Most of my nerd-friends are surprised that I, too, have never role-played. Even now I can't manage to muster any interest in a game that wants you to collect XP to level-up. While there were plenty of SF RPGs that might've interested me, I never came across any when it might've mattered, and the one geek-niche I care as little about as RPGs is Fantasy games. Dragons and Wizards? Meh.