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<blockquote data-quote="niklinna" data-source="post: 8938441" data-attributes="member: 71235"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">D&D (Holmes Basic): Must have been 1980–81. Got it from a novelty mail-order catalogue. Had no one to play it with.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AD&D: A couple months later, joined a high-school group that was playing it. Original DM ran many homebrew Monty Haul dungeons. My first characters got killed by goblins and by the other party members (to be fed to vorpal rabbits that had us surrounded) When that DM moved away, I ran published modules for the group. Also got them to try <em>Star Frontiers</em> and the FASERIP Marvel Heroes RPG. Also bought the <em>Indiana Jones</em> game but it did not seem playable. Although it had those cool cardboard minis.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Wars: Saw the original in the theater (in a rural area so not as soon as it came out). Must have been 1977 or 1978. Really enjoyed it (I was 9–10). Saw the holiday special on TV, I think—it is not a memorable show unless you were an adult, I suspect—I've certainly seen clips on the Internet since. Also saw <em>Empire Strikes Back</em> and <em>Return of the Jedi</em> in theaters, did not enjoy either, nor any Star Wars thing since. Except a pair of excellent one-shot RPG sessions at a gaming con several years ago.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star Trek: Watched the original series in abridged reruns (as I later found out) on TV. Saw a few episodes of the cartoons in first run, whenever that would have been, but don't remember them well.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Battlestar Galactica: Saw it in first run on TV, late 70s.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Earthsea: Never read it. Saw part of the TV series but I couldn't say when. Would like to read it some day. I have read several other works by Le Guin, thought they were okay.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Harry Potter: Read them as they came out. Liked some a lot, others not so much. Saw a couple of of the films in theaters, thought they were overdone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magic the Gathering: Early 90s, a co-worker tried to get folks interested. I was not interested, and have never played it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Marvel/D.C.: The comics or the recent films or what? Watched the 1960s <em>Batman</em> in reruns on TV in the mid 70s. Watched the <em>Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends</em> cartoon (with Iceman and Firestar), 1981–1983. Watched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series)" target="_blank">that live-action version</a> where Spidey would shoot "webs" made of inch-thick rope, so cheesy; late 70s. Read some X-Men comics lent by friends while in college, 1989–1991. Amazed at how bad the writing was. Saw some of the early Batman/Spider-Man films (the Tim Burton/Sam Raimi ones and sequels) in theaters, whatever years those were. Saw <em>Guardians of the Galaxy</em> in theaters, was not impressed; haven't seen any other MCU films, nor any of the current DCU films (if that's what they're calling them).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stargate: Saw the original film in the theater whenever that was out. Never watched the TV show.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="niklinna, post: 8938441, member: 71235"] [LIST] [*]D&D (Holmes Basic): Must have been 1980–81. Got it from a novelty mail-order catalogue. Had no one to play it with. [*]AD&D: A couple months later, joined a high-school group that was playing it. Original DM ran many homebrew Monty Haul dungeons. My first characters got killed by goblins and by the other party members (to be fed to vorpal rabbits that had us surrounded) When that DM moved away, I ran published modules for the group. Also got them to try [I]Star Frontiers[/I] and the FASERIP Marvel Heroes RPG. Also bought the [I]Indiana Jones[/I] game but it did not seem playable. Although it had those cool cardboard minis. [*]Star Wars: Saw the original in the theater (in a rural area so not as soon as it came out). Must have been 1977 or 1978. Really enjoyed it (I was 9–10). Saw the holiday special on TV, I think—it is not a memorable show unless you were an adult, I suspect—I've certainly seen clips on the Internet since. Also saw [I]Empire Strikes Back[/I] and [I]Return of the Jedi[/I] in theaters, did not enjoy either, nor any Star Wars thing since. Except a pair of excellent one-shot RPG sessions at a gaming con several years ago. [*]Star Trek: Watched the original series in abridged reruns (as I later found out) on TV. Saw a few episodes of the cartoons in first run, whenever that would have been, but don't remember them well. [*]Battlestar Galactica: Saw it in first run on TV, late 70s. [*]Earthsea: Never read it. Saw part of the TV series but I couldn't say when. Would like to read it some day. I have read several other works by Le Guin, thought they were okay. [*]Harry Potter: Read them as they came out. Liked some a lot, others not so much. Saw a couple of of the films in theaters, thought they were overdone. [*]Magic the Gathering: Early 90s, a co-worker tried to get folks interested. I was not interested, and have never played it. [*]Marvel/D.C.: The comics or the recent films or what? Watched the 1960s [I]Batman[/I] in reruns on TV in the mid 70s. Watched the [I]Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends[/I] cartoon (with Iceman and Firestar), 1981–1983. Watched [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amazing_Spider-Man_(TV_series)']that live-action version[/URL] where Spidey would shoot "webs" made of inch-thick rope, so cheesy; late 70s. Read some X-Men comics lent by friends while in college, 1989–1991. Amazed at how bad the writing was. Saw some of the early Batman/Spider-Man films (the Tim Burton/Sam Raimi ones and sequels) in theaters, whatever years those were. Saw [I]Guardians of the Galaxy[/I] in theaters, was not impressed; haven't seen any other MCU films, nor any of the current DCU films (if that's what they're calling them). [*]Stargate: Saw the original film in the theater whenever that was out. Never watched the TV show. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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