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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3523949" data-attributes="member: 48965">My introduction was totally my mother's doing, and I greatly appreciate her for doing it.My mother knew I had always been into fantasy books, and as a black kid growing up on the south side of Chicago it was something I pretty much hid from everyone around me.  She was very much involved in my education and actually saw a program about the D&D game being a good educational tool.  She bought me my first basic set(the one with the green dragon in a cave on the box), and even though it took me awhile to figure it out I loved it.  I will say this, there weren't any people I could really play with around me so I drafted my younger brother and sister.  I am especially grateful, because in the end it kept me and my siblings away from alot of the negativity(drug dealing, banging, etc.) that permeated my environment.  It also brought me closer to my family.  As I got older and my life branched I eventually met others that played as well, but my family(4brothers and 4 sisters and occasionally my father) have always been the core of my gaming groups.  If it's anything I wish would've been different, it's that my mother would have actually sat down and gave the game a go...alas it didn't happen but I still appreciate the introduction and support of a hooby that's stuck with me for years.</blockquote>