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@Mad4Minis - Haha, the red box D&D was also my first purchase before 40K came out. I only got it because the 2ed WFB in the local toy shop that I had been saving my pocket money for had finally been sold.

Should have order WFB in rather than take the leap on something else. I never met one person that wanted to play D&D.

Damm I regret buying that even after 24 years!

notprop wrote:@Mad4Minis - Haha, the red box D&D was also my first purchase before 40K came out. I only got it because the 2ed WFB in the local toy shop that I had been saving my pocket money for had finally been sold.

Should have order WFB in rather than take the leap on something else. I never met one person that wanted to play D&D.

Damm I regret buying that even after 24 years!

Must be something about your area...Ive probably played more D&D than any other single game. Even living in several different towns and 2 states. Theres even a game going right now that I could jump in on if I had the time.

I was eight when I got my first minis, and earliest D&D books. I remember that for my 9th birthday, I got a box of Grenadier halflings. I guess 'wargaming' might include the simplistic games we played with those, or picking up the small silver Chainmail book. I've been painting minis on an off for the last 30 years.

I didn't get into really playing until 2004 though.

few days after my 11th birthday

Between 12-14 being shown the Rogue Trader rulebook.

Aged 12-13 and seeing a mates white dwarf. Went into a games store the next week and my dad bought me white dwarf 135, been hooked since then... especially my love of the imperial guard!

At 13, about 1 year before the Chaos Codex came out for 2nd edition... so so long ago...

When I was 11, in 1996
my neighbour , who was 5 years older than me, was a very talented painter. He had painted his entire heroes quest set, was starting squats 40k (he got me into Eldar) and he played Necromunda.

I bought a Van Saar Necromunda set, then his Bretonnians off him when 4th Edition came out and played in a teacher's office in the school with other likeminded players.

It has been a very long ride come to think of it... almost 15 years...

Started doing WW2 planes when I was 4 or 5 but started Warhammer 40k when I was 7 been doing it 5 and a bit years now.

FITZZ wrote: I was a very "late bloomer" as far as Wargaming was concerned,I didn't have a clue what it even was until I was in my late 20's and didn't actually start playing until I was 30.

THIS^

My first war game was a Battletech 3rd 3dition box set, so right around '92. That would have made me 12.

Unless you count BattleMasters, that was a year or so earlier.

I was about 14/15 years old in highschool and started playing/collecting space wolves! that was 15 years ago and i've only had a couple of short breaks throughout for a couple of years, thanks to my bitchy ex girlfriends who didn't like me playing with toys!....


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