Today I am thankful for paper-based Role Playing Games. I first played an RPG back in 7th grade. It was AD&D (back before there was a 2nd edition). My first real PC was Martin Ravenwood, a Paladin from the Unearthed Arcana. I ran that character for several years before he retired to a palace on the elemental plane of air. After that came Star Frontiers, AD&D 2e, D&D 3 and 3.5 (haven't gotten to play 4, sigh), TSR's Marvel Super Heroes, GURPS, Deadlands, Call of Cthulhu, ShadowRun....
