ruminations on D&D
As a neophyte D&D gamer, I am saddened to learn from Mikey's post that the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, passed away today.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9885383-1.html
We played just last night (my wikked slaying of a baddie wizard may very well have killed off our dwarf - oppps).
I managed to resist D&D, MUDD, and other time-sucking activities (except for the SCA, I guess) all of my college days.
Not long after I moved to Milwaukee, Abelard & Ysolt asked if Toshikage and I would like to join them in a "beginner game" - Soly's son, Ben, had never played D&D and was interested.
Eh, why not? I thought. That was a year and a half ago, with monthly (sometimes twice a month, at the beginning) gaming sessions. We're now on our second "classic dungeon crawl" module. Whee!
I also enjoyed reading "Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress" (which I found at Borders while roaming the store), a book by a Wizards of the Coast staffer (in marketing) who had always thought that gamers - D&D gamers in particular - still lived with their parents and played in the basement, eating cheetos and dressing like their characters. Convinced to try that which she mocked (and sold!), she discovered, much to her surprise, that D&D is all about Story Telling and that she actually had fun playing.
Even though I only just started gaming, I fully recognize that much of my world includes terminology derived from D&D and people who were (and still are, happily) geeks.
Having purchased two - 2 ! - sets of dice for myself, I now proudly proclaim that I count myself among the geeks of the world. Rock on!
Tonight I'll say a small prayer of thanks for Gary Gygax and the Garys of this world. I'm in luv with one, after all.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9885383-1.html
We played just last night (my wikked slaying of a baddie wizard may very well have killed off our dwarf - oppps).
I managed to resist D&D, MUDD, and other time-sucking activities (except for the SCA, I guess) all of my college days.
Not long after I moved to Milwaukee, Abelard & Ysolt asked if Toshikage and I would like to join them in a "beginner game" - Soly's son, Ben, had never played D&D and was interested.
Eh, why not? I thought. That was a year and a half ago, with monthly (sometimes twice a month, at the beginning) gaming sessions. We're now on our second "classic dungeon crawl" module. Whee!
I also enjoyed reading "Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress" (which I found at Borders while roaming the store), a book by a Wizards of the Coast staffer (in marketing) who had always thought that gamers - D&D gamers in particular - still lived with their parents and played in the basement, eating cheetos and dressing like their characters. Convinced to try that which she mocked (and sold!), she discovered, much to her surprise, that D&D is all about Story Telling and that she actually had fun playing.
Even though I only just started gaming, I fully recognize that much of my world includes terminology derived from D&D and people who were (and still are, happily) geeks.
Having purchased two - 2 ! - sets of dice for myself, I now proudly proclaim that I count myself among the geeks of the world. Rock on!
Tonight I'll say a small prayer of thanks for Gary Gygax and the Garys of this world. I'm in luv with one, after all.