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<blockquote data-quote="StevetheNPC" data-source="post: 2405333" data-attributes="member: 12696"><p>My first group was just myself and two of my friends from 9th grade high school (1982), one of who had the red boxed set. One of those two hooked me up with another group of folks that were all 5-10 years my elder. I learned a lot about gaming from that group, and experienced numerous different games - Chivalry & Sorcery, Space Opera and Champions to name a few.</p><p></p><p>After high school I joined the US Navy (1987) and my role playing was pretty much limited to the occasional one-shot game with a couple of other geeks that lived in the same barracks as me. We did lots of other tabletop gaming though. Four years later I left the service, met and married my (still) wife, and had two babies. No gaming to speak of during that time, other than the occasional attempt at a pbem game.</p><p></p><p>Fast forward to 1996 and the birth of our second daughter. The non-stop screaming for three months lead me to a local comics/game shop one evening (needed to get out of the house) where I picked up an issue of Dragon magazine, which I had not read in many years. In it I discovered a new sci-fi roleplaying game that TSR was about to release called Alternity. I bought the books as they were released. All of 'em. I can't recall exactly how it happened (I think I had an Alternity wallpaper on my computer at work, or something) but one of my co-workers discovered I played Alternity and invited me to join their group. We've done mostly D&D (2nd & 3rd editions) and Alternity over the last 7-8 years. Several members have moved away, come back, and moved again but three of the original members have recently put the group back together and added several other co-workers to the mix.</p><p></p><p>So I guess in summary that would be:</p><p></p><p>1. Friends at school</p><p>2. Friends in the military</p><p>3. Friends at work</p><p></p><p>and a local game shop has never been a part of me finding a group.</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Steven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StevetheNPC, post: 2405333, member: 12696"] My first group was just myself and two of my friends from 9th grade high school (1982), one of who had the red boxed set. One of those two hooked me up with another group of folks that were all 5-10 years my elder. I learned a lot about gaming from that group, and experienced numerous different games - Chivalry & Sorcery, Space Opera and Champions to name a few. After high school I joined the US Navy (1987) and my role playing was pretty much limited to the occasional one-shot game with a couple of other geeks that lived in the same barracks as me. We did lots of other tabletop gaming though. Four years later I left the service, met and married my (still) wife, and had two babies. No gaming to speak of during that time, other than the occasional attempt at a pbem game. Fast forward to 1996 and the birth of our second daughter. The non-stop screaming for three months lead me to a local comics/game shop one evening (needed to get out of the house) where I picked up an issue of Dragon magazine, which I had not read in many years. In it I discovered a new sci-fi roleplaying game that TSR was about to release called Alternity. I bought the books as they were released. All of 'em. I can't recall exactly how it happened (I think I had an Alternity wallpaper on my computer at work, or something) but one of my co-workers discovered I played Alternity and invited me to join their group. We've done mostly D&D (2nd & 3rd editions) and Alternity over the last 7-8 years. Several members have moved away, come back, and moved again but three of the original members have recently put the group back together and added several other co-workers to the mix. So I guess in summary that would be: 1. Friends at school 2. Friends in the military 3. Friends at work and a local game shop has never been a part of me finding a group. Cheers, Steven [/QUOTE]
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