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<blockquote data-quote="RobNJ" data-source="post: 403520" data-attributes="member: 3617">I had always been a big reader, and one of the things my mom got me into was mythology: Greek and Roman especially though I was also interested in Norse and Pharonic myth.&nbsp; Around this time (I was about 8 or so) one of my parents' friends, Jack, and his teenage daughter (who was our babysitter now and then), Jenny, and some other people they knew were playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; I knew it was fantasy stuff and I wanted in but they wouldn't let me.&nbsp; I don't blame them <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=":)" />.Along the way I was getting into Choose Your Own Adventure books, where you'd read up to a certain point and be asked which way you want to go, then move to the indicated page.One day my mom brought me home the first of the Dragonlance paperbacks, and I begged her to let me get the game it was based on.&nbsp; One Christmas (1983 or so, I was 10) I got the blue book boxed set and began running myself on the enclosed module (playing an elf) like it was a Choose Your Own Adventure book, rolling dice to see if I succeded and the like.&nbsp; I knew this wasn't how it was done, but I wanted to play.&nbsp; I have a vivid memory of sitting in the back seat--I think it was a minivan--on my way to my grandparents' house, playing away.One Christmas a few years later, my grandmother brought me into a mall near her house and got me the 1st Edition AD&amp;D Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide, and a set of dice. I eventually made friends (Billy &amp; Billy) who were willing to play with me, and the rest is history.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobNJ, post: 403520, member: 3617"] I had always been a big reader, and one of the things my mom got me into was mythology: Greek and Roman especially though I was also interested in Norse and Pharonic myth. Around this time (I was about 8 or so) one of my parents' friends, Jack, and his teenage daughter (who was our babysitter now and then), Jenny, and some other people they knew were playing D&D. I knew it was fantasy stuff and I wanted in but they wouldn't let me. I don't blame them :). Along the way I was getting into Choose Your Own Adventure books, where you'd read up to a certain point and be asked which way you want to go, then move to the indicated page. One day my mom brought me home the first of the Dragonlance paperbacks, and I begged her to let me get the game it was based on. One Christmas (1983 or so, I was 10) I got the blue book boxed set and began running myself on the enclosed module (playing an elf) like it was a Choose Your Own Adventure book, rolling dice to see if I succeded and the like. I knew this wasn't how it was done, but I wanted to play. I have a vivid memory of sitting in the back seat--I think it was a minivan--on my way to my grandparents' house, playing away. One Christmas a few years later, my grandmother brought me into a mall near her house and got me the 1st Edition AD&D Player's Handbook and Dungeon Master's Guide, and a set of dice. I eventually made friends (Billy & Billy) who were willing to play with me, and the rest is history. [/QUOTE]

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