Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Edgar Ironpelt" data-source="post: 9507868" data-attributes="member: 32075">I was aware of Melee and Wizard (Metagaming) before D&amp;D, but only got copies of them at about the same time as the 1e AD&amp;D PHB and MM (before the DMG came out). I don't count them as being proper RPGs; that had to wait until In the Labyrinth/Advanced Melee/Advanced Wizard came out a few years later.So my first D&amp;D was pre-AD&amp;D, and my first non-D&amp;D RPG was Runequest. Traveller and a game called The Morrow Project were things I knew about but never played. Villains &amp; Vigilantes was briefly popular in the circles I played in, until Champions came out - at which point we completely dropped V&amp;V in its favor. Tunnels &amp; Trolls and Top Secret were also games from around that time (while I was a college undergrad) that I played once or twice, but neither caught on with me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edgar Ironpelt, post: 9507868, member: 32075"] I was aware of [I]Melee[/I] and [I]Wizard[/I] (Metagaming) before D&D, but only got copies of them at about the same time as the 1e AD&D PHB and MM (before the DMG came out). I don't count them as being proper RPGs; that had to wait until [I]In the Labyrinth/Advanced Melee/Advanced Wizard [/I]came out a few years later. So my first D&D was pre-AD&D, and my first non-D&D RPG was Runequest. [I]Traveller[/I] and a game called [I]The Morrow Project[/I] were things I knew about but never played. [I]Villains & Vigilantes [/I]was briefly popular in the circles I played in, until [I]Champions[/I] came out - at which point we completely dropped V&V in its favor. [I]Tunnels & Trolls[/I] and [I]Top Secret[/I] were also games from around that time (while I was a college undergrad) that I played once or twice, but neither caught on with me. [/QUOTE]

Verification