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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 3267110" data-attributes="member: 1515">As had I...I'd gotten a boxed set of the four books for Christmas in 1977, and voraciously read them over the next few months.I probably first heard of D&amp;D in 1980 or 1981, but didn't know anyone who played.&nbsp; Then, in late 1981, I was over at the neighbors, and their daughter (who was a year younger than me) had a DMG and a PHB.&nbsp; I paged through it, as she told me about the game she was playing in (she went to a different high school than I did; turns out they were Monty Haul to the extreme <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).I was more interested now, but didn't really follow through, until late March of 1982.&nbsp; I had gotten some money as a 17th birthday present, and was at the Kay-Bee Toy &amp; Hobby in the mall in downtown Green Bay.&nbsp; My intent was to buy a model rocket kit, but they didn't have any in stock that I wanted.&nbsp; I then made a 90-degree right turn from that display, and, on an end-cap display, there was the Moldvay boxed Basic set.&nbsp; The neighbor girl's younger brother was with me (he'd been playing the game with his sister), and said he'd teach me to play if I bought it.So, I bought it, we went home, and I created my first character: an elf named Rolf.&nbsp; David (the neighbor) ran me through much of Keep on the Borderlands as a solo adventure.Shortly thereafter, I learned that a friend of mine, Steve, had started working at a game shop.&nbsp; I went there and bought the PHB.&nbsp; A few weeks later, Steve invited me to go with him to a game that he'd been invited to by one of the shop's patrons.&nbsp; We were both juniors in high school; all of the other players there were in their 20s and 30s.&nbsp; I'd never played in a &quot;formal&quot; game before, and just ate it up (we were playing &quot;White Plume Mountain&quot;), and was thrilled when they asked if we wanted to come back for the next session, the following Saturday.&nbsp; I think that Steve lasted one or two more sessions before dropping out; I still play with that group, almost 25 years later. The character that I played in that first session with them, a female fighter named Olivia, is still one of my active PCs. <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&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 3267110, member: 1515"] As had I...I'd gotten a boxed set of the four books for Christmas in 1977, and voraciously read them over the next few months. I probably first heard of D&D in 1980 or 1981, but didn't know anyone who played. Then, in late 1981, I was over at the neighbors, and their daughter (who was a year younger than me) had a DMG and a PHB. I paged through it, as she told me about the game she was playing in (she went to a different high school than I did; turns out they were Monty Haul to the extreme :D). I was more interested now, but didn't really follow through, until late March of 1982. I had gotten some money as a 17th birthday present, and was at the Kay-Bee Toy & Hobby in the mall in downtown Green Bay. My intent was to buy a model rocket kit, but they didn't have any in stock that I wanted. I then made a 90-degree right turn from that display, and, on an end-cap display, there was the Moldvay boxed Basic set. The neighbor girl's younger brother was with me (he'd been playing the game with his sister), and said he'd teach me to play if I bought it. So, I bought it, we went home, and I created my first character: an elf named Rolf. David (the neighbor) ran me through much of Keep on the Borderlands as a solo adventure. Shortly thereafter, I learned that a friend of mine, Steve, had started working at a game shop. I went there and bought the PHB. A few weeks later, Steve invited me to go with him to a game that he'd been invited to by one of the shop's patrons. We were both juniors in high school; all of the other players there were in their 20s and 30s. I'd never played in a "formal" game before, and just ate it up (we were playing "White Plume Mountain"), and was thrilled when they asked if we wanted to come back for the next session, the following Saturday. I think that Steve lasted one or two more sessions before dropping out; I still play with that group, almost 25 years later. The character that I played in that first session with them, a female fighter named Olivia, is still one of my active PCs. :D [/QUOTE]

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