Which year did you start playing D&D

[IronWolf]

1981 is when I started playing.

 

[loki44]

Did you get a pet squid?

No, just an imp.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I seem to be in the minority here. It was 2000 for me. Or 2001 even? One of those anyway.

I feel like a child. A lot of you guys were playing for some time at the day I was born...

Old men!

 

[astralpwka]

I started in 82. I found out about it in a scholastic magazine when I was in 3rd grade. The article had pictures of miniatures and everything. When I got the basic red box, I was disappointed it didn't have the cool miniatures, but the pictures and maps were cool, and I learned to play as only a 3rd grader could. I guess there's a reason for the age limit on the box...

 

[JoeBlank]

1981, recruited by a friend to join a game club at school, which quickly led to weekend gaming too.

 

[shilsen]

1999. But I'd been wanting to since 1993. Just happened to be in India, where D&D hasn't ever been marketed (AFAIK), so I had to wait till I came to the US.

 

[Jdvn1]

I am Col Pladoh (pre 1974)

Best poll option ev4r.

 

[vsper]

It was NOV 25, 1978. It was my birthday and my mom got me the game for my birthday. Oh how she regretted that for many years. I still have it tucked away, now I have thousands o books but I still keep that old copy of the basic rules.
Vsper

 

[Master Gunns]

1981

I was a young PFC newly arrived at the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, CA. I now work across the street from the barracks that I learned to play in. Unfortunately, my gaming group is currently deployed in Iraq. Hopefully, they will still be stationed here when they get back.

Sam

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I want to say 1984... but I’m not sure. I do know it was before the Royals won the World Series. (1985)

1984 it is.