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<blockquote data-quote="Ranes" data-source="post: 751421" data-attributes="member: 4826">My first experience with D&amp;D was the then brand new 1st edition AD&amp;D. I was still at school, fourteen years old and only a couple of my peers played. In my quest for a gaming group, I was directed by my local games store (a newly opened branch of Games Workshop, back in the days when the variety of games they sold was phenomenal) to my local university.Long live the University of Manchester Institute of Science &amp; Technology D&amp;D Society! Ok, I doubt it still goes by that name but they were happy to accept a kid into the fold and practically every Tuesday night for the next couple of years, I went along to participate in or just watch games of D&amp;D and Traveller.There were great DMs, roleplaying opportunities and experience rewards. That helped. There were fairly frequent deaths. That actually helped breed a smarter first level player character. There was the shared wisdom of the ten-foot pole and there was a lower level of expectation among players of what their characters could achieve, attain or acquire in a given period of time than I believe exists today. There was fanatical enthusaism (some things never change). On top of it all, there was less competition.But I don't know if any of this really bears on your question. By the time I'm talking about, D&amp;D had already survived its first few years. Okay, pick on someone older.Edit: Apologies for the rant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ranes, post: 751421, member: 4826"] My first experience with D&D was the then brand new 1st edition AD&D. I was still at school, fourteen years old and only a couple of my peers played. In my quest for a gaming group, I was directed by my local games store (a newly opened branch of Games Workshop, back in the days when the variety of games they sold was phenomenal) to my local university. Long live the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology D&D Society! Ok, I doubt it still goes by that name but they were happy to accept a kid into the fold and practically every Tuesday night for the next couple of years, I went along to participate in or just watch games of D&D and Traveller. There were great DMs, roleplaying opportunities and experience rewards. That helped. There were fairly frequent deaths. That actually helped breed a smarter first level player character. There was the shared wisdom of the ten-foot pole and there was a lower level of expectation among players of what their characters could achieve, attain or acquire in a given period of time than I believe exists today. There was fanatical enthusaism (some things never change). On top of it all, there was less competition. But I don't know if any of this really bears on your question. By the time I'm talking about, D&D had already survived its first few years. Okay, pick on someone older. Edit: Apologies for the rant. [/QUOTE]

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