bulletmeat
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Moon-Lancer said:
I used that wizard screen when I DM AD&D. Still have that thing (if not in pieces).
How did RPGs grab you?
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I used that wizard screen when I DM AD&D. Still have that thing (if not in pieces).
jonathan swift
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Giant freaking robots blowing each other up.
(Mechwarrior 2nd Edition was my first RPG.)
(Mechwarrior 2nd Edition was my first RPG.)
HeavenShallBurn
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My older brother
At first it was just something he and his no-good friends did and wouldn't let me in on. Then they did and it was cool and I haven't stopped since. First game I ever played was a heavily HRed version of ODD in his setting. Then he moved out and I took over the setting with my friends. Went through 1e and 2e, got out part-way through 2e and didn't get back in until 3e. In the interim tried the Old World of Darkness games, Mechwarrior 2e, Some Runequest(2e I think it's been a long time), Robotech, Ironclaw.
At first it was just something he and his no-good friends did and wouldn't let me in on. Then they did and it was cool and I haven't stopped since. First game I ever played was a heavily HRed version of ODD in his setting. Then he moved out and I took over the setting with my friends. Went through 1e and 2e, got out part-way through 2e and didn't get back in until 3e. In the interim tried the Old World of Darkness games, Mechwarrior 2e, Some Runequest(2e I think it's been a long time), Robotech, Ironclaw.
Ranger REG
Explorer
The cartoon first got my attention a long way back. Then exploring my local library for those old AD&D books. Ironic, when I had the money, I bought the red D&D Basic boxed set. And the rest is history.
Glyfair
Explorer
I became interested when my local paper ran an article on this "new game" D&D and covered a local group that was playing it. They used it to play through their own version of Lord of the Rings. As it turns out, I would later become good friends with that group.
What attracted me was the idea of a game where the options weren't that limited. If you wanted to try to sell your car in Monopoly to earn some money you couldn't. At the same time "let's pretend" wasn't nearly structured enough. In something like old fashion Cowboys & Indians arguments about who shot who and who missed weren't uncommon.
The idea of a rules set that allowed you to have the best of both worlds, structure and flexibility, attracted me.
What attracted me was the idea of a game where the options weren't that limited. If you wanted to try to sell your car in Monopoly to earn some money you couldn't. At the same time "let's pretend" wasn't nearly structured enough. In something like old fashion Cowboys & Indians arguments about who shot who and who missed weren't uncommon.
The idea of a rules set that allowed you to have the best of both worlds, structure and flexibility, attracted me.
Shining Dragon
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An inability to find a copy of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, rather discovering TSRs Endless Quest books and seeing an advertisement for Dungeons and Dragons in the back...
ivocaliban
Explorer
Dungeons & Dragons Game Black Box (1991)
I was on summer vacation in Detroit (which should tell you something about the wonders of youth) when I came across the big black box with the red dragon on the cover. That was my first D&D/rpg purchase. My second was the Rules Cyclopedia. I ran the game for five years based on those two products alone.
Today, I can't even manage character creation without thumbing through a dozen WotC books. *melodramatic fist shake*
I was on summer vacation in Detroit (which should tell you something about the wonders of youth) when I came across the big black box with the red dragon on the cover. That was my first D&D/rpg purchase. My second was the Rules Cyclopedia. I ran the game for five years based on those two products alone.
Today, I can't even manage character creation without thumbing through a dozen WotC books. *melodramatic fist shake*
My Uncle assumes full responsibility for my addiction to gaming. It was the fall of 1983 and he came over with the basic D&D boxed set. He said that he and his roommate bought it, tried it, and couldn't really understand the whole thing. He gave it to me to see if I could figure it out. It's now nearly 24 years later, and I blame him for my insatiable need to game.
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