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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4607869" data-attributes="member: 8447">Very difficult question ... I think I've had three of 'em.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />My first Golden Age was when I first got my copy of OD&D back in 1976.  Everyone else was talking about CB radios; I was trying to explain hit points and odd multi-sided dice to people.  But I got five guys interested enough and we gamed -- no net, no 'chute, just figuring it out as we went along and having fun.The second Golden Age was about 3-4 years later when I started my RuneQuest campaign.  That game ran for four years itself and was a ball, the first time when I saw people actually getting into character, sometimes going as far as bringing food they thought their characters would bring, wearing costumes, mourning when characters died, wildly celebrating big victories.  It was amazing.The third Golden Age began around 1990 when I started running Ars Magica.  After one quick hiccup, we moved into our Gelwich-Aquarda campaign which lasted nearly 5 years, including one session that ran for 7 hours ... and then when I woke up the next morning I found out the rest of my players had stayed at it another eight hours, writing up a covenant charter and staying in character the whole time.  I am still amazed over those players.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I have been very lucky in my gaming life.</blockquote>

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