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<blockquote data-quote="dontpunkme" data-source="post: 4306107" data-attributes="member: 17938">I was an avid reader as a kid and had tackled the Hobbit and the LoTR trilogy by second grade and was getting really into Greek and Norse mythology when my parents decided to buy me Pools of Radiance for Christmas one year.&nbsp; I was immediately hooked but didn't know about the table top version quite yet.&nbsp; A kid in one of my classes brought in his older brother's MM and I read the thing cover-to-cover over the course of the day.&nbsp; At that time I still didn't really know anything about the game.&nbsp; My interest in gaming grew once they released Heroquest and after playing through the modules, my friends and I simply created more modules.But one summer afternoon on a bike ride we discovered the FLGS, &quot;The Gamer's Realm.&quot;&nbsp; Well being curious kids we simply had to know what this place was all about.&nbsp; Although the layout of the store has changed over the years, I still remember seeing the shelves of D&amp;D books right when you first walked in.&nbsp; I think I sat there &quot;browsing&quot; for at least a good 3-4 hours just enamored with the game.&nbsp; Soon after, we were all hooked and started playing.&nbsp; Even though our command of the rules sucked (wait, a lower ac is better than a high one?!?) we started playing and making up things as we went along.&nbsp; Wasn't until a few years later that I played with some adults that actually understood the rules that we really learned what we were doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dontpunkme, post: 4306107, member: 17938"] I was an avid reader as a kid and had tackled the Hobbit and the LoTR trilogy by second grade and was getting really into Greek and Norse mythology when my parents decided to buy me Pools of Radiance for Christmas one year. I was immediately hooked but didn't know about the table top version quite yet. A kid in one of my classes brought in his older brother's MM and I read the thing cover-to-cover over the course of the day. At that time I still didn't really know anything about the game. My interest in gaming grew once they released Heroquest and after playing through the modules, my friends and I simply created more modules. But one summer afternoon on a bike ride we discovered the FLGS, "The Gamer's Realm." Well being curious kids we simply had to know what this place was all about. Although the layout of the store has changed over the years, I still remember seeing the shelves of D&D books right when you first walked in. I think I sat there "browsing" for at least a good 3-4 hours just enamored with the game. Soon after, we were all hooked and started playing. Even though our command of the rules sucked (wait, a lower ac is better than a high one?!?) we started playing and making up things as we went along. Wasn't until a few years later that I played with some adults that actually understood the rules that we really learned what we were doing. [/QUOTE]

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