What attracted you to D&D?

[Kae'Yoss]

Baldur's Gate.

Yes, I'm not a old school veteran who was into D&D since before the first edition or anything.

 

[Harmon]

In the late '70s, early '80s it was an escape from the real world, a place where I could kill monsters, and save people, and be someone other then the little kid that was told to "shut the *&$^ up!" by those that "loved" me.

Gaming kept me sane when the world didn't make much sense. I had friends that I could relate too and even learn from.

Its still a place where I can rest, relax, and feel at home, even now when the world is so good, I still feel like gaming is a rest stop.

 

[Crust]

The shiny dice.

Really, though, I was 10 years old, and I was into Conan the Barbarian, Zelda, Golden Axe, Gauntlet, fantasy choose your own adventure novels, and romping around in the woods. My friend's cousin let him borrow some of his D&D rulebooks, and I remember looking at the character sheets and wanting to play my own character. The idea of each person taking on a persona and filling a nitch in the group (the rogue, the wizard, etc.)... It all made sense to me.

Four years later, a new town, new friends, and one of them was a DM. The rest is history.

 

[Lorion]

The "Eye of the Beholder" game for the Commodore Amiga 500 interested me in D&D and roleplaying in general

Cheers, Marcus

 

[Teflon Billy]

Like the title says, what originally drew you (and perhaps continues to draw you) to D&D? Was it a piece of art or maybe the subject matter? Perhaps it's the game's storytelling ability. Everyone's tale is different and inspirational (or is it?). This question is part of some research I'm doing for my fledgling company so chime in folks!

In 1982 I was almost 13 and saw a news report about this game that made Heavy Metal Kids worship the devil and kill each other.

I guess it's true what they say about "no bad press"

 

[was]

My younger brother introduced me to it after I left the military..

 

[Sound of Azure]

We saw each other across a crowded room (the library). I didn't necessarily care for the guys D&D was hanging out with, but I knew D&D was for me. So I took D&D with me and made D&D my own.

We've been happy ever since.

 

[pawsplay]

Elven pinups. Funky dice. Dragons lying on gigantic piles of gold.

 

[S. Baldrick]

It was the animated version of "The Hobbit" (the video tape was a Christmas gift from my aunt) which lead me soon after that to read the book as well. A year or two later, I guy that I went to Boy Scouts and church talked about the adventures his characters had and that lead me to trying the game that he was playing: Dungeons and Dragons.

That would have been been around 1982 when I was 13 years old.

 

[Ant]

Fighting Fantasy books opened the door and Elmore's red dragon ushered me in with a wry, yet slightly hungry, smile..