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<blockquote data-quote="Walter_J" data-source="post: 1586205" data-attributes="member: 2938">I know what you mean.&nbsp; I started back in '81 at my older brother's house.&nbsp; I had no idea what was going on, but I had a heck of a good time.&nbsp; I was gaming with him and his friends, then I introduced the game via the blue book to some of my friends, and pretty soon we were all gaming together.&nbsp; At one point I actually had a brand new white box set in my hands and could kick myself because I had my mother take it back!&nbsp; I was in the hospital, and Mom&nbsp; surprised me with it to chear me up and keep my mind occupied.&nbsp; Being a dumb kid, though, I wanted the &quot;new&quot; boxed set and had her exchange it.&nbsp; I still could kick myself.&nbsp; We didn't play D&amp;D much during the late 90's either, and had stopped all together for several years.&nbsp; Stumbling across Eric Noah's website, and news of 3E got me back into it.&nbsp; I bought 5 PHB's during the first few weeks after the release--one for myself, my brother, two old gaming buddies, and a guy I met at work.&nbsp; (I figured, handing someone a shiny new book cuts down on arguments about tyring a new game!)Thanks, and good luck with your game too!&nbsp; Put a thread up about it sometime.&nbsp; It sounds like we are doing it for similar reasons.&nbsp; My big test will be when I hand the rules to my cousin (who knows next to nothing about RPGs) to give to her children (ages 8-12, roughly).&nbsp; If they can start gaming on their own with those rules, I'll have succeeded.&nbsp; If not, I'll blame my cousin for not insuring those children had a proper education!&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Walter_J, post: 1586205, member: 2938"] I know what you mean. I started back in '81 at my older brother's house. I had no idea what was going on, but I had a heck of a good time. I was gaming with him and his friends, then I introduced the game via the blue book to some of my friends, and pretty soon we were all gaming together. At one point I actually had a brand new white box set in my hands and could kick myself because I had my mother take it back! I was in the hospital, and Mom surprised me with it to chear me up and keep my mind occupied. Being a dumb kid, though, I wanted the "new" boxed set and had her exchange it. I still could kick myself. We didn't play D&D much during the late 90's either, and had stopped all together for several years. Stumbling across Eric Noah's website, and news of 3E got me back into it. I bought 5 PHB's during the first few weeks after the release--one for myself, my brother, two old gaming buddies, and a guy I met at work. (I figured, handing someone a shiny new book cuts down on arguments about tyring a new game!) Thanks, and good luck with your game too! Put a thread up about it sometime. It sounds like we are doing it for similar reasons. My big test will be when I hand the rules to my cousin (who knows next to nothing about RPGs) to give to her children (ages 8-12, roughly). If they can start gaming on their own with those rules, I'll have succeeded. If not, I'll blame my cousin for not insuring those children had a proper education! :D [/QUOTE]

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