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<blockquote data-quote="bloodymage" data-source="post: 239919" data-attributes="member: 4381">Avalon HillI was in the US Navy when I started dabbling in wargaming, somewhere around 1974. Avalon Hill was the premiere wargames company at that time and it wasn't long before I discovered &quot;Strategy &amp; Tactics&quot; and the beauty of simultaneous movement. I was hooked and played every time I could find gamers, sometimes not very often. That continued until I got out and went to college.About 1981 a college buddy, Gil B., asked me if I wanted to play D&amp;D. I don't think he knew about my S&amp;T experience. Anyway, I had no idea what &quot;D&amp;D&quot; was, never heard of it. I guess the easiest way to explain it was for me to roll up a character and run a one-on-one because that's the first thing I remember. I rolled up an AD&amp;D 1e female (I'm male!) 1/2 elven F/MU whose first taste of blood was the 4 orcs who waylaid her on the trail. I've had the &quot;bloodlust&quot; ever since. In fact, she's the &quot;bloody mage&quot; in my handle!Now it's unbelievable. My new players, just introduced to the game with 3e, are balking at house rules! It's a totally foreign concept to them! Quite often I pine for the &quot;good old days&quot;!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodymage, post: 239919, member: 4381"] [b]Avalon Hill[/b] I was in the US Navy when I started dabbling in wargaming, somewhere around 1974. Avalon Hill was the premiere wargames company at that time and it wasn't long before I discovered "Strategy & Tactics" and the beauty of simultaneous movement. I was hooked and played every time I could find gamers, sometimes not very often. That continued until I got out and went to college. About 1981 a college buddy, Gil B., asked me if I wanted to play D&D. I don't think he knew about my S&T experience. Anyway, I had no idea what "D&D" was, never heard of it. I guess the easiest way to explain it was for me to roll up a character and run a one-on-one because that's the first thing I remember. I rolled up an AD&D 1e female (I'm male!) 1/2 elven F/MU whose first taste of blood was the 4 orcs who waylaid her on the trail. I've had the "bloodlust" ever since. In fact, she's the "bloody mage" in my handle! Now it's unbelievable. My new players, just introduced to the game with 3e, are balking at [i]house rules[/i]! It's a totally foreign concept to them! Quite often I pine for the "good old days"! [/QUOTE]

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