I
want to play Dungeons and Dragons. Not because I’m curious about the name stay
of geekdom references held throughout the world and not because of some hipstery
desire to embark on a quest full of ironic humor. I want an adventure that I can
have with my friends full of fear, laughter, joy, and loss. I want to pretend
to be a burly warrior with nothing left to lose because it would be awesome,
not goofy. I am a huge nerd, I mean you are on this website reading this
article so chances are you already assumed that. So it may come as a surprise but I have never
had the opportunity to engage in a dice roll for initiation.
With
the release of the fifth edition and the free basic rules player’s handbook I
can finally see my way into understanding and appreciating the game as it was
meant to be. A series of adventures that relish in creative ways of dealing with
problems as opposed to straight up fighting all the time. Also with things like
the McElroy clan releasing an episode of My Brother My Brother and Me that was just
two hours of them playing as well as the all-powerful Nerdist conglomerate releasing
live-streams of them playing I have no doubt me and my dum-dum friends can get
this going too.
I
want to play Dungeons and Dragons, really bad. If you know of people who are
down to fantastically clown please let me know. Now it is time for me to get a
dice set and find some willing participants. Remember always my nerdy
compatriots…
Nerds Do It Better
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