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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1885729" data-attributes="member: 8447">I'll answer this in the wider sense (rpgs), rather than in the narrow sense (D&amp;D, per se).&nbsp; I grew up on mythology, folklore, and tales of King Arthur.&nbsp; Due to this, I always loved the fantastical and the heroic.&nbsp; I started on the path through a combination of storytelling (on the one hand) and wargaming (on the other).&nbsp; While I liked each of them individually, I always wanted to find a way to combine them, the notion of a story with an unknown ending, sort of like playing &quot;Boiler Burst&quot; and other storytelling/swapping games.&nbsp; I didn't really enjoy the wargames in and of themselves because, quite realistically, I am not that competitive.&nbsp; There is enough competition in life and the thought of carrying that over into my leisure time seemed pointless.&nbsp; I enjoyed Chainmail when it came out because of the fantasy supplement in it, but it wasn't enough.Then came D&amp;D.&nbsp; Coolness&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Here is a game, a very social game, where I don't know the end of the story and where people get into character (...at least half the time...).&nbsp; We get together to jointly create a world, build legends, and smite the wicked!&nbsp; I have played a lot of different rpgs in my time.&nbsp; Listing them all would be silly.&nbsp; In the end, however, it is the notion that we can get together on a regular basis (biweekly nowadays) as a group of good friends, remember when has happened before, create the new legends, take out vile creatures, wonder about what people in our world eat, sing, and talk about, and the like.&nbsp; It's all about the fun in telling stories.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1885729, member: 8447"] I'll answer this in the wider sense (rpgs), rather than in the narrow sense (D&D, per se). I grew up on mythology, folklore, and tales of King Arthur. Due to this, I always loved the fantastical and the heroic. I started on the path through a combination of storytelling (on the one hand) and wargaming (on the other). While I liked each of them individually, I always wanted to find a way to combine them, the notion of a story with an unknown ending, sort of like playing "Boiler Burst" and other storytelling/swapping games. I didn't really enjoy the wargames in and of themselves because, quite realistically, I am not that competitive. There is enough competition in life and the thought of carrying that over into my leisure time seemed pointless. I enjoyed [I]Chainmail [/I] when it came out because of the fantasy supplement in it, but it wasn't enough. Then came D&D. Coolness :cool: Here is a game, a very social game, where I don't know the end of the story and where people get into character (...at least half the time...). We get together to jointly create a world, build legends, and smite the wicked! I have played a lot of different rpgs in my time. Listing them all would be silly. In the end, however, it is the notion that we can get together on a regular basis (biweekly nowadays) as a group of good friends, remember when has happened before, create the new legends, take out vile creatures, wonder about what people in our world eat, sing, and talk about, and the like. It's all about the fun in telling stories. :) [/QUOTE]

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