28 Day Blogging Challenge

Day 28:
What's the single most important thing you've learned from playing D&D?
The value of teamwork.

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Day 27:
If you had to do it all over again, would you do anything different?
I would be more orderly and not jump around from one thing to another. I would run episodic games once a week with campaigns lasting 3-4 months.

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Day 26:
Do you still game with the group that introduced you to the hobby?
No I moved out of town and I have not gamed since 2009. It makes me sad.

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Day 25:
Longest running campaign/gaming group you've been in?
It was from 1999 until 2005.

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Day 24:
First movie that comes to mind that you associate with D&D?
Ladyhawk

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Day 23:
First song that comes to mind that you associate with D&D?
Queen - We are the champions!

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Day 22:
First D&D based novel you ever read?
Redsands (stand alone novel).

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Day 21:
First time you sold some iof you D&D books - for what reason, if ever?
It was a Spelljammer Boxed Set called the The Astromundi Cluster. It just seemed like a waste of my time to even read through it all. It was a poor setting.

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Day 20: 
First non-D&D RPG you played?
TSR's Marvel Superheroes.

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Day 19:
First gamer who just annoyed the hell out of you?
I can't remember his name but he rolled the dice in slow motion. Each roll took at least 1 minute.

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Day 18:
First gaming convention you ever attended?
I never went to a dedicated gaming convention.

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Day 17:
First time you heard D&D was somehow "evil"?
I think it was around 1984 or something. Something about mothers and evil dice.

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Day 16:
Do you remember your first Edition War? Did you win?
It was when 3rd edition came out and I was still running a campaign in 2nd edition. I won and finished the campaign in 2nd edition.

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Day 15:
The first edition of D&D you didn't enjoy. Why?
It was 4th ed D&D. I felt like they changed the whole character of the game.I hated the combat oriented game and all the battle mats and maps. It felt less about imagination and more like a bad vidieo game. Dam the designers may Orcus smite them.

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Day 14:
Did you first meet your significant other while playing D&D? Does he or she still play?
No. And No.

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Day 13:
First miniature(s) you used for D&D?
I used a friend's lead figure of a halfling.

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Day 12:
First place where you bought your gamming supplies. Is it still around?
The store was called MoneyHaven which did sports card, collectibles, comics and rpgs. It was in Panama City Florida. It is long out of business. The people there were not very friendly even to people that spent money like myself. They had a monopoly and knew it.

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Day 11:
First "splatbook" you begged your DM to approve?
I really don't know what a splatbook is but I did beg my DM to run Spelljammer.

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Day 10:
First issue of Dragon, Dungeon or some other gaming magazine you bought?
I think in 1992 I bought a Dungeon Magazine I don't know which one it was. I think I bought some used Dragons Magazine later on.

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Day 9:
First campaign setting (published or home-brew) you played in.
It was a home brew/published hybrid game mixing dungeon crawls, modules, dungeon magazine adventures and a flying ship.

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Day 8: 
First set of polyhedral dice you ever owned. Do you still own them?
A set of solid purple ones with blue bits. Yes, I still own most of them I lost a few though.

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Day 7:
First D&D product you ever bought?
My first product was the 1st edition D&D player handbook (used). Yes, I still own it.

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Day 6:
First character to go from 1st level to the highest level possible in a given edition. (Or what is the highest level character your've ever ran?)
The highest total levels character which naturally earned them was my elven 7th level wizard/5th level thief named Avatar Sumanda Sulaco (former Emir of Mekeet). He was had a gold skeletal assistant and traveled with a sacred bovines. I retired him after a long career of thievery and wizardry. He was the richest character I ever had.

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Day 5:
First dragon your character slew.
We were on a mission for some druids to collect items from ruins to save the world or something like that. A red dragon guarded an item so we got a bucket of lard sprinkled spices on the lard bundled it up and put in a bottle of poison. We offered it up to the dragon as a baby in order to allow us into the ruin. The poison made the dragon sick enough for us to grab the item and flee through the druids portal. The dragon did not make its saves and died.
I think we called the dragon Lard-baby-eater.

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Day 4:
First dungeon you explored as a player-character or ran as a DM?
The first true dungeon that I remember was Tegel Manor. I played a thief named Embrace Nothingness. He eventually did live up to his name and died there.
The first dungeon I ran as a DM was in 1993. It was home-brew dungeon leading to the under dark. It had giant rolly-polly or pill-bugs in it, plenty of drow and a underground freshwater bay.
The dungeon and nearby city are still in by home-brew campaign setting.

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Day 3:
First Character death?
I really can't remember the character. I had a few characters almost die and some in magical suspended animation. I think it was in Tegel Manor.

How did you handle it?
I think I was upset. I can remember the details.

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Day 2:
First Person you introduced to D&D?
Kelly R.

Which Edition?
2nd ed. D&D

Thier first character?
Blue the Blazing a female fire wizard.

Day 1: First person who introduced you to D & D. 
The Baroness in 1991 at her restaurant on a slow Saturday morning. The adventure was about a giant and a magic cauldron. I played a fighter because it was the easiest to learn. My first encounter was on the road at night with hobgoblin bandits. 

Which edition? 
2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons

Your first character?
Sir Nogoodnik a first level 1/2 eleven fighter. I seem to remember playing him as a arrogant and rather confused knight. He survived three games and then he retired with the gold he gained from adventuring. 

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