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<blockquote data-quote="Tiberius" data-source="post: 403078" data-attributes="member: 1376">I, too, found my way into the game in a very roundabout manner.&nbsp; As a kid, I loved reading, especially the Choose Your Own Adventure books.&nbsp; I was also a fan of the D&amp;D cartoon.&nbsp; Imagine how pleased I was when I found those AD&amp;D Adventure Gamebooks, with the character sheet/bookmark in the front. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; I read/played through them all, one of my favorites being the one based off of &quot;The Ghost Tower of Inverness.&quot;&nbsp; My neighbor played AD&amp;D, and I asked him about it one day when I was 5 or so.&nbsp; He brought his stuff over, and pulled out a module.&nbsp; Specifically, &quot;The Ghost Tower of Inverness.&quot; Yay me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I remember being rather upset that my cleric didn't have enough gold to buy both magical armor and a magical longsword, so I had to settle for the +1 mace.&nbsp; Armed with my book, we had a great time.I was hooked.&nbsp; I got my folks to get me the Basic set, which I loved to read on our weekend sailing trips.&nbsp; Eventually, my neighbor gave up D&amp;D, and gave his stuff to me.&nbsp; Rock on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />&nbsp; I remember my folks getting me the Manual of the Planes and Unearthed Arcana, but I never got around to picking up the Monster Manuals from the local Toys 'R' Us.I look back at my first game 18 years ago or so with absolutely no regrets about the money and time this hobby would eventually cost me. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I just wish I had kept the stuff that was given to me in better condition.&nbsp; My neighbor had the GDQ series, which is now buried somewhere in my room. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />-Tiberius</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tiberius, post: 403078, member: 1376"] I, too, found my way into the game in a very roundabout manner. As a kid, I loved reading, especially the Choose Your Own Adventure books. I was also a fan of the D&D cartoon. Imagine how pleased I was when I found those AD&D Adventure Gamebooks, with the character sheet/bookmark in the front. :D I read/played through them all, one of my favorites being the one based off of "The Ghost Tower of Inverness." My neighbor played AD&D, and I asked him about it one day when I was 5 or so. He brought his stuff over, and pulled out a module. Specifically, "The Ghost Tower of Inverness." Yay me. :D I remember being rather upset that my cleric didn't have enough gold to buy both magical armor and a magical longsword, so I had to settle for the +1 mace. Armed with my book, we had a great time. I was hooked. I got my folks to get me the Basic set, which I loved to read on our weekend sailing trips. Eventually, my neighbor gave up D&D, and gave his stuff to me. Rock on. :cool: I remember my folks getting me the Manual of the Planes and Unearthed Arcana, but I never got around to picking up the Monster Manuals from the local Toys 'R' Us. I look back at my first game 18 years ago or so with absolutely no regrets about the money and time this hobby would eventually cost me. :) I just wish I had kept the stuff that was given to me in better condition. My neighbor had the GDQ series, which is now buried somewhere in my room. :( -Tiberius [/QUOTE]

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