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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8561901" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>47 (for a month longer at least) from Illinois. Spent my early years in the urban sprawl of the south suburbs of Chicago, and later Joliet. It was in Joliet that I first encountered Dungeons & Dragons, as the public library had several 1st Edition books, that I fell in love with. Then moved to Kankakee county, a more rural area to the south- and I hated it. No hills, no trees, nothing to do, no place to go- I went from being able to ride my bike anywhere I wanted to go to...zilch.</p><p></p><p>Then at a garage sale with my mom, I found it- the 1st Edition DMG. The cover was slightly water damaged and battered, but the pages were in great shape. I brought it to school to read at study hall, and a kid walked up saying "I want to play that game". And that's how it started.</p><p></p><p>I was a DM from the very beginning, and I had NO IDEA what I was doing- I just wanted to tell stories. I bought 2nd Edition the instant it came out (assuming that this naturally was an improved version of the game- the reality is...a little bit yes, a little bit no). Back then, I was a rules lite kind of guy, but soon I had players running roughshod over me, and that's when I decided to sit down and read the rulebooks cover to cover.</p><p></p><p>I've been a "rules guy" ever since, as I discovered a love for how systems work, and what the thought processes behind their creation were. If a game designer wrote down their thoughts in an article or interview, I made sure to read it.</p><p></p><p>When the game started to get stale (and it felt like everyone playing was a grubby powergamer), I got out of D&D to start playing other games. Vampire the Masquerade, GURPS, Rolemaster, Palladium, and a slew of indie games most people have never heard of. But fantasy roleplaying was my first love, and when a friend swung by my work to tell me about 3rd Edition...I was hooked all over again.</p><p></p><p>I love D&D, even if it, the people in charge of it, and sometimes, the players, drive me crazy. I still try new games, but this is the one I always circle back to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8561901, member: 6877472"] 47 (for a month longer at least) from Illinois. Spent my early years in the urban sprawl of the south suburbs of Chicago, and later Joliet. It was in Joliet that I first encountered Dungeons & Dragons, as the public library had several 1st Edition books, that I fell in love with. Then moved to Kankakee county, a more rural area to the south- and I hated it. No hills, no trees, nothing to do, no place to go- I went from being able to ride my bike anywhere I wanted to go to...zilch. Then at a garage sale with my mom, I found it- the 1st Edition DMG. The cover was slightly water damaged and battered, but the pages were in great shape. I brought it to school to read at study hall, and a kid walked up saying "I want to play that game". And that's how it started. I was a DM from the very beginning, and I had NO IDEA what I was doing- I just wanted to tell stories. I bought 2nd Edition the instant it came out (assuming that this naturally was an improved version of the game- the reality is...a little bit yes, a little bit no). Back then, I was a rules lite kind of guy, but soon I had players running roughshod over me, and that's when I decided to sit down and read the rulebooks cover to cover. I've been a "rules guy" ever since, as I discovered a love for how systems work, and what the thought processes behind their creation were. If a game designer wrote down their thoughts in an article or interview, I made sure to read it. When the game started to get stale (and it felt like everyone playing was a grubby powergamer), I got out of D&D to start playing other games. Vampire the Masquerade, GURPS, Rolemaster, Palladium, and a slew of indie games most people have never heard of. But fantasy roleplaying was my first love, and when a friend swung by my work to tell me about 3rd Edition...I was hooked all over again. I love D&D, even if it, the people in charge of it, and sometimes, the players, drive me crazy. I still try new games, but this is the one I always circle back to. [/QUOTE]
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