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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1762235" data-attributes="member: 2205">I picked 14-16 although that's only sorta true.&nbsp; I gamed back when I was 8-9 or so, but I didn't really game until junior high, when I was about 13 or so.&nbsp; Before that, I was kinda drug into it by a few of my friends, but it didn't &quot;take&quot;.Of course, by then 1e was in full swing, Unearthed Arcana was coming out, and all that.&nbsp; I was more interested in the older Basic stuff that I had looked at when I was 11-12, but which seemed to be passe with my crowd.Later on, as a young adult 2e was coming out and I had no interest in it.&nbsp; I migrated to Werewolf around that time, but did a lot more reading of the books than playing the game, unfortunately.&nbsp; I was essentially an archair gamer for most of this time, but I was in grad school, having my first kids, and all that entails, so I probably wouldn't have really had the time to play much anyway.When I left Texas to come work out here in Detroit in June 2000, I had more time to stumble around on the web and such, and I came fairly quickly upon Eric Noah's Third Edition News spot, and realized that it was only a few months away from release.&nbsp; I picked up 3rd edition on the spot, found some gaming groups, and have been gaming more or less regularly ever since.I started getting turned off by the obvious D&amp;Disms in 3rd edition, and the fast rate of levelling, and then was even further put-off by the &quot;Revised&quot; edition that came out, what, a year or so ago?&nbsp; I haven't bothered picking up 3.5 yet, except for the Monster Manual.&nbsp; So I've come full circle, with a few differences: I am actually gaming rather than armchair gaming; I've been part of several campaigns, and I'm running one as well right now.&nbsp; And, although I've moved away from D&amp;D again, I haven't moved nearly so far afield; everything I've played and/or ran in the last four years has been d20 at least, when it's not D&amp;D specifically.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 1762235, member: 2205"] I picked 14-16 although that's only sorta true. I gamed back when I was 8-9 or so, but I didn't really [i]game[/i] until junior high, when I was about 13 or so. Before that, I was kinda drug into it by a few of my friends, but it didn't "take". Of course, by then 1e was in full swing, Unearthed Arcana was coming out, and all that. I was more interested in the older Basic stuff that I had looked at when I was 11-12, but which seemed to be passe with my crowd. Later on, as a young adult 2e was coming out and I had no interest in it. I migrated to Werewolf around that time, but did a lot more reading of the books than playing the game, unfortunately. I was essentially an archair gamer for most of this time, but I was in grad school, having my first kids, and all that entails, so I probably wouldn't have really had the time to play much anyway. When I left Texas to come work out here in Detroit in June 2000, I had more time to stumble around on the web and such, and I came fairly quickly upon Eric Noah's Third Edition News spot, and realized that it was only a few months away from release. I picked up 3rd edition on the spot, found some gaming groups, and have been gaming more or less regularly ever since. I started getting turned off by the obvious D&Disms in 3rd edition, and the fast rate of levelling, and then was even further put-off by the "Revised" edition that came out, what, a year or so ago? I haven't bothered picking up 3.5 yet, except for the Monster Manual. So I've come full circle, with a few differences: I am actually gaming rather than armchair gaming; I've been part of several campaigns, and I'm running one as well right now. And, although I've moved away from D&D again, I haven't moved nearly so far afield; everything I've played and/or ran in the last four years has been d20 at least, when it's not D&D specifically. [/QUOTE]

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