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<blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 2219533" data-attributes="member: 13654">Had an interest in SF and fantasy before playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; Really more SF than fantasy but I'd already read LotR at least twice.&nbsp; I was introduced to the game out of the blue by an acquaintance - a guy I really barely knew.&nbsp; But even though he was a grade above me in HS ours was a very small, private HS and I guess I just seemed like the most likely candidate of the people in school that he knew who would like the game.&nbsp; Where HE actually got it I don't think I've ever asked him, but he was as new to it as I.The two of us got together at his house after school and I was HOOKED.&nbsp; We immediately added more players with him retaining the position of DM for several years.&nbsp; He eventually merged his campaign (and players) with the campaign of someone else he'd met (and he'd joined their game as a player) and gave up shield-monkey for quite a while.&nbsp; A few years after that I started working my way into The Chair and kinda stayed there for a LONG time.But it all started in, I think, 1977 for me.&nbsp; Sophmore in high school.&nbsp; There WEREN'T any other RPG's.&nbsp; There WEREN'T any personal computers much less computer games.&nbsp; And I don't think Monopoly can be considered a gateway game to D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="D+1, post: 2219533, member: 13654"] Had an interest in SF and fantasy before playing D&D. Really more SF than fantasy but I'd already read LotR at least twice. I was introduced to the game out of the blue by an acquaintance - a guy I really barely knew. But even though he was a grade above me in HS ours was a very small, private HS and I guess I just seemed like the most likely candidate of the people in school that he knew who would like the game. Where HE actually got it I don't think I've ever asked him, but he was as new to it as I. The two of us got together at his house after school and I was HOOKED. We immediately added more players with him retaining the position of DM for several years. He eventually merged his campaign (and players) with the campaign of someone else he'd met (and he'd joined their game as a player) and gave up shield-monkey for quite a while. A few years after that I started working my way into The Chair and kinda stayed there for a LONG time. But it all started in, I think, 1977 for me. Sophmore in high school. There WEREN'T any other RPG's. There WEREN'T any personal computers much less computer games. And I don't think Monopoly can be considered a gateway game to D&D. [/QUOTE]

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