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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baron Greystone" data-source="post: 6251896" data-attributes="member: 41997">I've been a fan of F&SF since the 60's. I frequented the NYC conventions in the 70's, where I watched a few OD&D games played. I was a subscriber to S&T, and sent away for some orc miniatures from an ad in one of the issues. At a con I bought the Dungeon boardgame and Traveller's Snapshot, which I played with my little brother. Next, he bought the Holmes box, and we fooled around with that. I went away to college, and met a guy who DM'd and invited me to a game he was forming. He had the new 1st ed AD&D Monster Manual, but still used a lot of OD&D rules as there wasn't a DMG yet. And some Judges Guild products. I lusted after EPT in the game store near campus, but couldn't afford it. I did buy my own 1st ed AD&D books, and that summer when I got home I started my own campaign. And some Judges Guild products. I picked up the little Traveller boxed set at the Compleat Strat in NYC. This was followed by Call of Cthulhu and Runequest. Did some SCA, and some LARPing. My friends and I tried a lot of different games over the years. We didn't make the move to 2nd edition AD&D. On a semi-regular basis we played Stormbringer, FASA Star Trek, Paranoia, Star Fleet Battles, Arkham Horror, Awful Green Things, dabbled in a lot of games I wouldn't touch today, and gave most of what was published afterwards a miss. Since we enjoyed the games we played, and didn't see the need for the changes as editions came and went, we just kept on playing what we liked. There are a few games that I'd like to see more of, but those are the main ones.I've met tons of good friends through D&D. It led to a few other games I really like, too, but I've played more D&D than anything else. Roleplaying games are a way to live out the fantastic fiction that I enjoy so much in books and movies, and much more fun than the computer games I've played.</blockquote>

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