Born in the dinosaur era, I first became interested in D&D with Baldur's Gate when I was but a mere child. I had read quite a few novels from the Dragonlance and the Remembered Realms series--the "Forgotten Realms" don't seem to be quite as forgotten any more--although that was many years ago and I really ought to re-read them, but procrastination always seems to end up winning.
I don't really have much experience with tabletop RPGs other than a few games over the years, which is quite disappointing as I did enjoy those games. Unfortunately, a little thing called a "job" takes up the entire week--quite inconvenient!