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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7563858" data-attributes="member: 6796661">@<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6872597" target="_blank">Volund</a>&nbsp; Sounds like we had a similar journey, except I was into gaming through the 80s until just before 2e came out. Although I never had anything for Forgotten Realms, I have a lot of nolstalgia for Greyhawk, Dragon Lance, and the 1e Ravenloft module.&nbsp; When my interest was rekindled, before I started playing again, I devoured books about the hobby. For non-fiction I liked: Playing at the World, The Evolution of Fantasy Roleplaying Games, Fantasy Freaks &amp; Gaming Geeks, Of Dice and Men, Empires of the Imagination.I also went back an re-read the first four Dragonlance novels and then read many of the formative works that influence Gary Gygax and his generation of games. In particular the Conan novels and Fafhrd and Gray Mouser. I also got back into reading more recent fantasy. Name of the Wind, but Patrick Rothfuss in particular blew me a way. As for gaming with kids. I also started my kids on Hero Labs. We also played some made-for-young-kinds 5e modules. But the system I always recommend for young kids or kids who like to focus on the story making over a lot of rules is the excellent &quot;No Thank You, Evil!&quot;&nbsp; Not a fan of the name, but that is the only complaint I have. It is an excellent system that is easy to pick up and fun to play and the production values are great.EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am currently running Rappan Athuk. I'm also running using GP for XP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 7563858, member: 6796661"] @[I][B][U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=6872597"]Volund[/URL][/U][/B][/I] Sounds like we had a similar journey, except I was into gaming through the 80s until just before 2e came out. Although I never had anything for Forgotten Realms, I have a lot of nolstalgia for Greyhawk, Dragon Lance, and the 1e Ravenloft module. When my interest was rekindled, before I started playing again, I devoured books about the hobby. For non-fiction I liked: Playing at the World, The Evolution of Fantasy Roleplaying Games, Fantasy Freaks & Gaming Geeks, Of Dice and Men, Empires of the Imagination. I also went back an re-read the first four Dragonlance novels and then read many of the formative works that influence Gary Gygax and his generation of games. In particular the Conan novels and Fafhrd and Gray Mouser. I also got back into reading more recent fantasy. Name of the Wind, but Patrick Rothfuss in particular blew me a way. As for gaming with kids. I also started my kids on Hero Labs. We also played some made-for-young-kinds 5e modules. But the system I always recommend for young kids or kids who like to focus on the story making over a lot of rules is the excellent "No Thank You, Evil!" Not a fan of the name, but that is the only complaint I have. It is an excellent system that is easy to pick up and fun to play and the production values are great. [B]EDIT: [/B]Forgot to mention that I am currently running Rappan Athuk. I'm also running using GP for XP. [/QUOTE]

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