I find it unusual that I have never discussed my all-time favorite pastime, playing D&D, in a meaningful way on this blog. I’ve been posting for over three years now, and I find it surprising that I’ve never talked about it.

On my birthday we were at the local gaming shop picking up some books. I mentioned to the manager that I had not been in a game for a long while, and that I was looking to find a gaming group in the shop. He mentioned a meet-and-greet that was going to take place there in a few weeks, as well as his own campaign that he runs with his friends. They play in the town we live in, a short five-minute drive away from the house. He invited us to join, and we took him up on his offer.

After an almost two-year long hiatus from the game, Nad and I attended a character-building session; the first session of any D&D game is rolling dice and building your character. I tend to wait until everyone else chooses their character before I make my own, so that I can fill in any gaps. The D&D system is based around the four-person group: a fighter to lay the smackdown, a rogue to disarm the trap, a cleric to heal the wounded, and a wizard to blow the crap out of anything the fighter didn’t kill.

There are many different ways to play this game; our Dungeon Master (DM) has gone with the hack-and-slash Monty Haul style campaign, which means it is light on the role-playing but heavy on monster-slaying and treasure. I’ll post write-ups of the sessions as they come along.