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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3608776" data-attributes="member: 53">Others have touched on some elements.&nbsp;&nbsp; Before I started playing (about '78) D&amp;D was mostly spread by word of mouth.&nbsp; I wouldn't be surprised if more players played with mimeographs or photocopies of the D&amp;D rules than actual copies of the rules.&nbsp; One of my friends who was playing before I started said he learned in college in Florida.&nbsp; He had never read the rules until after he had been playing for a while (and had published his own RPG, IIRC).&nbsp; He came to this area and got involved with gaming in this area.I first was aware of him from an article in the paper about this new game D&amp;D, and how it was played locally.&nbsp; That got me into the game, and a year or so later that group he was part of started Delaware's first gaming convention, D-Con.&nbsp; That's where I met him.&nbsp; A year or two later I went to college and that became part of my social circle.With that sort of close knit community, it's no surprise that there were regional variations with D&amp;D.&nbsp; In my case, as my gaming circle expanded, the less I played D&amp;D (especially after that group got together and opend Delaware's second, and most succesful, dedicated gaming store).&nbsp; So, when I found myself going to Origins yearly (and Atlanticon when Origins wasn't in the area), I didn't really see a lot of D&amp;D as other's played it.&nbsp; I expect if I had, then I would have had a different POV of the early days of the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3608776, member: 53"] Others have touched on some elements. Before I started playing (about '78) D&D was mostly spread by word of mouth. I wouldn't be surprised if more players played with mimeographs or photocopies of the D&D rules than actual copies of the rules. One of my friends who was playing before I started said he learned in college in Florida. He had never read the rules until after he had been playing for a while (and had published his own RPG, IIRC). He came to this area and got involved with gaming in this area. I first was aware of him from an article in the paper about this new game D&D, and how it was played locally. That got me into the game, and a year or so later that group he was part of started Delaware's first gaming convention, D-Con. That's where I met him. A year or two later I went to college and that became part of my social circle. With that sort of close knit community, it's no surprise that there were regional variations with D&D. In my case, as my gaming circle expanded, the less I played D&D (especially after that group got together and opend Delaware's second, and most succesful, dedicated gaming store). So, when I found myself going to Origins yearly (and Atlanticon when Origins wasn't in the area), I didn't really see a lot of D&D as other's played it. I expect if I had, then I would have had a different POV of the early days of the game. [/QUOTE]

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