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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 602401" data-attributes="member: 7394"><p>I'm curious how everyone was introduced to roleplaying, and how many years ago it was. I'll go first.</p><p></p><p>When I was about 9 I went to Toys'R'Us with my mother and saw the red box set and the books that went with it (amazing to believe Toys'R'us actually carried D&D, huh?) I brought it home, looked it over, didn't get it and put it away. A couple years passed and an old friend, from like when I was 5, and I remain close friends with him to this day, was in town for a couple weeks. He had been playing D&D with a group down in Arizona, and he taught me the basics. So there we were, a couple 11 year olds with the basic D&D rules and nothing better to do than go dungeon bashing over the course of a weekend. Needless to say, from that point forward I was hooked. </p><p></p><p>That was 19 years ago, and if memory serves, it was right about the time that AD&D 1st edition was being released. I bought all the 1st edition books, and then the 2nd edition books, and I've pretty well stayed on top of it ever since except for a brief period in the mid '90's when I was too broke to buy any books, and didn't have a lot of time for it anyway.</p><p></p><p>Well, that's my story and I'm stiking to it. How about everyone else?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 602401, member: 7394"] I'm curious how everyone was introduced to roleplaying, and how many years ago it was. I'll go first. When I was about 9 I went to Toys'R'Us with my mother and saw the red box set and the books that went with it (amazing to believe Toys'R'us actually carried D&D, huh?) I brought it home, looked it over, didn't get it and put it away. A couple years passed and an old friend, from like when I was 5, and I remain close friends with him to this day, was in town for a couple weeks. He had been playing D&D with a group down in Arizona, and he taught me the basics. So there we were, a couple 11 year olds with the basic D&D rules and nothing better to do than go dungeon bashing over the course of a weekend. Needless to say, from that point forward I was hooked. That was 19 years ago, and if memory serves, it was right about the time that AD&D 1st edition was being released. I bought all the 1st edition books, and then the 2nd edition books, and I've pretty well stayed on top of it ever since except for a brief period in the mid '90's when I was too broke to buy any books, and didn't have a lot of time for it anyway. Well, that's my story and I'm stiking to it. How about everyone else? [/QUOTE]
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