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<blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6251914" data-attributes="member: 6756765">The first time I played D&amp;D I was at my cousin's house,&nbsp; who was 4 years older than me.&nbsp; He tried teaching me how to play by running me through the module &quot;The Gem and the Staff&quot; (I would learn the name years later when I saw the pictures again).&nbsp; As I was about 7 or 8 years old,&nbsp; I was fairly incompetent.A year or so later,&nbsp; we were on vacation with my Cousin in Virginia Beach.&nbsp; We stopped at a bookstore,&nbsp; and my cousin and I chose a module each.&nbsp; I bought &quot;Blizzard Pass&quot;,&nbsp; and played it on the car ride home.A couple of years later,&nbsp; I saw in the back of a comic book one of those &quot;Become a seller for us in your neighborhood and receive prizes!&quot;.&nbsp; I was around 10 years old at the time,&nbsp; and did it.&nbsp; The prize I chose?&nbsp; The Red Box!&nbsp; I was hooked.&nbsp; My friends and I played,&nbsp; and bought the other BECM sets.&nbsp; I owned B, E, and C,&nbsp; my friend owned M.&nbsp; It was great fun,&nbsp; we didn't understand campaigns yet,&nbsp; so it was just an endless series of dungeons.&nbsp; We were young kids,&nbsp; we couldn't afford modules.A few years later,&nbsp; I acquired my first AD&amp;D books.&nbsp; My friends and I played all through our teenage years.&nbsp; We hit 21-ish,&nbsp; and playing slowed down for awhile.&nbsp; I still bought the occasional product,&nbsp; but we really didn't play.&nbsp; Then 3rd edition released.&nbsp; My Mtg group dedicated Friday nights to 3rd edition D&amp;D instead of Mtg.So how big a part of my life has it been?The day the Challenger exploded,&nbsp; I was sitting in my mother's restaurant reading the Dragonlance comic book with Sturm's uncle in it when the news announcement was broadcast.&nbsp; I have all of the Dragonlance novels,&nbsp; I've spent countless hours playing the D&amp;D video games (Never did beat Pool of Radiance now that I think about it).&nbsp; Even during the years I didn't play,&nbsp; I still was receiving Dungeon.32 years it's been now,&nbsp; my only regret was my late 20's when I decided that my D&amp;D books were why I was single,&nbsp; and ebay'd them.&nbsp; Years later I would realize it wasn't the books,&nbsp; it was the women I was dating,&nbsp; and even today I'm still trying to reacquire what I foolishly lost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rygar, post: 6251914, member: 6756765"] The first time I played D&D I was at my cousin's house, who was 4 years older than me. He tried teaching me how to play by running me through the module "The Gem and the Staff" (I would learn the name years later when I saw the pictures again). As I was about 7 or 8 years old, I was fairly incompetent. A year or so later, we were on vacation with my Cousin in Virginia Beach. We stopped at a bookstore, and my cousin and I chose a module each. I bought "Blizzard Pass", and played it on the car ride home. A couple of years later, I saw in the back of a comic book one of those "Become a seller for us in your neighborhood and receive prizes!". I was around 10 years old at the time, and did it. The prize I chose? The Red Box! I was hooked. My friends and I played, and bought the other BECM sets. I owned B, E, and C, my friend owned M. It was great fun, we didn't understand campaigns yet, so it was just an endless series of dungeons. We were young kids, we couldn't afford modules. A few years later, I acquired my first AD&D books. My friends and I played all through our teenage years. We hit 21-ish, and playing slowed down for awhile. I still bought the occasional product, but we really didn't play. Then 3rd edition released. My Mtg group dedicated Friday nights to 3rd edition D&D instead of Mtg. So how big a part of my life has it been? The day the Challenger exploded, I was sitting in my mother's restaurant reading the Dragonlance comic book with Sturm's uncle in it when the news announcement was broadcast. I have all of the Dragonlance novels, I've spent countless hours playing the D&D video games (Never did beat Pool of Radiance now that I think about it). Even during the years I didn't play, I still was receiving Dungeon. 32 years it's been now, my only regret was my late 20's when I decided that my D&D books were why I was single, and ebay'd them. Years later I would realize it wasn't the books, it was the women I was dating, and even today I'm still trying to reacquire what I foolishly lost. [/QUOTE]

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