As you got sucked in to D&D, when did you know?

[Kelek72]

When did you know that you were hooked and couldn't stop playing?

I had played a few games of the old red box basic D&D and knew I liked it but I wasn't truly hooked until I had my brother and his party of 5 characters trapped in an alley (futilely hacking at a hydra conjured with the old phantasmal force spell) and I had the enemy wizard throw a fireball down the street. None of the characters died but for the first time I had scared my brother into fearing for his characters without using DM power to cheat (I think I was 12 at the time).It felt as though I had outsmarted him (he is 4 years older), and I realized that there was more to the game then stats!

Anyone else have revelations in there early gaming years?

 

[EricNoah]

I knew when I started bringing my stuff to school (middle school) and running games during lunch/recess.

 

[Gnarlo]

The first time I sat down with the random dungeon tables in the DMG and a party I rolled up right quick to "plan out a dungeon" for some friends and looking up a little later realized that I had been solo dungeoning for 4 hours.

 

[hunter1828]

From the moment my dad gave me the old blue box Basic set back in 1978. As soon as I read it I knew.

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[Si_RW]

about 3 years ago in my first large war setting. this just set my mind spinning on what you could really do.

 

[Teflon Billy]

Probably the first time (About age 12) when I got into a serious argument with a friend over whose character could take whose...this argument was at dawn Sunday morning; we had been playing all saturday night.

 

[Ranger REG]

I think it was after I saw the D&D cartoon one Saturday morning, followed by stumbling across an AD&D Player's Handbook in my local library, did I took my first "baby step" into my RPG hobby.

It's been 15+ years now.

 

[Alzrius]

When did you know that you were hooked and couldn't stop playing?

This sort of implies that the game lured us in and made us addicts without us knowing it.

For me, being hooked on the game was a conscious desire ever since I saw some friends of mine get the Hero Quest game for Christmas. Ever since then, I wanted to play RPGs, and I haven't looked back since. Sure it's gotten more intense since then, but that's exactly as I want it.

 

[Silver Moon]

I knew I was hooked when I enthusiastically told several friends about the game I had played and brought two of them to future sessions. I also asked my mother for a Player's Handbook for Christmas. That was 22 years ago.

 

[jrients]

I have never had any realization that I was 'hooked' or whatever. I just started gaming and never looked back.