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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 403560" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p><strong>Yadda yadda old timer yadda yadda...</strong></p><p></p><p>When I was a little kid, I would always check out books on Medieval arms and armor from my local library. I was also a big comic book fan and budding artist, so I would draw what I saw in the books.</p><p></p><p>While I was at summer camp, some guys started playing AD&D during lunch breaks. I listened in on what they were doing, and then started drawing some pictures of knights.</p><p></p><p>"Dude! Can you draw a picture of my character?"</p><p></p><p>I asked them a bit about the game, and then later prodded my mom to buy me a copy. We managed to find the Basic set (the original, which was a new product at the time) at a local department store. It came with everything you needed... except dice. There was a card of cut-out "chits" that you were supposed to draw from a cup. Thankfully, I got some real dice not too long after.</p><p></p><p>My first game was with just me and one friend. We went through "Keep on the Borderlands", each (!) playing an elven fighter/magic user. I didn't know that you couldn't do that in Basic, but I figured there were only two of us, so we needed to "multi-class." The game went great, and I think that at some point I managed to figure out what Hit Points were. <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Additional facts:</p><p></p><p>1. My junior high had a D&D class (a "minicourse") as well. Basically, it was just time during school where you could play.</p><p></p><p>2. I gave up on D&D when 2e came out, instead playing Rolemaster (for a short time), Cthulhu, and Champions. My involvement in the hobby waned for a few years... and then 3e came out. Since then I've gotten back into the hobby witha vengeance.</p><p></p><p>The rest is history... as is my checking account. <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzz, post: 403560, member: 6777"] [b]Yadda yadda old timer yadda yadda...[/b] When I was a little kid, I would always check out books on Medieval arms and armor from my local library. I was also a big comic book fan and budding artist, so I would draw what I saw in the books. While I was at summer camp, some guys started playing AD&D during lunch breaks. I listened in on what they were doing, and then started drawing some pictures of knights. "Dude! Can you draw a picture of my character?" I asked them a bit about the game, and then later prodded my mom to buy me a copy. We managed to find the Basic set (the original, which was a new product at the time) at a local department store. It came with everything you needed... except dice. There was a card of cut-out "chits" that you were supposed to draw from a cup. Thankfully, I got some real dice not too long after. My first game was with just me and one friend. We went through "Keep on the Borderlands", each (!) playing an elven fighter/magic user. I didn't know that you couldn't do that in Basic, but I figured there were only two of us, so we needed to "multi-class." The game went great, and I think that at some point I managed to figure out what Hit Points were. :) Additional facts: 1. My junior high had a D&D class (a "minicourse") as well. Basically, it was just time during school where you could play. 2. I gave up on D&D when 2e came out, instead playing Rolemaster (for a short time), Cthulhu, and Champions. My involvement in the hobby waned for a few years... and then 3e came out. Since then I've gotten back into the hobby witha vengeance. The rest is history... as is my checking account. :) [/QUOTE]
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