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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1206255" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>Hmmm, long answer or short answer?</p><p></p><p>Short: Wanted to get away from miniatures gaming</p><p></p><p>Long: I grew up with a deep love of mythology, folklore, and, most importantly, the Arthurian legends. I fell in love with real medieval history thanks to the October 1966 issue of National Geographic with its foldout sections of the Bayeux Tapestry (I <em>still</em> root for the Anglo-Saxons, but that's just me...).</p><p></p><p>I did all the games as a kid of "wear a hat to become someone else" -- cowboy hats, astronaut helmets made from Baskin-Robbins tubs, etc. I always liked being someone else <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>In 1970 I discovered Avalon Hill boardgames. That was kinda fun, but not fully my style. In 1972 I went to Cambria, CA, and found Jack Scruby & his Soldier Factory. I immediately started painting troops and using the yellow-cover edition of <u>Chainmail</u>. The problem was all the others who got involved in the games wanted to run later period games, preferably the American Civil War. I got bored and disheartened.</p><p></p><p>Then came the catalog from Brookhurst Hobbies. "There's a new game, some sort of wargame, but you only use paper and pencils and fight dragons." That was about it, but the name <u>Dungeons & Dragons</u> sounded really promising.</p><p></p><p>Labor Day weekend, 1976, I got my Three Little Books.</p><p></p><p>I immediately dropped mini gaming and never looked back!</p><p></p><p>Soon I was running D&D, my buddy ran Traveller as soon as it was available, and we all started to branch out from there. T&T. EPT. Metamorphosis: Alpha. The Fantasty Trip. Chivalry and Sorcery.</p><p></p><p>Within a few years I gave up D&D altogether and didn't play another game of it until Third Edition.</p><p></p><p>Kinda come full circle <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 ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1206255, member: 8447"] Hmmm, long answer or short answer? Short: Wanted to get away from miniatures gaming Long: I grew up with a deep love of mythology, folklore, and, most importantly, the Arthurian legends. I fell in love with real medieval history thanks to the October 1966 issue of National Geographic with its foldout sections of the Bayeux Tapestry (I [I]still[/I] root for the Anglo-Saxons, but that's just me...). I did all the games as a kid of "wear a hat to become someone else" -- cowboy hats, astronaut helmets made from Baskin-Robbins tubs, etc. I always liked being someone else ;) In 1970 I discovered Avalon Hill boardgames. That was kinda fun, but not fully my style. In 1972 I went to Cambria, CA, and found Jack Scruby & his Soldier Factory. I immediately started painting troops and using the yellow-cover edition of [U]Chainmail[/U]. The problem was all the others who got involved in the games wanted to run later period games, preferably the American Civil War. I got bored and disheartened. Then came the catalog from Brookhurst Hobbies. "There's a new game, some sort of wargame, but you only use paper and pencils and fight dragons." That was about it, but the name [U]Dungeons & Dragons[/U] sounded really promising. Labor Day weekend, 1976, I got my Three Little Books. I immediately dropped mini gaming and never looked back! Soon I was running D&D, my buddy ran Traveller as soon as it was available, and we all started to branch out from there. T&T. EPT. Metamorphosis: Alpha. The Fantasty Trip. Chivalry and Sorcery. Within a few years I gave up D&D altogether and didn't play another game of it until Third Edition. Kinda come full circle ;) [/QUOTE]
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