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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8939513" data-attributes="member: 10148">D&D - I'm pretty sure I was aware of the cartoon as a little kid, yet didn't actively watch it (mid-1980s). Picked up my first D&D books (Fiend Folio and 1E PHB) from a yard sale somewhat later (late 1980s), loved the Folio but largely ignored the PHB. Didn't play or actually become invested in the game until 1995, in late middle school/early high school.Star Wars - Aware of it as far back as I can remember. I have fragmentary memories of seeing Return of the Jedi in theaters, when I would have been a toddler. Had the toys growing up and watched the cartoons (Ewoks and Droids).Earthsea - I probably first became aware of it at my bookstore job in college (early 2000s), but I've never looked into it beyond the superficials.Harry Potter - Peripherally aware of it once it became popular in the late 1990s, couldn't ignore it by the early 2000s (my bookstore did release events for each new book). Watched the films but never read the books.Magic: The Gathering - Became aware of it by the same time I got into D&D (1995) and knew people who played it, but never got into it myself. Honestly, I found the rules intimidating. (Spellfire was more my jam.)Marvel/DC - Aware of both as far back as I can remember. Some of my earliest comic books in the 1980s were Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, and especially Hulk. Have liked both universes ever since.</blockquote>