A post I wrote for Legends of Tabletop a few years back…
It was a cold, late afternoon day in the Autumn of 1983 as I sat in the back of my parents white 1980 Chevy Malibu attempting to contain my rising excitement as my mother and brother and I left the Moorestown BEST catalog showroom store parking lot and headed for home.
On my lap sat the Dungeons & Dragons Red Box Basic Set with cover art by the amazing Larry Elmore!
I was about to delve into the wonderful world of magic, monsters, and graph paper mapping.
