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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 4908596" data-attributes="member: 20914">Much the same way.Started playing with 2 of my friends in the early 80's.  I would call it a casual start cause between us we had a PHB/DMG/MM.  I ended up buying the old Red Box set the next month with the ECMI following each month when I got my allowance.  I played 'Advanced' with those 2 friends every weekend, we were at each other's house constantly for the weekend (this happens a lot when distance between houses is measured in miles by road or as the crow flies), play outside all day long and stay up into the wee hours playing 'Advanced' DnD.I taught some other friends the BECMI, leveling up was restricted each month cause I hadn't bought the next set yet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  We played during lunch at school or maybe at another's house when we could.I progressively got more 'hardcore' as I got older and hit highschool.  Sandwiched in RPG's with Football/Lacrosse schedules.  I joined my first Hardcore group during my Senior year, buying everything I could playing when I could as they did.Than joined the Marine Corps and went cold turkey for months at a time.  Playing a pickup game here and there, always having a seat when I returned home with the old group.Than cold for years, my wife actually is responsible for me getting back into it.  Her and her gf went to go see a movie and saw another couple where the girl was reading a FR Novel.  She knew I read them and she liked the Icewind Dale trilogy and struck up a conversation with them.  A new group and an introduction to 3.0 was born with 3.5 right around the corner.  Even after moving states I immediately found another group to play with.  I bought up most of the 3.5 line but have yet to buy any 4.0 products.  Having moved again, I haven't played in coming on a year now.Who knows if I will play again, I don't have a real desire for 4.0 though I plan on eventually picking up the PHB/DMG/MM just to have on the shelf if nothing else.And yes I've been to several Con's.So I've run the full gambit of Casual to Serious to Hardcore and back again for all of them.As was said, I think time and money are a major consideration anymore.The introductory buy-in for 4E is what $100 (PHB/DMG/MM) if you get it at a book store?  Yes I know you only need a PHB, but really a noob to the game that is picking it up on a whim is going to balk at the $100 sticker.Time, I honestly don't have a lot of time on weekends anymore.  Most of my gaming in the past few years has been weekday evening gaming.</blockquote>

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