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From: Dane Jensen <danejens@********.com>
Subject: Re: School Enquete
Date: Fri, 03 May 1996 22:43:48 -0800
Bert Van de Merckt wrote:

> 1. What's your name and age?
Dane Jensen, 13
> 2. How old were you when you first heard of rpg's?
about 8 or 7 (it depends on the paper and pencil or the computer games)
> 3. What was your first impression?
Awsome, only a real problem when it came to finding a group to play
with.

> 4. How long have you been playing?
About 5 years.

> 5. Who or what encouraged you to start playing?
My brother mostly

> 6. How much time do you spend playing/dm'ing? What priorities does it
> have in your life?
As to hours, I couldn't even begin to guess. It comes right after
homework, chores, and dating.
> 7. What interests you the most? Playing or DM'ing?
The feeling of satisfaction when the players say It was a truley
exciting game I DM'd.

> 8. What does the rest of your family think of rpg's? Do they consider
> it a waste of time?
They don't even know word one about rpg's except my brother.

> 9. If you look back at your first impression of rpg's, do you still
> think the same?
Yeah, pretty much.

> 10. Have you ever taught the game to somebody? How did you know he was
> interested?
I've spread the game to about 8 other people in my school, I know they
like it when they want to play during lunch or after school.

> 11. What do you think of the accessories, books, ... available right
> now: enough or not? good or not?
They are okay, but I wish there were less, I end up spending too much
money on them.

> 12. What is your idea of the ideal session?
A session where they players love playing, and I love DM'ing, and there
is no homework to worry about.

> 13. What's your opinion about live roleplaying?
It was my first intoduction to RPGs, I still like it (even though people
think we are weird doing it at school.)
> 14. How long do you intend to play rpg's?
Rest of my life probably.
--
Dane Jensen
Student/Multimeida Producer (school work, games, etc)
PGP Key on request

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