Do you remember your first RPG purchase?

[Grazzt]

D&D Red box in 1983. Bought it with $$ I got for my birthday that year.

 

[Belen]

Palladium Robotech.

I read the Jack McKinley novels in middle school and loved Robotech.

I never really understood the RPG aspects until I tried TTRPGs when I was 16.

 

[soviet]

Mentzer red box D&D from Trapnell's model shop, I would guess 1987 or 1988. Age 10 or 11. I was already into Fighting Fantasy books and White Dwarf and I already had some GW figures.

What was noteworthy was that when I tried to buy it, a man (fellow customer) in the shop said no you don't want that, here buy Runequest instead. But I was not swayed.

 

[Lidgar]

While I started playing D&D in 1980 or so (based on photocopies of a friend's set...shhhh), I'm pretty sure my fist actual RPG purchase was Top Secret in 1981 or so followed closely by Boot Hill.

 

[jdrakeh]

D&D Basic Set (B/X) at a garage sale.

 

[enrious]

Marvel Super Heroes Role Playing Game Advanced Set, 1986, B Dalton book store.

 

[aramis erak]

How about you?

$3.95 TSR dice pack (Red)
second was D&D Basic (Moldvay) book only, $9.95
Year was 1981.

 

[Clint_L]

A used copy of the 1e Monster Manual that I bought off my friend’s brother for the best ten bucks I ever spent. I had that thing memorized.

 

[Tonguez]

First purchase was Two plastic bullywugs and a Carrion crawler from the local op shop.

Then Mum bought me the Basic red box to go with them.

 

[Stormonu]

My first purchase (not counting my original Christmas gift of the Holmes set) was a used copy of the Moldvay Basic D&D set at the Red Barn in California, around in '83 as I recall. I'd previously seen the set - a friend had a copy, but I wanted my own. I think I paid $6 for it.