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<blockquote data-quote="Kwitchit" data-source="post: 4305858" data-attributes="member: 38694"><p>When I was about 8, I had some friends who were 5 years older and first got me into gaming- I remember watching them play 2e 40K, playing through the Fighting Fantasy books they lent me, and being taken through an abortive campaign that (with hindsight) was d20 modern before it existed- I remember the 6 stats rolled 3d6 down the line, a 20-sided die, and a modern setting- there were ninjas and my character had a revolver.</p><p></p><p>Fast-forward to when I'm 11 or 12. Warhammer (40K 3e) is becoming a craze at my school. Most people just collect the models, but a few play. I find a copy of Gorkamorka at a house we rent for the holidays, so end up collecting some Orks.</p><p>In my last year at that school (I'm now 13), people switch to playing WHFB (6e), as we think the rules are better.</p><p></p><p>New school, I find some Warhammer players, and we hang around after school in a classroom playing short games (over 1000 points and you'd never finish). Then one of these guys (we're now 14) turns out to have some interest in RPGs, and shows me WFRP. That was the first RPG I properly played (and soon learned how to run).</p><p></p><p>We get a group together out of some of the WFB/40K players, and run several short campaigns, including WFRP, L5R, and even a disastrous attempt to play Paranoia! L5R is our main game- the guy who introduced me to WFRP is something of a Japanophile. While browsing an L5R forum, I get introduced to Order of the Stick. I think "this game looks fun". I download the SRD, and then pick up a second-hand PHB.</p><p>GAME ON.</p><p></p><p>So in short, I was introduced to gaming by Fighting Fantasy, to RPGs by WFRP, and to D&D by the Order of the Stick!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kwitchit, post: 4305858, member: 38694"] When I was about 8, I had some friends who were 5 years older and first got me into gaming- I remember watching them play 2e 40K, playing through the Fighting Fantasy books they lent me, and being taken through an abortive campaign that (with hindsight) was d20 modern before it existed- I remember the 6 stats rolled 3d6 down the line, a 20-sided die, and a modern setting- there were ninjas and my character had a revolver. Fast-forward to when I'm 11 or 12. Warhammer (40K 3e) is becoming a craze at my school. Most people just collect the models, but a few play. I find a copy of Gorkamorka at a house we rent for the holidays, so end up collecting some Orks. In my last year at that school (I'm now 13), people switch to playing WHFB (6e), as we think the rules are better. New school, I find some Warhammer players, and we hang around after school in a classroom playing short games (over 1000 points and you'd never finish). Then one of these guys (we're now 14) turns out to have some interest in RPGs, and shows me WFRP. That was the first RPG I properly played (and soon learned how to run). We get a group together out of some of the WFB/40K players, and run several short campaigns, including WFRP, L5R, and even a disastrous attempt to play Paranoia! L5R is our main game- the guy who introduced me to WFRP is something of a Japanophile. While browsing an L5R forum, I get introduced to Order of the Stick. I think "this game looks fun". I download the SRD, and then pick up a second-hand PHB. GAME ON. So in short, I was introduced to gaming by Fighting Fantasy, to RPGs by WFRP, and to D&D by the Order of the Stick! [/QUOTE]
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