What got you started playing rpg games?

[Gullander]

I thought it might be fun to let our players tell how they began to play role playing games that made Forgotten Tales have an attraction to them.

For me it was two fold...one traditional games and two fledgling computer games.

It all started for physical games with Dungeons and Dragons. I was a somewhat inebriated monk named hieronymus who shared flagons of wine with beautiful Danaes who in real life later became my wife! Never know where role playing may lead you! The second was the masterful Heroquest board game with cool miniatures and furnishings and fun dungeon crawling suspense. It was fun crafting my own scenarios. It has been redone and released in 2021, my old copy of the game remains a treasure.

In computer games it all began with my Commodore 64 computer with various dungeon based games such as the Apshai games, my favorite Gateway to Apshai which was cartridge based instead of a disc or gulp a cassette based game loading!. I recall back then in early 80's writing in Commodore basic my own text based adventures with the what/ if set up and my favorite term Boolean loops. And a shout out to Rogue which a friend working on early speech recognition for Bell Labs had a dial up modem at home and I played for hours on his tini monochrome screen . Oh the days of youth!

There was no looking back...role playing games got into my blood!

[Akkilles]

What a fun off topic, love it, I shall gladly answer your question

For me it was a bit different, but I still clearly remember the first time I discovered Forgotten Tales. What really caught my attention was the atmosphere. The forests, the trees, the colors, and the whole environment just pulled me in. It actually reminded me a lot of Warcraft 2, which I used to enjoy.
When I created my first character in Forgotten Tales, I immediately chose an archer. I have always loved that playstyle. There is something special about moving through the world with a bow, keeping distance and striking at the right moment.
I have also always been fascinated by the medieval world. Swords, shields, armor, castles, magic and ancient stories. It feels like it was a harsh time to live in, but also a very real and genuine one where people had to be strong to survive.
I also remember playing storytelling games with friends when I was younger. We had cards with small stories about characters, and we would imagine the world around them. Those moments really sparked my imagination.
When I found Forgotten Tales it felt like many of those interests suddenly came together in one place. The atmosphere, the adventure, the fantasy world. Somehow it captured that same kind of magic.
And well… the rest is history. I’m still here exploring the world.