Hello, sorry if this isn't the right place for this.. but I have been curious.. My story is that i'm almost 40, while I have always known about D&D, its never penetrated to this degree because when i was younger, I wasn't into this sort of stuff.. I mean, I would read fantasy novels as a teen, I was more into sports, playing sports and I didn't have many friends that would be into something like this and then time just goes on and you move on to new things. Only times i would see it mentioned were through tv shows or movies, and that didn't capture my attention... then as I've gotten more into tabletop games, sports, wrestling, I've been looking for something to help with my storytelling/RP juices.. but solo stuff, and really, I just stumbled onto the game when a friend online mentioned running a game. I was curious and last week or so, I looked it up and now im playing PBP games and trying to learn what I can to find groups to play with. I could see myself looking to DM in the future.
Suffice to say, I love it. What are your stories about getting into the game?
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty. Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers; Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas. Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
I moved to Idaho for three years to help a brother that just moved there. I couldn't find a Pathfinder group in my area, but found an open spot for D&D in a Rexburg game store. Been playing since then.
I was playing chess at the local chess club back around 1978 when one of the chess players mentioned some of the events concerning his AD&D characters. So, on a subsequent Saturday afternoon, I went over to where he played AD&D and I asked if I could sit on a session. Eventually, I bought the AD&D Player's handbook, then later the D&D edition 2.0 PHB, then the PHB for edition 3.0 and 3.5, then the PHB for 4.0, now 5.0 and 5.5, along with all the other source books. At the same time, I have served as a chess tournament director (certified by the U.S. Chess Federation). So, if you want to know how I came to D&D, it all began with chess, the Ruy Lopez and programming in Fortran and COBOL.
Late 80's i learned about D&D from watching my friends older brother play with his pals. Then he introduced us to the game with the Basic D&D Red Box and ever since then it became one of my passion for over 40+ years playing all its iterations.
BECMI Red Box, my mom bought it for me, I played with my friends, mostly in our board game and D&D class in middle school (yes, we had a class devoted to board games and D&D, the good old days) and continued on to AD&D and AD&D 2e before abandoning it when 3e came out (I wanted to play D&D, not some super hero game) and when I saw 4e I wrote off D&D for good. Until after 5e came out and a coworker had just bought the PHB during her break. I was flipping through it and noticed it looked a lot like 2e and within a week I had bought all three books. I still prefer some of the 2e parts (the monster manual in 2e was a ton better than 5e has ever been, and the "Complete * Handbook" books were perfection) but 5e so far has been a nice set of rules.
Barnes & Nobel, circa 1992. The 2e monster manual had the coolest art.
And the best monster info. I really wish WotC would hire writers so we could get some actual ecology info on each monster like 2e had. It's like WotC has to pay per word or something. And a full page (or more) for each monster in 2e was S Tier D&D IMO.
Hello, sorry if this isn't the right place for this.. but I have been curious.. My story is that i'm almost 40, while I have always known about D&D, its never penetrated to this degree because when i was younger, I wasn't into this sort of stuff.. I mean, I would read fantasy novels as a teen, I was more into sports, playing sports and I didn't have many friends that would be into something like this and then time just goes on and you move on to new things. Only times i would see it mentioned were through tv shows or movies, and that didn't capture my attention... then as I've gotten more into tabletop games, sports, wrestling, I've been looking for something to help with my storytelling/RP juices.. but solo stuff, and really, I just stumbled onto the game when a friend online mentioned running a game. I was curious and last week or so, I looked it up and now im playing PBP games and trying to learn what I can to find groups to play with. I could see myself looking to DM in the future.
Suffice to say, I love it. What are your stories about getting into the game?
Alright well, there is multiple answers for me.
In High School in the 80s I joined the Chess Club, and during Lunch one of the members tried their hand at DMing us. I don't really count this, as it wasn't a real game.
The next time was the late 90s in Orange County California, I wanted to get into D&D, so I went to a Comic Book Store DarkStar, I was handed a character sheet by the DM I did the dumb newb thing and cast fireball into the Combat inside a closed space. o.0
So I left that day, and never came back to Darkstar.
A couple years later my insane former coworker convinced me to play his AD&D game This was 2001ish I played a Psionicist, died badly do to him following a kill the player instadeath module from 1st edition. The next year I got into a long lasting campaign My Elvin Thief killed the Big Bad, it was a great game.
First game, and first hearing about D&D are two very different things. I first learned about D&D from the Church I went to in 1980, as they proceeded to tell me it was of the Devil and Satanic.
I always knew about D&D, but never had any friends that played (though I managed to play one session back in the early 90's, but I had no clue what was going on). I was always interested, but just never got into it. After watching Stranger Things, I searched for D&D on YouTube and found Critical Role. I was fascinated. The Essentials Kit soon dropped, and I bought it as my intro to D&D. I've been DM'ing ever since (and occasionally playing).
Ah, yes, The 'Complete' series of supplemental player option books. I would carry a rather large soft-sided bag in those days with every one of the 'Complete' books along with my PHB, my dice bag and my character sheets. My dice bag at that was the carrying case for a dysfunctional Texas Instruments calculator.
I currently use a moderately large pencil case as my dice bag. I also carry some reading glasses and a machinist's scale in that case as well.
Hello, sorry if this isn't the right place for this.. but I have been curious.. My story is that i'm almost 40, while I have always known about D&D, its never penetrated to this degree because when i was younger, I wasn't into this sort of stuff.. I mean, I would read fantasy novels as a teen, I was more into sports, playing sports and I didn't have many friends that would be into something like this and then time just goes on and you move on to new things. Only times i would see it mentioned were through tv shows or movies, and that didn't capture my attention... then as I've gotten more into tabletop games, sports, wrestling, I've been looking for something to help with my storytelling/RP juices.. but solo stuff, and really, I just stumbled onto the game when a friend online mentioned running a game. I was curious and last week or so, I looked it up and now im playing PBP games and trying to learn what I can to find groups to play with. I could see myself looking to DM in the future.
Suffice to say, I love it. What are your stories about getting into the game?
Alright well, there is multiple answers for me.
In High School in the 80s I joined the Chess Club, and during Lunch one of the members tried their hand at DMing us. I don't really count this, as it wasn't a real game.
The next time was the late 90s in Orange County California, I wanted to get into D&D, so I went to a Comic Book Store DarkStar, I was handed a character sheet by the DM I did the dumb newb thing and cast fireball into the Combat inside a closed space. o.0
So I left that day, and never came back to Darkstar.
A couple years later my insane former coworker convinced me to play his AD&D game This was 2001ish I played a Psionicist, died badly do to him following a kill the player instadeath module from 1st edition. The next year I got into a long lasting campaign My Elvin Thief killed the Big Bad, it was a great game.
First game, and first hearing about D&D are two very different things. I first learned about D&D from the Church I went to in 1980, as they proceeded to tell me it was of the Devil and Satanic.
My first game is described above.
My gaming group also had a person who had a character named Fire & Ice who tended to be somewhat imprecise as to where he plopped a fireball. We also once had another character named Ryetlos who would drop a fireball into a small room that was infested with stirges. At least three or four towns in our fantasy world have permanently banned both Fire & Ice and Ryetlos from entering within the town walls.
For me, it all started thanks to one of my best friends. Back in the '90s, he introduced us to Stormbringer. Roleplaying captured my heart from the very first moment. Wanting to DM and craft my own adventures and world, I ordered some TTRPG books from a small bookstore. I didn't give any specific title, but they managed to bring TLotR, and then AD&D 2e (lucky me, since my town isn't very big). Over the next few years, I also picked up some settings: Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Dark Sun.
In the 2000s, we played D&D 3e for several years. For some reason, I couldn't play D&D 4e, but I returned to my beloved D&D with the 2014 rules. Now we're moving to the 2024 edition, mainly for the core rules and some spells, though not yet the new or updated classes, feats, or species.
Hello, sorry if this isn't the right place for this.. but I have been curious.. My story is that i'm almost 40, while I have always known about D&D, its never penetrated to this degree because when i was younger, I wasn't into this sort of stuff.. I mean, I would read fantasy novels as a teen, I was more into sports, playing sports and I didn't have many friends that would be into something like this and then time just goes on and you move on to new things. Only times i would see it mentioned were through tv shows or movies, and that didn't capture my attention... then as I've gotten more into tabletop games, sports, wrestling, I've been looking for something to help with my storytelling/RP juices.. but solo stuff, and really, I just stumbled onto the game when a friend online mentioned running a game. I was curious and last week or so, I looked it up and now im playing PBP games and trying to learn what I can to find groups to play with. I could see myself looking to DM in the future.
Suffice to say, I love it. What are your stories about getting into the game?
Here is a recent thread on the topic that may be of interest to you OP:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/211793-where-did-you-find-out-about-dnd#c10
Thank you Allurian219,
I was goin g to link the same post :)
Breathe, dragons; sing of the First World, forged out of chaos and painted with beauty.
Sing of Bahamut, the Platinum, molding the shape of the mountains and rivers;
Sing too of Chromatic Tiamat, painting all over the infinite canvas.
Partnered, they woke in the darkness; partnered, they labored in acts of creation.
I moved to Idaho for three years to help a brother that just moved there. I couldn't find a Pathfinder group in my area, but found an open spot for D&D in a Rexburg game store. Been playing since then.
I was playing chess at the local chess club back around 1978 when one of the chess players mentioned some of the events concerning his AD&D characters. So, on a subsequent Saturday afternoon, I went over to where he played AD&D and I asked if I could sit on a session. Eventually, I bought the AD&D Player's handbook, then later the D&D edition 2.0 PHB, then the PHB for edition 3.0 and 3.5, then the PHB for 4.0, now 5.0 and 5.5, along with all the other source books. At the same time, I have served as a chess tournament director (certified by the U.S. Chess Federation). So, if you want to know how I came to D&D, it all began with chess, the Ruy Lopez and programming in Fortran and COBOL.
Barnes & Nobel, circa 1992. The 2e monster manual had the coolest art.
Late 80's i learned about D&D from watching my friends older brother play with his pals. Then he introduced us to the game with the Basic D&D Red Box and ever since then it became one of my passion for over 40+ years playing all its iterations.
BECMI Red Box, my mom bought it for me, I played with my friends, mostly in our board game and D&D class in middle school (yes, we had a class devoted to board games and D&D, the good old days) and continued on to AD&D and AD&D 2e before abandoning it when 3e came out (I wanted to play D&D, not some super hero game) and when I saw 4e I wrote off D&D for good. Until after 5e came out and a coworker had just bought the PHB during her break. I was flipping through it and noticed it looked a lot like 2e and within a week I had bought all three books. I still prefer some of the 2e parts (the monster manual in 2e was a ton better than 5e has ever been, and the "Complete * Handbook" books were perfection) but 5e so far has been a nice set of rules.
And the best monster info. I really wish WotC would hire writers so we could get some actual ecology info on each monster like 2e had. It's like WotC has to pay per word or something. And a full page (or more) for each monster in 2e was S Tier D&D IMO.
Alright well, there is multiple answers for me.
In High School in the 80s I joined the Chess Club, and during Lunch one of the members tried their hand at DMing us. I don't really count this, as it wasn't a real game.
The next time was the late 90s in Orange County California, I wanted to get into D&D, so I went to a Comic Book Store DarkStar, I was handed a character sheet by the DM I did the dumb newb thing and cast fireball into the Combat inside a closed space. o.0
So I left that day, and never came back to Darkstar.
A couple years later my insane former coworker convinced me to play his AD&D game This was 2001ish I played a Psionicist, died badly do to him following a kill the player instadeath module from 1st edition. The next year I got into a long lasting campaign My Elvin Thief killed the Big Bad, it was a great game.
First game, and first hearing about D&D are two very different things. I first learned about D&D from the Church I went to in 1980, as they proceeded to tell me it was of the Devil and Satanic.
My first game is described above.
I always knew about D&D, but never had any friends that played (though I managed to play one session back in the early 90's, but I had no clue what was going on). I was always interested, but just never got into it. After watching Stranger Things, I searched for D&D on YouTube and found Critical Role. I was fascinated. The Essentials Kit soon dropped, and I bought it as my intro to D&D. I've been DM'ing ever since (and occasionally playing).
Ah, yes, The 'Complete' series of supplemental player option books. I would carry a rather large soft-sided bag in those days with every one of the 'Complete' books along with my PHB, my dice bag and my character sheets. My dice bag at that was the carrying case for a dysfunctional Texas Instruments calculator.
I currently use a moderately large pencil case as my dice bag. I also carry some reading glasses and a machinist's scale in that case as well.
Most of these items can be found at Amazon.
My gaming group also had a person who had a character named Fire & Ice who tended to be somewhat imprecise as to where he plopped a fireball. We also once had another character named Ryetlos who would drop a fireball into a small room that was infested with stirges. At least three or four towns in our fantasy world have permanently banned both Fire & Ice and Ryetlos from entering within the town walls.
For me, it all started thanks to one of my best friends. Back in the '90s, he introduced us to Stormbringer. Roleplaying captured my heart from the very first moment. Wanting to DM and craft my own adventures and world, I ordered some TTRPG books from a small bookstore. I didn't give any specific title, but they managed to bring TLotR, and then AD&D 2e (lucky me, since my town isn't very big). Over the next few years, I also picked up some settings: Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Dark Sun.
In the 2000s, we played D&D 3e for several years. For some reason, I couldn't play D&D 4e, but I returned to my beloved D&D with the 2014 rules. Now we're moving to the 2024 edition, mainly for the core rules and some spells, though not yet the new or updated classes, feats, or species.