But, I can't be arsed to write 31 individual blog posts. You get them in several mass ramblings!
#1 First RPG Played
First solo play was Moldvay D&D Basic Set around 11-12 years old. Freakin captured my imagination. Really has dominated my life for next 30 years. RPGs have been and continue to be my #1 creative outlet. I've spent more of my time, money, and life on them than just about anything else. I think the main draw (and I'm primarily a DM) for me is the creation and control of "worlds and characters". It's not as hard as writing a novel, or as expensive/complex as producing a movie or requiring talent needed to paint but has creative aspects of all of those. It can be as private as staying up all night in your basement keying the dungeon map you drew, or as social as playing games with strangers at the FLGS. It can be done with nothing more than pencils and paper (or even just rocks and sticks). Or with ridiculously large amount of "bits".
I think the first game I played with other people was AD&D in high school.
#2 First RPG Refereed
Rolemaster in college. Finally got 3 people interested in something other than D&D. It lasted 2 sessions. While I may still not be a good Ref, I was much, much worse then.#3 First RPG Purchased
The Little Brown Books in a White Box from forgotten hobby shop in Falls Church, VA.Tagging along with dad when he'd get model railroad stuff. Around this time I also spent my allowance on a subscription to Dragon Magazine, this was issues 80's or 70's . That was freaking awesome. Every month a brown paper wrapped parcel of RPG stuff.#4 Most recent RPG purchase
Currently contributed to several (too many) Kickstarters that have yet to fund / deliver. Arguably these are purchases from the future.
DCC Purple PlanetNecromancer Games
5ed Monsters and Stuff
Metamorphosis Alpha (next year's winner for #5 Most Old School RPG owned)
CSIO maps baby!
Dwarvenite Caves and Caverns
Blue Dungeon Tiles
Bones II
Di I mention up in #1 about spending too much money on games...
Most recent from the FLGS (wave Mage's Sanctum) RPG (I buy regular games too much too) purchase was FATE Core.
Most recent EBay win: Bunch of Ravenloft Guides to ....
#5 Most Old School RPG owned
I prefer old school, so most my games are old school. Empire of the Petal Throne wins. For being actually old, old school in play, and not retro-cloned (to my knowledge). Although, Jeff Dee and friends are working on something like that.
Honorable mention goes to The Traveller Book. The only RPG I'm aware of in which your character can die during creation.
#6 Favorite RPG Never get to play
Ars Magica I never have played and can't be sure it's my favorite. I really, really want to find out though.
Definitely my favorite never get to play RPG is Rolemaster / MERP / HARP and derivatives.
#7 Most "intellectual" RPG owned
I've thrown away any of those I've accidentally acquired.
#8 Favorite character
I don't really keep characters for long or recycle them. As a player I tend to get the DMing itch and leave campaigns before too long. I like this guy, an NPC Pilger, Dwarven Priest of Horm
#9 Favorite Die / Dice Set
d30 OF COURSE. Btw I picked up New Big Dragon Games d30 Companions at this years North Texas RPG Con and recommend them highly.
#10 Favorite tie-in Novel / Game Fiction
I friggin hate companies (i.e. White Wolf) and products (i.e. everything White Wolf has published) that combine 1/2 bad fiction with 1/2 bad RPG supplement. That being said a couple book -> games I've not hated are Jack Vance's / Dying Earth RPG and Robert Jordan / Wheel of Time RPG.
P.s. Dragonlance RPG stuff blows.
#11 Weirdest RPG owned
I have hundreds... and what's weird? If I had that diceless RPG Amber? I'd definitely call it weird. If I didn't dislike indie scenester games with all their cleverness and intellectualism, some of them are definitely weird.
Macho Women with Machine Guns is nominally "weird" for those unfamiliar with the films of Russ Meyer.
Fudge / Fate has weird (relative to polyhedrals) dice.
Some of the Fantasy Games Unlimited RPGs have weirdly impenetrable rules.
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