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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 5687536" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Good summary, Steel Wind.</p><p></p><p>A few comments based on my extended experience (i.e. adding experiences of gaming acquaintances of the time).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of all of your history I think the college experience of D&D is the most neglected. A friend of mine, who also was one of the two primary founders of the local gamings, first experienced D&D at University of Florida. A couple of gamers from Lake Geneva brought it there and taught it to him. He took it and brought it to the University of Delaware where we had enough roleplayers to have a decent sized D&D convention (about '79-'80). </p><p></p><p>In fact, a majority of the big gaming stores I saw in the '80s that survived were located in decent sized college towns. </p><p></p><p></p><p>This was probably where we differ the most, but this may have been regionally. Most of the roleplaying stores I visited had some sort of in store play space (how "organized" it was varied, I admit) since the early 80s. I explored quite a few gaming stores here in the Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania and not having a gaming area was the exception rather than the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 5687536, member: 53"] Good summary, Steel Wind. A few comments based on my extended experience (i.e. adding experiences of gaming acquaintances of the time). Of all of your history I think the college experience of D&D is the most neglected. A friend of mine, who also was one of the two primary founders of the local gamings, first experienced D&D at University of Florida. A couple of gamers from Lake Geneva brought it there and taught it to him. He took it and brought it to the University of Delaware where we had enough roleplayers to have a decent sized D&D convention (about '79-'80). In fact, a majority of the big gaming stores I saw in the '80s that survived were located in decent sized college towns. This was probably where we differ the most, but this may have been regionally. Most of the roleplaying stores I visited had some sort of in store play space (how "organized" it was varied, I admit) since the early 80s. I explored quite a few gaming stores here in the Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania and not having a gaming area was the exception rather than the rules. [/QUOTE]
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