I’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons since 1983, back when a fellow classmate at the last day of junior high showed me a copy of TSR’s first edition Monster Manual. I’ve been hooked since.
Although I’ve been a Dungeon Master most of the time, I started out as a player. I have fond memories of my first characters, Goldentag (a Ranger/Bounty hunter who shot golden tipped arrows) and a monk named Amsorak. After the high school campaign died out, I tried starting my own campaign, mostly set in Greyhawk, which was pretty inconsistent for years.
In 1987 after the Forgotten Realms "grey box" set came out, some friends and I started a campaign with me as the DM. It was set from 1357 DR to 1367 DR in the campaign timeline. Although that campaign lasted only a few years, it was the campaign’s well-developed characters and rich storylines that have since evolved into what would become our current award-winning campaign, Legacy of the Realms, which continues to evolve with new players to this day.