In article <46332E5B.7D3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, vggarciaxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>In my case, it started when Bak****'s LOTR came out. I'd never read the
>actual books because they were so large (and I loathed the idea of
>fantasy, being a hard core sci-fi nut), but I wanted to know what the
>story was about. So I went and saw the cartoon, and was blown away by
>the story. I couldn't stop talking about it, and then a friend who was
>into the trilogy said he and a group played a game like LOTR called D&D.
>
>"You mean there's a game like LORD OF THE RINGS?!" I gasped.
>
>Then, so far as I know, I became the first person to create fantasy
>characters named Raven and Nightshadow (very common names since that
>time in books and games), and the rest is history.
>
>Gosh those were great days!
Indeed they were, Ken!
A friend and I started after he got the original blue/purple boxed set
as a gift.
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It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
for them, it's failing.
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