Where did you start?

flyingmice · September 16, 2008, 02:01:30 PM

I think the thing that sets me apart from some of the other long-time players here is I was already an adult in 1977. Most folks picked it up when they were kids or teens. That made for a very different game.

-clash

Idinsinuation · September 16, 2008, 02:06:32 PM

My first RPG was Bughunters with two friends in Okinawa. Some time later after I moved back to the US I got into DnD and I've been hooked ever since.

Seanchai · September 16, 2008, 02:13:12 PM

Quote from: Idinsinuation;248375My first RPG was Bughunters...

There's one you don't see everyday...

Seanchai

James J Skach · September 16, 2008, 02:37:07 PM

Quote from: flyingmice;248373I think the thing that sets me apart from some of the other long-time players here is I was already an adult in 1977. Most folks picked it up when they were kids or teens. That made for a very different game.

-clash

I don't know how much of an 'adult' you were, clash

but you are correct in my case in that I was somewhere between 11 and 13. I am old enough now that my memory is hazy as to when I first got the box...

GrimJesta · September 16, 2008, 02:48:44 PM

"Red box" oD&D. I miss those magical days. D&D was so special back then. It seemed larger than life. Now? ot so much. I dunno if it was because I was 8 or because it was so new or maybe because it was so frowned upon by society. Maybe it was little from each column. But I still remember my first quests and the sense of nostalgia is almost burning.

-=Grim=-

Idinsinuation · September 16, 2008, 02:50:12 PM

Quote from: Seanchai;248381There's one you don't see everyday...

Seanchai

Yeah, I'm one of those oddball cases that didn't start in dungeons, although DnD was the game that really hooked me on roleplaying.

flyingmice · September 16, 2008, 03:18:27 PM

Quote from: James J Skach;248392I don't know how much of an 'adult' you were, clash but you are correct in my case in that I was somewhere between 11 and 13. I am old enough now that my memory is hazy as to when I first got the box...

I was 21. That means adult in the legal sense... Mentally, I'm still scraping at the ceiling of 6.

-clash

S'mon · September 16, 2008, 04:01:26 PM

Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, 1983 I think (I was 10), followed by the Fighting Fantasy RPG, homebrew free kriegspiel (we made stuff up), homebrew simple system that it turned out closely resembled Warhammer Battle 2e, and 1e AD&D. From Fighting Fantasy to running AD&D took about 18 months I think.

Gunslinger · September 16, 2008, 04:31:28 PM

I was introduced to RPGs with 1st ed. AD&D in about 1983. I probably have more nostalgia for Red Box and Star Frontiers though. Those were the two games my brother and I learned how to run games in all of their grade school glory. I laugh more at what we did than the actual systems. We played AD&D more than any other game and I think for many of us, really set our expectations to how games should be.

droog · September 17, 2008, 12:21:33 AM

Quote from: David R;248312I keep forgetting the Colonel and you (droog) are old timers - dice or chits ?

Yes, but I only used the chits for one day before I went to the shop and bought dice. They were jolly good Gamescience ones and a couple are still around, with ever so slightly worn corners.

himsati · September 17, 2008, 11:04:52 AM

Though I started out with D&D (boxed sets) when I was but a wee tyke, it was in college that I really got into it as a full hobby and form of recreation outside of the grade school cafeteria at lunch. I went to what used to be the location of a comic store in the town where I settled in for college, and it had become a gaming store. Got to know the owners, one of their friends introduced me to one of the earlier editions of Champions and I was hooked and began expanding from there.

Drew · September 17, 2008, 11:24:44 AM

Moldvay D&D, circa 1981. I was nine, going on ten, and it changed my life forever.

Funnily enough I've been browsing the Moldvay B/X rules again recently. It's still a superb, atmospheric game, and I plan on running a houseruled version whilst waiting for my 4E players to become available.

Joey2k · September 17, 2008, 01:03:14 PM

I guess I would say I started when I graduated from Choose Your Own Adventure books to Lone Wolf gamebooks and found out what it was like to create a character.

First real rpg was WEGs Star Wars (D6 is still my favorite system). My parents were on the "D&D is SATAN!!!" train so I didn't get to start there (although I did manage to sneak a copy of Mentzer Basic in some years later and hide it under the bed).

Roman · September 17, 2008, 03:04:32 PM

Star Frontiers, followed soon after by red box Dungeons & Dragons and Gamma World 2e.

Idinsinuation · September 17, 2008, 03:49:07 PM

I guess if we're getting that technical than Choose Your Own Adventure type books were my first as well.

Quote from: Technomancer;248637First real rpg was WEGs Star Wars (D6 is still my favorite system). My parents were on the "D&D is SATAN!!!" train so I didn't get to start there (although I did manage to sneak a copy of Mentzer Basic in some years later and hide it under the bed).

My friend Brad has parents like that. I was over for dinner one night after school, when one of my Magic: The Gathering cards slipped out of my backpack. It was a mountain land card of all things. His mom freaked out like the crazy christian lady from trading spouses. Turns out years later she's not just religious, she's severly bi-polar among other things. She does make a damn fine pot roast though, if you like dinner and a freakshow.