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<blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 1606608" data-attributes="member: 3433">When I started playing in 1983, I was in 9th grade.&nbsp; For a while, my parents kept a very close eye on me and how much time I was spending working on the game and playing it.&nbsp; I think they were more concerned with it as a timesink, but the religious angle did come up a couple times.&nbsp; After a few months, they decided it was safe.&nbsp; I managed to get nearly straight-A's thru high school despite spending huge amonts of my spare time working on stuff for D&amp;D (since I was the main DM) or playing the game.&nbsp; The first year I started playing, the group was arriving at school 30 minutes early to play before school started, then assembled at the end of our lunch period for another 20 to 30 minutes.&nbsp; Then after school we'd head to someone's house and keep playing.&nbsp; Any downtime during or between classes I'd usually work on maps and encounters.&nbsp; I definitely had D&amp;D on the brain!&nbsp; Had my grades suffered at all, I'm sure there would have been tremendous pressure to play less or even quit the game.In regards to some of the other choices, I was a pretty geeky kid and didn't do much social stuff prior to playing this, so D&amp;D was actually a step forward in terms of socializing for me.&nbsp;&nbsp; I already played some sports, so they weren't worried about that either.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kalendraf, post: 1606608, member: 3433"] When I started playing in 1983, I was in 9th grade. For a while, my parents kept a very close eye on me and how much time I was spending working on the game and playing it. I think they were more concerned with it as a timesink, but the religious angle did come up a couple times. After a few months, they decided it was safe. I managed to get nearly straight-A's thru high school despite spending huge amonts of my spare time working on stuff for D&D (since I was the main DM) or playing the game. The first year I started playing, the group was arriving at school 30 minutes early to play before school started, then assembled at the end of our lunch period for another 20 to 30 minutes. Then after school we'd head to someone's house and keep playing. Any downtime during or between classes I'd usually work on maps and encounters. I definitely had D&D on the brain! Had my grades suffered at all, I'm sure there would have been tremendous pressure to play less or even quit the game. In regards to some of the other choices, I was a pretty geeky kid and didn't do much social stuff prior to playing this, so D&D was actually a step forward in terms of socializing for me. I already played some sports, so they weren't worried about that either. [/QUOTE]

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