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<blockquote data-quote="Hippy" data-source="post: 6252813" data-attributes="member: 63574"><p>I played my first game of D&D in 1978. I was nine years old and was shown how to play by my friend who was a year older. I was a dwarf that was promptly killed off by Demigorgon, but I did not care. In that brief session I was hooked. I begged my parents to let me have the game, and by my 10th birthday I had the first two books. I saved my allowance to buy the DMG that had just been released. The salesman was a 30 thirty-something clerk who managed the FLGS in my hometown. The store is now gone, but 25 years later I became re-introduced to this man by a mutual friend. I joined their 3.5 D&D game and became fast friends. He did not remember me, but after I relayed the story (I recognized him immediately), he did indeed remember. He was surprised that a kid my age back then was interested in buying D&D products, and the memory stuck with him. He has become a good friend; and while his health has declined (he now resides in a nursing home</p><p> as a result of diabetes and heart problems) we still get together at the nursing home to socialize over gaming.</p><p></p><p>I owe all my close friends to D&D. The game as a common interest became the catalyst to build friendships. I still game with two of my middle and high school friends on a bi-weekly basis. Thanks Gary and Dave for making a game that made life-long friendships.</p><p></p><p>Game on!</p><p></p><p>Hippy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippy, post: 6252813, member: 63574"] I played my first game of D&D in 1978. I was nine years old and was shown how to play by my friend who was a year older. I was a dwarf that was promptly killed off by Demigorgon, but I did not care. In that brief session I was hooked. I begged my parents to let me have the game, and by my 10th birthday I had the first two books. I saved my allowance to buy the DMG that had just been released. The salesman was a 30 thirty-something clerk who managed the FLGS in my hometown. The store is now gone, but 25 years later I became re-introduced to this man by a mutual friend. I joined their 3.5 D&D game and became fast friends. He did not remember me, but after I relayed the story (I recognized him immediately), he did indeed remember. He was surprised that a kid my age back then was interested in buying D&D products, and the memory stuck with him. He has become a good friend; and while his health has declined (he now resides in a nursing home as a result of diabetes and heart problems) we still get together at the nursing home to socialize over gaming. I owe all my close friends to D&D. The game as a common interest became the catalyst to build friendships. I still game with two of my middle and high school friends on a bi-weekly basis. Thanks Gary and Dave for making a game that made life-long friendships. Game on! Hippy [/QUOTE]
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