Man, when I was in junior high, I was big time into Dungeons & Dragons. I had dozens of modules, miniatures, dice galore, and basically every book from The Dungeon Masters Guide to The Monster Manual. Although I don't recall any girls playing it, I don't remember it being a "geeks only" business either. Whatever the case, I lived and breathed D&D for a couple years.
In high school and most of college, I was way too interested in... let's just say less creative endeavors. Gary Gygax and Bugbears were a distant memory.By the end of college, I guess I settled down a bit and rediscovered D&D and got to playing it again pretty regularly. I noticed it had changed a lot - now there was Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Spelljammer, Al-Quadim, a bunch of stuff written by a guy named Ed Greenwood, etc. It was still the same game, except now it was a bit more advanced.
Well, once again I got off the D&D boat after a few years due to the demands from work and family... and haven't been back since. My wife and I just unearthed our box of character sheets, Monstrous Compendium, and the like from the attic. I'd forgotten how much damn fun it was and it really got me wondering about the status of D&D today. Is it still the same game I played 15 years ago?
