Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Tell us about yourself
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8563335" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>I was born in 1964. Fifteen years later, I was introduced to AD&D 1st edition by my cousins. We got the core books that Christmas and started playing: myself, my two younger brothers, and a few friends. We eventually branched out to add Gamma World and Champions to the mix, which all lasted until I went away to college. College was actually the beginning of a dry spell for me, gaming-wise; I was on an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship and got married at the end of my sophomore year. We had our two sons before I graduated, then I was off to months of training as an Air Force missileer before being assigned to my first duty station in Minot AFB, North Dakota, where we spent the next seven years. During that time, a crew partner introduced me to <em>Dragon</em> and <em>Dungeon</em> magazines while on alert; eventually I started writing for them both (becoming perhaps best known for my Monster Hunters Association "Ecology" articles and my ongoing "Challenge of Champions" adventures). I taught my sons AD&D 2nd Edition and we played, pretty much just the three of us, through 3.0 and 3.5. I finished out my 20-year Air Force career as a Major and they converted my billet to civilian as I left; I was then hired to replace myself and have been working as an Air Force civilian since 2007. My freelancing career pretty much ended overnight when D&D moved on to 4th Edition and I chose not to follow, but before it died I had a few gaming products printed by Mongoose Publishing, which was pretty cool. I started gaming with a co-worker's family and my own about 16 years ago and we now regularly run two 3.5 campaigns at a time, one where I DM and another where my youngest (now adult) son DMs (we're about to finish up his current campaign and then his DM hat gets transferred to the aforementioned co-worker for the next campaign). I've written up our last six campaigns as Story Hour threads and will likely continue to do so for future campaigns.</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8563335, member: 508"] I was born in 1964. Fifteen years later, I was introduced to AD&D 1st edition by my cousins. We got the core books that Christmas and started playing: myself, my two younger brothers, and a few friends. We eventually branched out to add Gamma World and Champions to the mix, which all lasted until I went away to college. College was actually the beginning of a dry spell for me, gaming-wise; I was on an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) scholarship and got married at the end of my sophomore year. We had our two sons before I graduated, then I was off to months of training as an Air Force missileer before being assigned to my first duty station in Minot AFB, North Dakota, where we spent the next seven years. During that time, a crew partner introduced me to [i]Dragon[/i] and [i]Dungeon[/i] magazines while on alert; eventually I started writing for them both (becoming perhaps best known for my Monster Hunters Association "Ecology" articles and my ongoing "Challenge of Champions" adventures). I taught my sons AD&D 2nd Edition and we played, pretty much just the three of us, through 3.0 and 3.5. I finished out my 20-year Air Force career as a Major and they converted my billet to civilian as I left; I was then hired to replace myself and have been working as an Air Force civilian since 2007. My freelancing career pretty much ended overnight when D&D moved on to 4th Edition and I chose not to follow, but before it died I had a few gaming products printed by Mongoose Publishing, which was pretty cool. I started gaming with a co-worker's family and my own about 16 years ago and we now regularly run two 3.5 campaigns at a time, one where I DM and another where my youngest (now adult) son DMs (we're about to finish up his current campaign and then his DM hat gets transferred to the aforementioned co-worker for the next campaign). I've written up our last six campaigns as Story Hour threads and will likely continue to do so for future campaigns. Johnathan [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Tell us about yourself
Top