How did RPGs grab you?
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For me it was simply the fact that it is a cooperative game rather than a competetive game. I hated playing board games with people who couldn't stand to lose or who were trying so hard to win they killed the fun of everyone involved.
My first contact with something rpg-like were the books by Ian Livingstone & Steve Jackson which I loved. Then came the release of 'Das Schwarze Auge'. And shortly after I was introduced to AD&D which actually motivated me to learn English
I was especially fascinated by 'Deities & Demigods' which back then included Mythos creatures, Cthulhu, Hastur, et.al. Those were good times! *sigh*
My first contact with something rpg-like were the books by Ian Livingstone & Steve Jackson which I loved. Then came the release of 'Das Schwarze Auge'. And shortly after I was introduced to AD&D which actually motivated me to learn English
I was especially fascinated by 'Deities & Demigods' which back then included Mythos creatures, Cthulhu, Hastur, et.al. Those were good times! *sigh*
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When I was a kid I always liked playing "let's pretend" and wearing costumes. As an adult, there aren't many opportunities for that type of activity unless you become an actor.
Roleplaying games let me indulge in some of that type of activity without having to appear on a stage or in front of a camera, without having to memorize a script, and in the company of like-minded friends.
Roleplaying games let me indulge in some of that type of activity without having to appear on a stage or in front of a camera, without having to memorize a script, and in the company of like-minded friends.
Tolkien/Gargoyle's Quest => Pool of Radiance (when I was 9 or 10, I think), then onwards to MERP a few years later (was available in Finnish). Got more serious about the CRPGS and started picking up first TSR novels and then P&P stuff, as well. No longer sure when I got into P&P D&D, tbh!
Ace32 said:Baldur's Gate.
What started as an interest in a simple CRPG turned into attempts to kitbash rules to play fantasy RPGs with friends... until we realized we could simply just buy the rulebooks!
Cue forward 10 years and its a full blown addiction
Sorry for the double post, but... WHOA, it really is 10 years from BG1 soon! I guess I've reached that point where it does really feel like yesterday (of course, I only got it when the mac version came out, in 2000, I think, but still!)
Does this mean that we might get a 10 year anniversary source book to go with it?
I was seven years old, and a cute girl asked me if I wanted to come over and play a game with her. I said sure and I ended up playing D&D (with her DMing) until my mom came over to yell at me for missing dinner. 13 years later she was still DMing for me (Me and her brother were the only ones who never left out of that group) and I was still facinated by both her and the stories she told, so I married her. The rate at which my characters die is still rediculusly high...
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