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How old were you when you started playing roleplaying games?

Started by Black Vulmea, May 09, 2014, 04:34:01 PM

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Black Vulmea

May 09, 2014, 04:34:01 PM
Just like it says on the wrapper.
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The Butcher

#1
May 09, 2014, 04:37:56 PM Last Edit: May 09, 2014, 04:41:42 PM by The Butcher
I was 12 years old, when I got the 1991 "black box" Basic D&D. I played through the solo adventure (each segment of the solo adventure taught a chapter of the core rulebook — best introductory product ever!) and in a couple of weeks I was drawing up, stocking and running my first dungeon. Good times.

Warthur

#2
May 09, 2014, 04:41:12 PM
12 exactly, game was run by my uncle for my birthday party.
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#3
May 09, 2014, 04:41:59 PM
8 years old.  My 12 year old brother and his friends drew me in with B/X.  The rest is history.
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Doom

#4
May 09, 2014, 04:44:26 PM
I got the Blue Box in '76, and still remember Dad wondering what I was working so hard on.

Despite not quite being 10, I did pretty well. The only major thing was I read the starting gold as 3d6 x 100, instead of x 10. But hey, so the fighters start with plate mail. ;)
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#5
May 09, 2014, 04:46:07 PM
1972, I am 16 years old.

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#6
May 09, 2014, 04:48:17 PM
Somewhere between 10 and 12, I forget exactly, but probably closer to 10.  Picked up Moldvay at a Walgreen's :D

LibraryLass

#7
May 09, 2014, 04:57:43 PM
I dunno... 8-10 for a few BECMI oneshots at school, 12 when I started playing regularly (Last Unicorn Games Star Trek TNG, and then D&D 3.0.)
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#8
May 09, 2014, 05:11:40 PM
I was 11.

1984 Marvel Superheroes Roleplaying Game Basic Box.

First character I rolled was an Altered Human with Enhanced Senses, Gliding, Claws, Ranged Attack: Stunning, and Air Control

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#9
May 09, 2014, 05:14:37 PM
I got Runequest 2 for my 13th birthday and then I had Basic D&D just before that Xmas (1982).
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#10
May 09, 2014, 05:32:22 PM
12, my sister brings me in as an extra player in her group because someone drops out.
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Opaopajr

#11
May 09, 2014, 05:51:19 PM
Older brother introduced it to me by age 9-10. But then I was already digging through his fantasy & sci-fi book collection by then, so he thought it was better he introduce me than some stranger. Good idea, as what I saw didn't grab me at the time but removed any mystery in it and made related gateway products more attractive.
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Drohem

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May 09, 2014, 05:54:09 PM Last Edit: May 09, 2014, 05:56:10 PM by Drohem
1984 and I was in the 11th grade at Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale, CA.  The game I played was 2e Gamma World.

K Peterson

#13
May 09, 2014, 05:57:39 PM
10 years old. 1981. B/X D&D and Star Frontiers were the starting point.

3rik

#14
May 09, 2014, 06:18:20 PM
Must have been my early twenties, like 21-23. GURPS fantasy ran by a friend of a friend.
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