't many available or accessible.&nbsp; There was no internet.&nbsp; If you wanted to bounce ideas off of someone, you waited a month and hoped DRAGON published your letter.&nbsp; Or you went to the FLGS (the only one in a 50 mile radius) and hoped there were enough people there to talk to.&nbsp; It truly was an age of discovery, and it was epic.&nbsp; And awesome.I am so grateful I got to experience that.&nbsp; So what is one thing, rpg related, that you're really grateful for?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7998892, member: 15700"] There's a lot of stressful things going on. It's tough for a whole heck of a lot of people. It's easy to focus on all these bad things going on. So I decided to look at one thing I'm super grateful for from my favorite hobby. What is that? I'm thankful for being a grognard. Ok, well maybe not the actual word, but rather from one thing that represents. I started playing D&D in 1981. During that time, everything was new. There is no way I can adequately describe or express just how wonderful it was to be part of this new game where everything was brand new. Yeah, it had been around for a few years, but unless you lived in a big city, you really didn't meet anyone who played the game until 1980 or so, when the game finally began to take off. There were no preconceived notions of how to play the game. There was no giant history of the game to use as references or guides going forward. There were not "one true wayism" of playing RPGs in general. You truly made the game your own because you didn't have anyone else. Most of us who played D&D back then also created our own RPGs because there weren't many available or accessible. There was no internet. If you wanted to bounce ideas off of someone, you waited a month and hoped DRAGON published your letter. Or you went to the FLGS (the only one in a 50 mile radius) and hoped there were enough people there to talk to. It truly was an age of discovery, and it was epic. And awesome. I am so grateful I got to experience that. So what is one thing, rpg related, that you're really grateful for? [/QUOTE]

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