hafrogman
Adventurer
Mycanid said:
WHEN: Hmmm, this is the most difficult to pin down specifically. Odds are somewhere around the second or third grade. . . we'll call it 1990.
EDITION: Ah, the red box. So that's Basic D&D. . . somewhere in the 12th to 14th printing (according to the internet)
WHY: Boredom. Ah, it's amazing what a force this simple concept has become in my life. At least two lifelong hobbies of mine sprang from a habit I had during my childhood. When I was bored, I would wander through the house looking for ANYTHING to read. Now, in some houses this might be futile, but in my parents' house it was a treasure trove.
In between fantasy literature and discovering origami, I also discovered a small red box hidden away in a cupboard somewhere. I vaguely recalled my parents having brought it home one day thinking it might be something the family could do together. But they tried it maybe once, then it got pack-ratted away until a bored kid found it one day.
I devoured the rule books, read them cover to cover and started rolling up characters. But D&D alone is really tough. No friends were interested, but I kept at it. I bought the collector's card set in 1992 and spent ages pouring over those things examing rules that I didn't understand because I only had the basic rules (How can this person be Chaotic AND Neutral?). Then eventually a local bookstore started stocking RPG books and I discovered that there was a SECOND edition. Sold!
It still wouldn't be until Jr. High (1994) that I first actually PLAYED D&D, but it all began back with that red box.
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