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<blockquote data-quote="Arnwyn" data-source="post: 403094" data-attributes="member: 7701">Longer story... (surprise! A long story told by a gamer!)Many, many years ago, back in grade 7, my friend and I are sitting in art class. He comes up to me with a maze drawn on a sheet of paper, and says &quot;it's not just any maze - you don't get to see it and just choose directions that I give you&quot;. There was also a &quot;location&quot; in the maze where some &quot;voice&quot; gave you hints. It was kind of cool. Things are added to this maze: What if it's underground? What if there are things (monsters) that try to stop you?The concept grows. We read these &quot;Fighting Fantasy&quot; books and come up with a terribly crude combat system. We've read The Hobbit, LotR, and related books, and add monsters. All games are one-on-one.5 years pass, as we continue to wildly draw maps, &quot;enhance&quot; the game with &quot;innovations&quot; (you find somebody in this level, and he actually *comes along with you*! Absolutely mind boggling).We were finishing high school. My friend (same guy from grade 7 who drew the maze) comes over, and hands me this book he just found and bought: &quot;Uh, this book has everything we've done in the last 5 years, but better.&quot; (It was the AD&amp;D 2nd Edition PHB.)Ack.10 years later, and we're still going strong![Edit: changed to past tense. We're way beyond high school now...]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arnwyn, post: 403094, member: 7701"] Longer story... (surprise! A long story told by a gamer!) Many, many years ago, back in grade 7, my friend and I are sitting in art class. He comes up to me with a maze drawn on a sheet of paper, and says "it's not just any maze - you don't get to see it and just choose directions that I give you". There was also a "location" in the maze where some "voice" gave you hints. It was kind of cool. Things are added to this maze: What if it's underground? What if there are things (monsters) that try to stop you? The concept grows. We read these "Fighting Fantasy" books and come up with a terribly crude combat system. We've read The Hobbit, LotR, and related books, and add monsters. All games are one-on-one. 5 years pass, as we continue to wildly draw maps, "enhance" the game with "innovations" (you find somebody in this level, and he actually *comes along with you*! Absolutely mind boggling). We were finishing high school. My friend (same guy from grade 7 who drew the maze) comes over, and hands me this book he just found and bought: "Uh, this book has everything we've done in the last 5 years, but better." (It was the AD&D 2nd Edition PHB.) Ack. 10 years later, and we're still going strong! [Edit: changed to past tense. We're way beyond high school now...] [/QUOTE]

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