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I fell in love with fantasy in fifth grade when someone handed me a copy of the Hobbit. I discovered D&D in the ninth grade just before the first edition books came out. I played D&D with a group of friends in their parents basement most Friday evenings all through high school. We first had to convince my mother that it wasn’t evil.

I tried several times to get my sons to play it but it never stuck. We played Magic the Gathering instead and had a lot of fun. It is a step above Pokemon. The kids have moved so I have boxes of cards in storage.

Fast forward a few years, my third son’s best friend’s stepfather played old school D&D. We became friends and had a lot of fun for a couple years. I took a group of adults and teenagers through a dungeon adventure I had written in my late teens. My church leaders told me to stop playing so my wife “educated” them on good versus evil intentions. I moved away and lost contact with the group.

I discovered D&D Online and had fun with that for several years. I also joined a group that played all sorts of RPGs and other games - Wild Wild West, Earthdawn, Game of Thrones, Touch of Evil (board game). It was fun but nothing stuck very long.

D&D is my original RPG and still my favorite.

I moved again and haven’t restarted RPGs. I still have all my books, modules and miniatures.