The other day I was going through my gaming collection to see what I wanted to keep or sell. If there is a game that I have that I know I won’t play I usually sell it to make room for other games. Close to the bottom of my stack was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness by Palladium.
This was the first tabletop role playing game I played. A friend of mine showed me this game and asked if I wanted to play. Of course I wanted to play! I made up a mutant wolverine. The picture in the book sold me right away. I played that for a year before my friend moved. To keep playing I went and bought my own copy. I had no clue what I was doing but the games were fun.
I eventually sold all my gaming stuff to buy any video games I could. I didn’t do any tabletop gaming for a few years. Playing just video games wasn’t doing it for me so I kicked around the idea of playing tabletop again. After a trip to the gaming store I owned TMNT for a second time. The second time around didn’t last long at all. I just didn’t have time to play as my life got busier. I needed money and to free up space so I sold it again.
A few years ago I found gaming podcast. It made me miss all the fun I had in the past. The more I listened to other stories the more I wanted to play again. After a few minutes on ebay I saw TMNT for sell. I didn’t even think about it and clicked the buy it now button. That makes three copies of this game I owned.
This time I am not getting rid of it. It will sit on my shelf for me to look at even if I won’t get to play it. When I do look at it though, it brings back some good memories. Why can’t I quit you TMNT?
