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<blockquote data-quote="dougmander" data-source="post: 3266990" data-attributes="member: 14375">1977, at a gaming con in Bath, Maine (MaineCon 77, I still have the badge). I was in 7th grade. Came to play traditional wargames (which were HUGELY popular then), and my friend David told me I might like this new game called Dungeons and Dragons. A sailor from the nearby shipyard was running a game for $1 admission. I played an elf (still remember the Ral Partha mini -- an elf with a winged hoplite-style helmet and a spear). Opened a door, was killed by orcs.I was hooked.I bummed $5 off my friend Roger to buy the Holmes blue box set, which I still leaf through sometimes when I'm feeling nostalgic. I suspect now that the store that had the concession at the con had removed the introductory adventure, then re-shrink-wrapped the box. No module, but no problem, I started writing my own and by the following weekend we were all playing it back at home. It came with these encounter tables on yellow cardstock that included monsters who weren't in the rulebook. Footpad? What's that? We all thought they were sneaky little mouselike creatures!I still can't figure out how you win the darned game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dougmander, post: 3266990, member: 14375"] 1977, at a gaming con in Bath, Maine (MaineCon 77, I still have the badge). I was in 7th grade. Came to play traditional wargames (which were HUGELY popular then), and my friend David told me I might like this new game called Dungeons and Dragons. A sailor from the nearby shipyard was running a game for $1 admission. I played an elf (still remember the Ral Partha mini -- an elf with a winged hoplite-style helmet and a spear). Opened a door, was killed by orcs. I was hooked. I bummed $5 off my friend Roger to buy the Holmes blue box set, which I still leaf through sometimes when I'm feeling nostalgic. I suspect now that the store that had the concession at the con had removed the introductory adventure, then re-shrink-wrapped the box. No module, but no problem, I started writing my own and by the following weekend we were all playing it back at home. It came with these encounter tables on yellow cardstock that included monsters who weren't in the rulebook. Footpad? What's that? We all thought they were sneaky little mouselike creatures! I still can't figure out how you win the darned game. [/QUOTE]

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