Looking back, I saw that I'd played Dungeons & Dragons consistently for the entirety of the 1990s. These were my younger years, the long years, not the fleeting lightspeed years that jolted to life in my late 20s. The coming of age years, maybe?
I began D&D in 1988 at age 10, and the polyhedral satellite of that game revolved around the sun of my entire adolescence. Now many have experienced the same, through even longer gulfs of time, so that in and of itself isn't all that impressive. And it wasn't all I did either—there were definitely other satellites orbiting. Music for one. Writing for another. A desire to find a girlfriend was there. Faith, a distant asteroid at the edge of the solar system.
I felt split into four persons much of the time. But D&D was there for all of them. That, and roleplaying games seemed to weave all myselves together somehow. Perhaps it wasn't a satellite at all, but gravity.
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"In my childhood rumors ran Of a world beyond our door— Terrors to the life of man That the highroad held in store....."
Reminds me of this Robert Graves poem, Mermaid Dragon Fiend.
Looking forward to joining you on the adventure!