I started playing D&D in the early 2000s with the 3rd edition starter set ("The Adventure Begins Here!"). I played an extraordinary amount of D&D with friends who still game with me today, including my first player in elementary school. I discovered the OSR shortly after Basic Fantasy, OSRIC, and Swords & Wizardry were released. We played many old-school D&D systems without knowing anything about the old-school, and so I'm sure we played poorly. But we had fun.
I ran several other game systems, but we always came back to D&D. I stopped playing RPGs shortly after high school, but returned in 2020.
Upon returning to the old-school community, I've discovered incredible blogs like the ones on my blogroll. Thanks to other bloggers, I'm in the prime of my refereeing career. Caltrops for Breakfast is my contribution.
4FCB7861D5106031AB60D675FD4A613AF33AA95DThe Caltrops for Breakfast logo and d4 were created by Laura Kna.