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malchidael · 08-04-2018, 07:15 PM

Very early 80's. Probably right around 1980. I had just started to get into the hobby, playing a little D&D and Traveller, as well as games like Star Fleet Battles, and asked for more games for my birthday.

My mother bought me Metagaming's Artifact and Treasure of the Silver Dragon. At the time, she didn't realize that Treasure of the Silver Dragon wasn't a stand-alone game (she didn't read the back, obviously).

She was willing to return it and get me something else, but I took it, skimmed it, and decided that I'd try it using very simple rules that I made up.

After about a week, I ran back to the hobby store and bought Melee and Wizard.

08-04-2018, 07:15 PM	#24
malchidael Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Near Milwaukee, WI	Re: When did you first play TFT? Very early 80's. Probably right around 1980. I had just started to get into the hobby, playing a little D&D and Traveller, as well as games like Star Fleet Battles, and asked for more games for my birthday. My mother bought me Metagaming's Artifact and Treasure of the Silver Dragon. At the time, she didn't realize that Treasure of the Silver Dragon wasn't a stand-alone game (she didn't read the back, obviously). She was willing to return it and get me something else, but I took it, skimmed it, and decided that I'd try it using very simple rules that I made up. After about a week, I ran back to the hobby store and bought Melee and Wizard.