Was DnD your first RPG?

Michael M · March 06, 2007, 11:43:00 PM

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Makes one wonder how much our first games shaped us as gamers, doesn't it?

Our first games must have shaped us in some way. Not necessarily defining our preferences perse but by setting a certain watermark and perhaps defining comfort zones.

I've played various games but I do remember having a hard time at first with games other than DnD just in terms of structuring the experience. As a GM I still thought in terms of encounters, adventures, adventure parties etc. This didn't fly with running Recon, for example. =)

UmaSama · March 07, 2007, 12:26:19 AM

Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Makes one wonder how much our first games shaped us as gamers, doesn't it?

It doesn't have to be that way, after all my first rpg was VtM, a few months later I switched to AD&D 2E, and here I am, years later and not a swine after gettin' into the hobby with Storytelling.

el diablo robotico · March 07, 2007, 12:36:27 AM

Quote from: WilMine was "Doctor". With Gina, from across the street.

Hey, I played that with my cousin.

What?! She was hot.

Volkazz · March 07, 2007, 08:10:41 AM

Advanced Heroquest count?

WFRP 1e, probably, tried some D&D, first proper roleplaying was Amber

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J Arcane · March 07, 2007, 08:18:04 AM

Quote from: Pierce InverarityI think it's decisive. Age is also important. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't love (or "get") D&D the way I do (or think I do) if a) it hadn't been my first game, b) at the fairly advanced age of 16 or 17. I never had a "w00t my Drizzt got 2 katanas +7 d00d" phase to look back and down to.

That said, starting with Star Wars d6 must have been bunches of fun. Can you deal with classes and levels at all?

I didn't used to be able to, actually. It wasn't until 3.0 that I really got sold on the class/level thing. Always found it too restrictive, but 3.0 managed to do the class/level thing whilsts still giving the player a fair bit of freedom, with skills and feets and multiclassing and all.

The Yann Waters · March 07, 2007, 08:21:10 AM

Quote from: Michael MI've played various games but I do remember having a hard time at first with games other than DnD just in terms of structuring the experience. As a GM I still thought in terms of encounters, adventures, adventure parties etc.

Hey, before the switch from D&D to MERP, it never really occurred to me that adventures didn't necessarily have to take place underground... That seemed like such a radical idea at the time.

Dr Rotwang! · March 07, 2007, 08:40:37 AM

Quote from: Pierce InverarityThat said, starting with Star Wars d6 must have been bunches of fun. Can you deal with classes and levels at all?

It was. Classes and levels make sense to me, but that doesn't mean they're myfavorite way to do things -- I mean, I understand what artichokes are, but...

Ned the Lonely Donkey · March 07, 2007, 08:49:04 AM

Yeah, same set as El Robotico (and same year - spooky!). Never played much AD&D, having moved on to Traveller and Runequest.

Ned

Hackmastergeneral · March 07, 2007, 09:23:56 PM

The first game I ever played was Marvel FASERIP, the original yellow box. I only played it a few times. A few years later, I got the Advanced set for christmas, and played that exclusively for a few years. One of my game friends went to high school, and came back with this new fangled "TMNT" game. Then we played that for a few years. AD&D was well into second edition before I ever picked up anything D&D.

Michael M · March 07, 2007, 09:32:50 PM

For some reason my expectation was that most people would say they started with AD&D 1e. There have been a lot of surprises here. I think it is encouraging the breadth of experience so many people in the hobby have had and yet heart warming how many have shared almost identical experiences (I'm looking at you red box players). =)

RockViper · March 08, 2007, 12:28:17 AM

Quote from: Michael MFor some reason my expectation was that most people would say they started with AD&D 1e.

My group never played 1E "properly" we used 1E modules with Basic rules and then jumped straight into 2E when it was released, and still used the 1E modules with very minor modification.

Tyberious Funk · March 08, 2007, 01:54:36 AM

I haven't been following the thread all the way through, so this might have been answered... but do the "Fighting Fantasy" books count?

Kyle Aaron · March 08, 2007, 02:20:15 AM

Only if the Choose Your Own Adventure books count. In which case, I must revise my answer... brings me back to 11 years old or so, I think it was the Aztecs one...

Claudius · March 08, 2007, 02:59:46 AM

Quote from: Michael MFor some reason my expectation was that most people would say they started with AD&D 1e. There have been a lot of surprises here. I think it is encouraging the breadth of experience so many people in the hobby have had and yet heart warming how many have shared almost identical experiences (I'm looking at you red box players). =)

In fact, I never played AD&D! :haw:

Claudius · March 08, 2007, 03:02:08 AM

Gamebooks shouldn't count, as they aren't true RPGs. On the other hand, they're a wonderful introduction to true roleplaying. If not for them, very probably I wouldn't game.