How Did You Start Playing?

[carborundum]

Introduced by a friend in 84 - started with basic D&D. Come Christmas, I got my own first game... CHILL!!!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

we need to remind ourselves that an awful lot of players (even younger, generally-net-savvy players) do *not* visit gamer message boards.

"FOR NOW, HUMAN! GLEEMAX WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!"

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

My brother started hanging out with some guys who played AD&D, so he introduced me to it, and we got the red box set. We thought D&D and AD&D were the same game so we mixed and matched the stuff into one horribly messy but wonderful whole. That was 1984 I think.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My brother started hanging out with some guys who played AD&D, so he introduced me to it, and we got the red box set. We thought D&D and AD&D were the same game so we mixed and matched the stuff into one horribly messy but wonderful whole. That was 1984 I think.

I think that was REALLY common. Almost everyone I know in the 1E era used X1 (The Isle of Dread) as an AD&D module, as well as B2. By the time we knew the difference, we didn't really care, and kept on using BD&D stuff with AD&D games.

 

[megamania]

Had a friend (and store owner) lend me a book and invited me to watch/play that night. If not for me then return the book. If I liked it and play then keep the book. That was roughly 20 years ago.

 

[freebfrost]

None of the above.

My oldest sister bought me the blue boxed set for my 12th birthday.

 

[blargney the second]

As usual, word of mouth is king.

 

[JustinA]

As usual, word of mouth is king.

I'm actually quite surprised. I suspected that word of mouth would win out, but I didn't expect it to be a complete and total rout.

Justin Alexander
http://www.thealexandrian.net

 

[Haloq Jakar]

A friend that I played Avalon Hill board games with came back from WinterWar Con all excited. " Dude you got to try this new game (D&D) its like playing Lord of the Rings Man! It was all over , we rarely played our old Avalon Hill stuff after that. And that was over 30 years ago

 

[Steel_Wind]

Would it assist to ask instead where they first bought their first three RPG game books?

Perhaps not. Given the age of most ENWorlders, its likely to be a FLGS rout as well - and I'm not sure that would really mean anything even if it was true.

I think the point of brick and mortar gaming shops is to make the game visible, accessible for purchase without a credit card and it allows new hobby games to be introduced to current customers that they might not otherwise have bought and might not otherwise have known about.