Story Time, Who introduced you to the hobby?
Today's video is how I was introduced into the hobby..
Alright folks, todayās video is a little differentāitās story time! Iām talking about how I first got into the hobby of tabletop role-playing games, particularly Dungeons & Dragons. Picture it: early to mid-80s, a friend introduces me to this whole new world, and just like that, I was hooked. The dice, the stories, the camaraderieāit all started there. But hereās the thing: this isnāt just about my story. I want to hear yours.
How did you find your way into the hobby? Did a friend rope you in? Maybe your parents handed you the books, or you saw it being played somewhere and thought, āYeah, I need to be part of that.ā Whatever your story, I want to know!
Drop it in the comments. This is all about connecting with you, my fellow hobby enthusiasts, and celebrating the different paths we all took to find this shared passion. So sit back, enjoy the video, and letās talk about the thing we all loveāgaming. Donāt forget to like, comment, and subscribe while youāre at it. Letās keep the dice rolling, folks!
I must have been in 6th or 7th grade when my older neighbor introduce me to TTRPGs, specifically Car Wars and then a few months later Rifts TMNT. I loved Car Wars and would spend hours building out cars and then maps of race tracks or city blocks and looking back it was any easy game to play solo. Growing up I was not exposed to much fantasy, we were a SciFi house that's what my dad had on the shelf and what he watched so when I was able to buy my own games I got into GURPS +Space, Mega Traveller, West End Star Wars. Eventually I got my first D&D game which was the Red Box set and even when I got AD&D books later, I would run those advance characters through that solo module in the red box. I picked up 2nd and third editions books but I can't recall ever playing them, then the cool game shop at the mall closed and I kind of fell out of the hobby. Then I came back shortly before 5e dropped, played it some with my kids an had fun but none of us loved it then I found G+ in it's dying days and the inde / OSR games community. These days I enjoy trying out solo games and solo tools for existing games and reading bout other people's game hacks.
I was in high school when, I don't remember how, I stumbled into a role playing group after school hours. They were laughing, being rowdy, and it appeared that they were having a blast. I must have been caught staring for a second too long, because one of them looked over at me, and said, "You like Star Wars?".
I nodded, and he waved me over, said, "Take a seat, and then began explaining the character sheet and the essence of role playing. I rolled the dice, and used an NPC, and was hooked.
We met again in the Senior's cafeteria the next day, instead of playing, the entire group walked me through building my own character-- an X-Wing pilot with a inkling of Force power, but I was unaware of it as the character.
That game lasted for a couple more weeks before we moved onto another game, a high school simulation game, I wish I could remember the name of it, and I tried playing a female character, my first of many. I was addicted. Even though this other game was cut short because the school year ended, my love for role playing games was etched into stone.
Several years later, after I ended my service with the Air Force, I walked into a corner comic book shop, and found Role Master RMSS. I was now the proud owner of my very first role playing game, but had nobody to game with. Thank goddess for the RoleMaster List Serv! But that's another story for another time.