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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 3644839" data-attributes="member: 8447">Around 1972 I got into board wargames (AH, later SPI); about a year later I moved on to miniature wargaming (ACW, Medieval, Victorian Small Wars).&nbsp; I anjoyed these, but there were so many arguments that came up (we were all in our early-to-mid-teens) about winners, losers, line-of-sight, etc., that the whole process was getting frustrating.Then Brookhurst Hobbies (blessings upon them) sent me their August catalog.&nbsp; There was an ad in there for a new type of wargame involving dragons, heroes, magic swords, and quests for treasure, but not needing minis or a board, being played with paper and pencil.&nbsp; The description was very sketchy, but I sent away for it.&nbsp; Just as I was about to leave for a Labor Day weekend Boy Scout campout, that glorious brown UPS truck pulled up with my package.&nbsp; That weekend, when everyone else was hyped over CB radio and getting blue ribbons, I was learning to speak a new language involving hit dice, armour class, and black puddings that you didn't eat...And I haven't looked back in 30+ years.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; Admittedly, though, I have been fairly profligate in the number of systems I have worked with, though.&nbsp; I dropped D&amp;D about the time it became AD&amp;D (&quot;1st edition&quot;) in favour of RuneQuest, Traveller, Champions, Chivalry &amp; Sorcery and a host of others.&nbsp; Since then my &quot;game of games&quot; has shifted several times, including the above-mentioned RuneQuest, Pendragon, Cyberpunk, and Ars Magica.&nbsp; Currently I am playing a 7th Sea variant (where I took the rules and scrapped the horrible map and historically bizarre collection of nations).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 3644839, member: 8447"] Around 1972 I got into board wargames (AH, later SPI); about a year later I moved on to miniature wargaming (ACW, Medieval, Victorian Small Wars). I anjoyed these, but there were so many arguments that came up (we were all in our early-to-mid-teens) about winners, losers, line-of-sight, etc., that the whole process was getting frustrating. Then Brookhurst Hobbies (blessings upon them) sent me their August catalog. There was an ad in there for a new type of wargame involving dragons, heroes, magic swords, and quests for treasure, but not needing minis or a board, being played with paper and pencil. The description was very sketchy, but I sent away for it. Just as I was about to leave for a Labor Day weekend Boy Scout campout, that glorious brown UPS truck pulled up with my package. That weekend, when everyone else was hyped over CB radio and getting blue ribbons, I was learning to speak a new language involving hit dice, armour class, and black puddings that you didn't eat... And I haven't looked back in 30+ years. ;) Admittedly, though, I have been fairly profligate in the number of systems I have worked with, though. I dropped D&D about the time it became AD&D ("1st edition") in favour of RuneQuest, Traveller, Champions, Chivalry & Sorcery and a host of others. Since then my "game of games" has shifted several times, including the above-mentioned RuneQuest, Pendragon, Cyberpunk, and Ars Magica. Currently I am playing a 7th Sea variant (where I took the rules and scrapped the horrible map and historically bizarre collection of nations). [/QUOTE]

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