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<blockquote data-quote="Aeolius" data-source="post: 1205952" data-attributes="member: 2072">Back around 1979, I was pilfering in my oldest brother's closet, where he and my other older brother kept books, comics, and other hobby-related materials. There on the top shelf, still wrapped in plastic, was the Basic D&amp;D boxed set. Being the youngest of three brothers, it was only natural to &quot;borrow&quot; the unused D&amp;D set. Within days of my discovery and with no knowledge of my find, my best friend purchased the Basic set at a local toy store, thus I feel that my introduction to D&amp;D was serendipitous destiny.&nbsp;&nbsp; Years later, my oldest brother took a somewhat closed-minded view towards D&amp;D and other activities he viewed as tools of &quot;the occult&quot;; a view which he carries to this day. I am ever so glad that I was there to &quot;rescue&quot; that Basic set, before he burned it.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; (I did end up burning his entire model rocket collection, after he had tired of them and had moved on to a new hobby, but that's a different story)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aeolius, post: 1205952, member: 2072"] Back around 1979, I was pilfering in my oldest brother's closet, where he and my other older brother kept books, comics, and other hobby-related materials. There on the top shelf, still wrapped in plastic, was the Basic D&D boxed set. Being the youngest of three brothers, it was only natural to "borrow" the unused D&D set. Within days of my discovery and with no knowledge of my find, my best friend purchased the Basic set at a local toy store, thus I feel that my introduction to D&D was serendipitous destiny. Years later, my oldest brother took a somewhat closed-minded view towards D&D and other activities he viewed as tools of "the occult"; a view which he carries to this day. I am ever so glad that I was there to "rescue" that Basic set, before he burned it. ;) (I did end up burning his entire model rocket collection, after he had tired of them and had moved on to a new hobby, but that's a different story) [/QUOTE]

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