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<blockquote data-quote="weem" data-source="post: 4994309" data-attributes="member: 9470"><p>We all know when, and where we were when we first played an RPG (in this case I am talking about table-top RPG's). We all have our stories of those first D&D games, what hooked us, etc.</p><p></p><p>But I have been thinking about this recently, particularly about the time BEFORE I played D&D (which was my first RPG experience). I had always just thought, "yea, when I was 12 my friend and his brother introduced me to it and BAM, I was hooked". But I'm not sure whether or not I would have been so enthralled with it if I had not already been into the whole fantasy thing before then.</p><p></p><p>In my case...</p><p></p><p>I first played D&D when I was 12 (in 1989).</p><p></p><p>So I started looking into the things I was doing -before- I was introduced to D&D that may have predisposed me to getting hooked on something like that and picked out the following...</p><p></p><p>* My Dad read Lord of the Rings to my brother and I when we were young (ages 5 to 9 or 10) before we went to bed.</p><p></p><p>* I was really into "Choose Your Own Adventure" and "Fighting Fantasy" books</p><p></p><p>* I was playing (and REALLY enjoying) games like Ultima and Might and Magic on the c64.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So when I look at those things, I think -yea- all that was needed was for it (D&D) to get in front of me, and it's pretty obvious I would have (and did) love it.</p><p></p><p>But what if I had not been into those kinds of things? What would I have done then when introduced to it?</p><p></p><p>I'm really not sure - part of me thinks that as a 12 year old kid, and knowing them as I did I would have gladly played any game they were playing - and sure, I might have really gotten into it despite a complete lack of knowledge of the genre, etc... but I don't know.</p><p></p><p><strong>What about you?</strong></p><p></p><p>Were you -not- into any of that kind of stuff, but got right into something like D&D when introduced to it?</p><p></p><p>Maybe you were into the fantasy genre, etc already and so D&D or some other table top game were an easy thing to jump into? What were you into before D&D if that was the case?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="weem, post: 4994309, member: 9470"] We all know when, and where we were when we first played an RPG (in this case I am talking about table-top RPG's). We all have our stories of those first D&D games, what hooked us, etc. But I have been thinking about this recently, particularly about the time BEFORE I played D&D (which was my first RPG experience). I had always just thought, "yea, when I was 12 my friend and his brother introduced me to it and BAM, I was hooked". But I'm not sure whether or not I would have been so enthralled with it if I had not already been into the whole fantasy thing before then. In my case... I first played D&D when I was 12 (in 1989). So I started looking into the things I was doing -before- I was introduced to D&D that may have predisposed me to getting hooked on something like that and picked out the following... * My Dad read Lord of the Rings to my brother and I when we were young (ages 5 to 9 or 10) before we went to bed. * I was really into "Choose Your Own Adventure" and "Fighting Fantasy" books * I was playing (and REALLY enjoying) games like Ultima and Might and Magic on the c64. So when I look at those things, I think -yea- all that was needed was for it (D&D) to get in front of me, and it's pretty obvious I would have (and did) love it. But what if I had not been into those kinds of things? What would I have done then when introduced to it? I'm really not sure - part of me thinks that as a 12 year old kid, and knowing them as I did I would have gladly played any game they were playing - and sure, I might have really gotten into it despite a complete lack of knowledge of the genre, etc... but I don't know. [B]What about you?[/B] Were you -not- into any of that kind of stuff, but got right into something like D&D when introduced to it? Maybe you were into the fantasy genre, etc already and so D&D or some other table top game were an easy thing to jump into? What were you into before D&D if that was the case? [/QUOTE]
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