Wednesday, February 29, 2012
My secret obsession....
Hi, my name is ______ and I have an addiction to...RPGs, and I don't mean like Fallout or Final Fantasy, I mean good ole nerdy RPGs where we literally sit in a basement, roll out a mat, get our figurines, and spend all day rolling d20s. It's true I am sad (but just ever so slightly) to admit. But let me explain how this started. So my friends and Danny's friends have always played D&D and I always thought it was awful and boring and just didn't understand how they could spend so much time and waste their day (usually a good 8 hrs of it anyway) on playing one game that didn't have a board, cards, or a tv attached to it. Well last year as our old friends graduated and moved away we gained a new group of friends, who oddly enough enjoyed all the nerdy games that Danny had played. Of course there was instant bonding and ever since then they are people I consider to be very best friends. As things are always changing (see previous post for more info) part of our little group got married and sadly enough moved away. While we are very happy for the new life changes they are encountering, we of course miss the hell out of them and had to find a new routine. You see these weren't ordinary hang out every once in a while friends, these were every weekend and sometimes all weekend hanging out with friends, so Danny and I found we had a lot so free time after their move. But as our group got smaller, we also got to hang out with more friends from our other good friends and they all played D&D. We were asked to play in a campaign and I figured what the heck, I had a good time playing at my friend's bachelor party so why not give it a try on a full scale campaign. Danny helped me with my character and our friend the DM (Dungeon Master for those who don't play) helped to make my character a bit more interesting than just a stock person. Armed and ready for my first campaign I ever so nervously started playing. The first session was just like the first time having sex...awkward yet exciting. I had no idea what I was doing and am surprised no one killed me then so that they didn't have answer all my questions. But everyone soldiered on and I survived that time. We play every other week and after the first time I couldn't wait to play again and see what would happen with all our characters and mostly try to figure out if I could survive and hold my own against the guys. So to fast track all this, because I'm sure all you anon readers are bored or have gone to the next blog, we have been playing for several weeks and Danny and I even joined another group to play an Aliens themed campaign. That's right, every weekend we now have a RPG in which to partake, but I still find a void. I joke with Danny about this, but I am dead serious in reality...I am ready to quit my job and play every day. If someone would pay me to I would, heck if it's a fetish that someone has I would gladly hook up a webcam and for $9.99 a min you too can watch me play my tiefling rogue ;). But anyway I know the first step is admission, so there it is....Hi, my name is Nicole and I'm a D&D addict.
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