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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8939359" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p><strong>D&D</strong> - 1980 or '81, at summer camp.</p><p></p><p><strong>Star Wars</strong> - 1971, in the theater.</p><p></p><p><strong>Earthsea</strong> - A Wizard of Earthsea was the very first fantasy book I read. I read a lot of SF, but this was loaned to me at camp by DH, whom I met back up again with at Jr. High. Was likely the year (or two) before D&D, but I can't remember more precisely.</p><p></p><p><strong>Wheel of Time</strong> - picked up The Eye of the World with a voucher I got for doing some experiment at my university bookstore. Want to say 1990, could have been 1991. It was softcover, I think the hardcover came later when it sold well.</p><p></p><p><strong>Magic: The Gathering</strong> - I missed Beta, but several of my friends who got into it not too far before me didn't, so I think 1993 or 1994.</p><p></p><p><strong>Marvel/DC</strong> - No idea. I read some comics, but collected none. I had friends who were big collectors and liked hearing them talk about it. My first consistent was likely Saturday morning cartoons and after school cartoon, but no idea when. Like, everyone knows Batman as part of the human shared consciousness, just like everyone half-knows the words to Bohemian Rhapsody even if you can't pinpoint where you've ever heard it before. Amusingly I've been into superhero RPGs, starting with Champions 2nd so that was likely 1982 since it wasn't right before 3rd ed, I had time on limited allowance to purchase several of the books.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 8939359, member: 20564"] [B]D&D[/B] - 1980 or '81, at summer camp. [B]Star Wars[/B] - 1971, in the theater. [B]Earthsea[/B] - A Wizard of Earthsea was the very first fantasy book I read. I read a lot of SF, but this was loaned to me at camp by DH, whom I met back up again with at Jr. High. Was likely the year (or two) before D&D, but I can't remember more precisely. [B]Wheel of Time[/B] - picked up The Eye of the World with a voucher I got for doing some experiment at my university bookstore. Want to say 1990, could have been 1991. It was softcover, I think the hardcover came later when it sold well. [B]Magic: The Gathering[/B] - I missed Beta, but several of my friends who got into it not too far before me didn't, so I think 1993 or 1994. [B]Marvel/DC[/B] - No idea. I read some comics, but collected none. I had friends who were big collectors and liked hearing them talk about it. My first consistent was likely Saturday morning cartoons and after school cartoon, but no idea when. Like, everyone knows Batman as part of the human shared consciousness, just like everyone half-knows the words to Bohemian Rhapsody even if you can't pinpoint where you've ever heard it before. Amusingly I've been into superhero RPGs, starting with Champions 2nd so that was likely 1982 since it wasn't right before 3rd ed, I had time on limited allowance to purchase several of the books. [/QUOTE]
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