She was also beautiful and was on the "Pom" team (not cheerleading, she gets mad when you say she was a cheerleader, she was on "Pom"... still not sure what the difference is.) -point is, she was a high school anomaly, a sic-fi/fantasy girl that was also pretty.
As her "friend", she wanted me to know "Elf Quest" too and I would go over to her house and read the series with her a couple nights a week.
I definitely had visions beyond reading elf quest :) ... they didn't materialize. What DID materialize was a great friendship and a love for the genre of fantasy and science fiction. After that, I read the Hobbit/LOR series... several times.
So, my love for the genre started with my love for a cheerleader... I mean "POM" girl. -I remain good friends with her to this date, in fact in a couple of months I'm playing guitar in her wedding.... it's the least I can do for introducing me to a world of fiction I might have missed out on.
I'm not a very systematic reader when it comes to those genres. However, I do find myself enjoying a lot of Sc-Fi/Fantasy that I am recommended. It's ridiculous, I haven't even read Dune yet. I know I will, -I'm kind of saving that one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayfarers_(role-playing_game)
I like classless systems, like Shadowrun. More customization allowed.
We're using the 3.5 rules. We've been playing for about a year now, but with very few sessions. Sadly, everyone's busy.
Once I've got the revised PDF done, I'll shoot you a copy. Probably within the next two weeks. It's much better than our original print, IMO.
This is so right. There's fun to be had in pen-and-pencil character creation, but, for D&D at least, it comes to a point where there's just too much stuff too keep track off.
But, alas, I'm not a good reader: I started LotR three times now, haven't been able to get past the Prancing Pony part.