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<blockquote data-quote="Deadguy" data-source="post: 603255" data-attributes="member: 2480">I think that the point that I really wanted to start role-playing was back in 1981 or 1982 (I'm not entirely sure now - I just know I've been role-playing for over 20 years). I was injured and was sitting out the obligatory rugby game at school. But the PE teacher determined that even the injured had to go out and spectate. So there I was, standing around the muddy field, chatting with another guy, Mike, who I didn't really know well.We got chatting about hobbies and he mentioned this thing called Dungeons and Dragons. He tried to explain how the game worked, and I remember pumping hhim for details about spells and the like! Poor guy must've felt like he was being interrogated.Anyway, I realised I wanted in on this D&amp;D. The problem was that I lived miles away from Mike - we both of us had to travel some distance to school. But there was one guy, a little younger than me who lived just down the road. What's more, he got a lot more pocket money than I did. So when I mentioned the game to him, lo and behold the following Saturday there was the attarctive box set.We created characters straight away, and he began his DMing career with Keep on the Borderlands. Since there was only me and him, of course we played very fast and loose with the rules. I remember getting through a lot of oil, and my Halfling had amazing thiefly powers to peer into a room and never be seen.Wow this really brings back memories! I haven't thought about this in YEARS!! Thanks for reminding me Baraendur. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deadguy, post: 603255, member: 2480"] I think that the point that I really wanted to start role-playing was back in 1981 or 1982 (I'm not entirely sure now - I just know I've been role-playing for over 20 years). I was injured and was sitting out the obligatory rugby game at school. But the PE teacher determined that even the injured had to go out and spectate. So there I was, standing around the muddy field, chatting with another guy, Mike, who I didn't really know well. We got chatting about hobbies and he mentioned this thing called Dungeons and Dragons. He tried to explain how the game worked, and I remember pumping hhim for details about spells and the like! Poor guy must've felt like he was being interrogated. Anyway, I realised I wanted in on this D&D. The problem was that I lived miles away from Mike - we both of us had to travel some distance to school. But there was one guy, a little younger than me who lived just down the road. What's more, he got a lot more pocket money than I did. So when I mentioned the game to him, lo and behold the following Saturday there was the attarctive box set. We created characters straight away, and he began his DMing career with [i]Keep on the Borderlands[/i]. Since there was only me and him, of course we played very fast and loose with the rules. I remember getting through a lot of oil, and my Halfling had amazing thiefly powers to peer into a room and never be seen. Wow this really brings back memories! I haven't thought about this in YEARS!! Thanks for reminding me Baraendur. :) [/QUOTE]

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