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Thanks for sharing your personal D&D origin story & journal entries from childhood, Matt! Your mom was obviously one of the coolest ever.

Oh, and btw, you've now ruined me - I'll be listening to "Gollum's Christmas" every single holiday season from now on!

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Yes, she was always supportive for what I was into. The satanic panic was never an issue in our house even though I was obsessed with D&D and heavy metal. She would learn about these hobbies herself and trusted me to make good judgments. I'm very thankful!

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Did you get dice in the box or cardboard chits with a bag? I got the chits! They couldn't ship dice with all the boxes at first.

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I got the dice! I had heard about the chit situation later on and was retroactively thankful mine had the dice.

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PS no RPG content but check this out

https://friendsofcesarromero.bandcamp.com/album/and-in-black-and-white

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Wow - I love Cheap Trick, and those are some excellent covers! I went down the rabbit hole of listening to other FOCR songs - strong songwriting and performances with attitude. Thanks for sharing!

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and it's mostly just a one-man band, J Waylon. I did see his band Reddmen one time, they were great.

https://thereddmen.bandcamp.com/

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Very cool!!

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I still have my copy of the basic rules somewhere, from 1980.

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This was awesome, Matt. As one of the stewards of the Mortified franchise, it is my obligation to ask for more of your sixth grade journals!

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That's the version of D&D I started with too, wild to see it again! Merry Xmas!

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Merry Xmas!

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