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<blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1763321" data-attributes="member: 5868">I don't precisely remember the first game I played, way back in '81, but I remember that it was a strange, almost uninhabited dungeon that belonged to a mad wizard, at the bottom of which was a white dragon I had to kill.&nbsp; I'd just finished reading Lord of the Rings, and this was vaguely Hobbitish, so I was hooked.&nbsp; I borrowed the rules (Moldvay pink box Basic) from the friend who DM'd, and proceeded to read and make up characters (most of whom had names like Frodo, Sam, Gimli, and Legolas).&nbsp; I didn't have dice, so I made my own out of cardstock and tape.&nbsp; Eventually my parents bought me the Basic set for Christmas, then Expert for my birthday, and I was really hooked.&nbsp; I didn't have anyone to play with at first, so I tried to teach my parents and sister to play, though eventually I found some friends who knew the game, and they introduced me to AD&amp;D by way of Hall of the Fire Giant King.Many years later, I got the Dragon Mag CD compilation, and learned that that first adventure was a Dragon Mag dungeon titled &quot;Creature of the Rhyll&quot; -- which I still kind of like to this day.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olgar Shiverstone, post: 1763321, member: 5868"] I don't precisely remember the first game I played, way back in '81, but I remember that it was a strange, almost uninhabited dungeon that belonged to a mad wizard, at the bottom of which was a white dragon I had to kill. I'd just finished reading Lord of the Rings, and this was vaguely Hobbitish, so I was hooked. I borrowed the rules (Moldvay pink box Basic) from the friend who DM'd, and proceeded to read and make up characters (most of whom had names like Frodo, Sam, Gimli, and Legolas). I didn't have dice, so I made my own out of cardstock and tape. Eventually my parents bought me the Basic set for Christmas, then Expert for my birthday, and I was really hooked. I didn't have anyone to play with at first, so I tried to teach my parents and sister to play, though eventually I found some friends who knew the game, and they introduced me to AD&D by way of [i]Hall of the Fire Giant King[/i]. Many years later, I got the Dragon Mag CD compilation, and learned that that first adventure was a Dragon Mag dungeon titled "Creature of the Rhyll" -- which I still kind of like to this day. [/QUOTE]

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