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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 1078796" data-attributes="member: 945">I don't have any recollection of any exposure to fantasy elements before I was 5.  I don't remember much from my early childhood, actually.  I remember I liked to wear blue jeans and cowboy boots, and climb up this metal porch support and pretend I was a telephone repairman.  Now I work for a phone company.  Coincidence????At any rate, my oldest sister purchased the Red Boxed set at KayBee Toy Stores (I think, or maybe Toys-R-Us) and had it for a long time, but couldn't really figure out what to do with it.  She gave it to me to see if I could figure it out, but I couldn't.  At best, I could just read it, admire the pictures, and play the solo game (that damned Rust Monster always killed me!).  In 6th grade, I went to a birthday party, and we played a game, but I don't remember much about it.  I still didn't really make the leap from reading the books to actually playing the game.  I even invited some friends of mine over, and we were going to try to figure it out, but we never did really realize that someone needed to be a dungeon master.It wasn't until I was in 10th grade and was invited to play with some people who were playing 1E that I finally figured it all out.  I don't know, maybe I was just stupid. *shrug*  I like to think otherwise.I find that D&D appeals to people who are social outcasts.  Now, before you slam me, I'm not saying that people who play D&D are social outcasts, I'm saying that a large chunk of social outcasts do play role-playing games in general.  It's a form of escapism, and a chance to role-play a hero and make a difference, even if your regular life is crap.  Look at the average people at a game convention.  Oh sure, most are brilliantly smart, but a large chunk of them are virgins, too.  These people don't fit in, so role-playing games appeal to them the same way games like Everquest do.  Being exposed to that kind of stuff before age 4 doesn't have anything to do with it.  Having a need to escape our boring lives does.</blockquote>

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