Some explain it to me like I'm five.

[panicked]

D&D/other similar games. I see everyone talking about them on here and I'm curious. I think they sound like they could be fun, but I'm anti-social, so I wouldn't feel comfortable going and joining a real group somewhere.

[darkling_glory]

I will write more in a bit. Posting so I don't forget.

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D&D (dungeons & dragons) is a type of RPG (Role-playing Game) that is a PNP (pencil and paper). Love the acroynms!

In D&D and other RPGs you create a character that is the led on an adventure by the DM or GM (Dungeon Master or Game Master, respectively). The DM is a storyteller who provides a world for your characters to play in. You react (as your character) to the story your DM is building – this might include quests through forests or dungeons and plots to overthrow the king.

The adventuring party is usually 4-6 players and a DM. The characters in D&D are based on archetypes throughout fantasy literature – rangers, druids, wizards, and fighters. You can be human or you can be an elf or a dwarf. As your character advances through the world he earns experience and then “levels up” learning cool new tricks or skills.

As to the social aspect of D&D you will find that it’s a very fun game when you have a group of people who are all on the same page in terms of what they’re looking for in a game. You don’t have to be super-outgoing to play D&D. You just need to have a desire to learn the rules and have fun. I think D&D tends to attract shy people because it gives you a chance to be something else. You might be shy, but your character could be a sword-wielding lothario or a fast-talking thief!

The role-playing aspect of the game can be as important as you make it. I’ve always been a part of RP heavy groups. That means we like to try to get into the heads of our characters, make-up elaborate backgrounds and try to stay within a consistent characterization as we role play. But there are other types of groups – hack and slash groups – that are more focused on combat and miniatures. You just have to find your stride. The DM does a lot towards determining what type of game he wants to run.

If you have a local game store, you can visit it to see if anyone is looking to form a group. You can also try meetup.com to see if anyone near you plays. I’ve met most of my gaming group through things like school and work. But local game conventions are another way to try out a game before committing to a group. If you have a game convention near you, you can go and try out a game of D&D!

[darkling_glory]

Oct 9, 2013 18:26:07 GMT -5 sxia said:

This is kind of a random comment. I just recall my mother making me promise to "not ever play D&D" because she didn't "want me to be one of those kids who gets reality and the game mixed up and end up getting shot." This was when I was in college.

I have never played D&D, but have done LARPS and other RPGs. But still never D&D.

Tom Hanks! Monsters and Mazes!

No, Blackleaf! Noooooo!

www.theescapist.com/darkdungeons.htm

[starfish]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vChEPj0dXXk

This is really how our games normally go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcNJjXlsbe0

So true too!