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<blockquote data-quote="Scrimshaw" data-source="post: 4909166" data-attributes="member: 48717">This is an interesting question. The topic asks what game I was introduced to roleplaying (paraphrased) The first &quot;roleplaying&quot; game I every played was Rolemaster. I played for several &quot;games&quot; yet shy away from calling it a &quot;campaign&quot;.&nbsp; The players didn't stay in character nor did the GM teach me that roleplaying was even an option. He was in fact stunned and surprised when I tried to kill a PC. His answer was simply,&nbsp; &quot;You can't&quot;.In my defense i didn't know the first thing about roleplaying. I didn't know this was frowned upon, naturally today I would never even think to do so. I am disappointed in the GM and players (all who had &quot;roleplayed&quot; for years). They ridiculed and yelled at me for my stupidity. I really believe they missed out on a wonderful teaching opportunity. (BTW in later a game the GM allowed a player to kill my character, laughing that there wasn't anything i could do about it etc.The first game I truly &quot;Role played&quot;&nbsp; was indeed D&amp;D.Just a couple years later (after [mostly] escaping the horrid rolemaster players) I met a great actor and DM who , not only role played brilliantly, but allowed the players to experiment and flex their imaginations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scrimshaw, post: 4909166, member: 48717"] This is an interesting question. The topic asks what game I was introduced to roleplaying (paraphrased) The first "roleplaying" game I every played was Rolemaster. I played for several "games" yet shy away from calling it a "campaign". The players didn't stay in character nor did the GM teach me that roleplaying was even an option. He was in fact stunned and surprised when I tried to kill a PC. His answer was simply, "You can't". In my defense i didn't know the first thing about roleplaying. I didn't know this was frowned upon, naturally today I would never even think to do so. I am disappointed in the GM and players (all who had "roleplayed" for years). They ridiculed and yelled at me for my stupidity. I really believe they missed out on a wonderful teaching opportunity. (BTW in later a game the GM allowed a player to kill [I]my [/I]character, laughing that there wasn't anything i could do about it etc. The first game I truly [B]"Role played" [/B]was indeed D&D. Just a couple years later (after [mostly] escaping the horrid rolemaster players) I met a great actor and DM who , not only role played brilliantly, but allowed the players to experiment and flex their imaginations. [/QUOTE]

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