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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5247216" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 6 or so: brief flirtation with OD&amp;D.&nbsp; Not much interest.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 9-10 or so: &quot;got it&quot; with the B/X sets.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hiatus</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 12-15 or so: AD&amp;D.&nbsp; Turned off by D&amp;Disms.&nbsp; Flirted with Star Frontiers, Top Secret and many other games too.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hiatus</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 22-25 or so.&nbsp; Was on the fringe of the hobby, reading magazines, browsing books in bookstores, but not buying or playing much except some Werewolf: The Apocalypse. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 25-28: Rediscovered gaming for real when a friend of mine had a copy of Top Secret SI out in his apartment.&nbsp; Played several times with some friends.&nbsp; Also acquired quite a bit of MERP and Traveller material at this time, although didn't really play it.&nbsp; Was the &quot;anti-D&amp;Ders latte set RPG.net hanging out type of gamer during this period.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 28:&nbsp; d20 came out, first in the form of the 3e books.&nbsp; Forgave D&amp;D all of its past sins.&nbsp; Played a lot more than I ever had before.&nbsp; Picked up all the other d20 games that WotC put out at the time too: Cthulhu, Wheel of Time, Star Wars, etc.&nbsp; As well as a lot of third party stuff, some of which was junk, some of which was Arcana Unearthed and Mutants &amp; Masterminds.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 31 or so through age 35-36: Disillusioned by the release of 3.5 so soon after 3e, as well as everybody else who put out updated versions of books that I already had.&nbsp; Wandered a bit playing other games, including a bit of Savage Worlds, more Cthulhu (d20 and BRP), Shadowrun, Dread and other games too.&nbsp; Ran the first games for my kids, including a Star Wars game loosely based on The Window and some 3.5.&nbsp; Adopted houseruled d20 Modern as my system of choice.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Age 36-present: Gradually made my peace with some of the D&amp;D elements, and otherwise worked on a bunch of houserules to make it more what I wanted.&nbsp; 4e comes out.&nbsp; I completely ignore it and continue houseruling 3.5.&nbsp; Incorporating some Trailblazer, Pathfinder and E6 stuff gets me almost where I want to.&nbsp; Still working on a few details, but am mostly settled.&nbsp; Through all this hunt for the &quot;Holy Grail&quot; system, I continue to play mostly 3.5 D&amp;D, though, including some Paizo adventure paths like Age of Worms and Rise of the Runelords.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The future: No foreseeable change in those plans, although I might dabble a bit more with Savage Worlds and/or FATE in place of d20.&nbsp; Am still uncomfortable with a bunch of d20isms, especially the difficulty in running such a tactical game when I don't really want to mess with battlemaps or minis.</li>
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[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5247216, member: 2205"] [list][*]Age 6 or so: brief flirtation with OD&D. Not much interest. [*]Age 9-10 or so: "got it" with the B/X sets. [*]Hiatus [*]Age 12-15 or so: AD&D. Turned off by D&Disms. Flirted with Star Frontiers, Top Secret and many other games too. [*]Hiatus [*]Age 22-25 or so. Was on the fringe of the hobby, reading magazines, browsing books in bookstores, but not buying or playing much except some Werewolf: The Apocalypse. [*]Age 25-28: Rediscovered gaming for real when a friend of mine had a copy of Top Secret SI out in his apartment. Played several times with some friends. Also acquired quite a bit of MERP and Traveller material at this time, although didn't really play it. Was the "anti-D&Ders latte set RPG.net hanging out type of gamer during this period. [*]Age 28: d20 came out, first in the form of the 3e books. Forgave D&D all of its past sins. Played a lot more than I ever had before. Picked up all the other d20 games that WotC put out at the time too: Cthulhu, Wheel of Time, Star Wars, etc. As well as a lot of third party stuff, some of which was junk, some of which was Arcana Unearthed and Mutants & Masterminds. [*]Age 31 or so through age 35-36: Disillusioned by the release of 3.5 so soon after 3e, as well as everybody else who put out updated versions of books that I already had. Wandered a bit playing other games, including a bit of Savage Worlds, more Cthulhu (d20 and BRP), Shadowrun, Dread and other games too. Ran the first games for my kids, including a Star Wars game loosely based on The Window and some 3.5. Adopted houseruled d20 Modern as my system of choice. [*]Age 36-present: Gradually made my peace with some of the D&D elements, and otherwise worked on a bunch of houserules to make it more what I wanted. 4e comes out. I completely ignore it and continue houseruling 3.5. Incorporating some Trailblazer, Pathfinder and E6 stuff gets me almost where I want to. Still working on a few details, but am mostly settled. Through all this hunt for the "Holy Grail" system, I continue to play mostly 3.5 D&D, though, including some Paizo adventure paths like Age of Worms and Rise of the Runelords. [*]The future: No foreseeable change in those plans, although I might dabble a bit more with Savage Worlds and/or FATE in place of d20. Am still uncomfortable with a bunch of d20isms, especially the difficulty in running such a tactical game when I don't really want to mess with battlemaps or minis. [/list] [/QUOTE]

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