Comments on: Goodbye to a epic level character

By: Rich C

Rich C — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:47:45 +0000

I am also a *real* role-player! I bet you lost everyone completely when you said …’At the moment Iâ€™m a swashbuckling Yorkshire communist in Richâ€™s Pirates of the Caribbean game…’ ‘No you’re not’, says everyone, ‘we know exactly who you are – swashbuckling communist indeed.’ They just don’t understand…

My granny gave me my first Dungeons and Dragons Basic set in 1982 and I still have it, although I have not played any games in a very, very long time. If I remember correctly Gary Gygax’s writing style was the most pompous, over-written, fake-archaic prose there ever was. If I was him I would have been dumbfounded at the legions of social misfits who flocked to his game and made it into a huge, seething mass of cliche. The thing was, I still love the cliche. When you play these games you sit around with your friends retelling your fictional exploits as if you actuallly did them – I think this is maybe what freaks most normal people out – these guys really believe this stuff – what they don’t realise is actually we don’t, we just like to pretend. Childish but fun.

You can’t take it away from him – Gary Gygax was the fore-father of all that and so, for me, is responsible for making my social-misfittery much more survivable. And now I don’t even think I quite so weird as I was then, even if I do still like role-playing.

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By: Arjan

Arjan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:19:51 +0000

Steven Lynch - Dungeons and dragons a song describing the stereotype wonderfully. Never played it myself..I'll stay with table top gaming..that one has a bad enough rep too. Arjan's last blog post..Inquisitorial Icon

By: dan leone

dan leone — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:32:47 +0000

I am such a late-blooming geek, that I totally escaped the D&D crowd while growing up. I am so upset about that since I think I would have been really into it. Do kids nowadays play D&D or is it all online and gaming? dan leone's last blog post..There MUST be a support group for this?

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:30:18 +0000

But did you realize, Dan, that he most recently lived and died in Wisconsin. The infinite glory of our state never ends.

By: Xbox4NappyRash

Xbox4NappyRash — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:45:09 +0000

That name is made up...RIGHT? Xbox4NappyRash's last blog post..La Blitz Du Ovulation!

By: 1stopmom

1stopmom — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:23:56 +0000

Hi, just stopping by to say hello. Nice blog Blog hopping on by...... 1stopmom's last blog post..Party Post

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:44:53 +0000

Yes, we've been mourning the loss in our house all week. Sadly, in real life we can't cast gentle repose until we can get Gary's body back to the nearest large town where a cleric of 9th level or higher can bring him back. *sniff* Tracy's last blog post..Our Tiny Little Foodie

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:30:29 +0000

I clearly remember hearing about D&D from friends and school mates in the 70′s. And then in college during the 80′s as I saw groups of kids in the dorms playing all night.

Even after thirty years, D&D is still a mystery to me because I’ve never played it. Nobody ever invited me into a game.

Now I’m depressed.

By: Karen MEG (Pomtini)

Karen MEG (Pomtini) — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:17:51 +0000

I just read about that. I never played, but when I was in highschool a bunch of my friends used to get together every week; it was a real social event. Bloghoppin' hi! Karen MEG (Pomtini)'s last blog post..Fashion Friday: Junior Miss Edition

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:14:53 +0000

You’re right you know, wordpress does appear to have a thing against pluses. There goes my plans to do a post outlining my new universal mathematical theorem