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I'm introspective. I've spent more than a few hours wondering about why I am the me that I am. I wonder what the alternate reality me who didn't try shoplifting a vanilla wafer when he was five turned out like. And is the me who became a rock-star happy? Mostly, though, I wonder about the me in this reality. How did I get here? Where am I going? Are there better uses of my time? A specific topic of pondering I like to indulge is related to my favorite pastime - tabletop rpgs. I got into them the summer between high school and college, but sometimes I think about why. Gaming is fun....

This weekend my 10 year old son Jack DM'd the next session of our 4E Tomb of Horrors adventure.This Courage Academy has been running for ~2 years now--we meet maybe once every three months, generally on Holidays & play short two hour sessions.The goal of this campaign is mostly to develope friendly non competitive gaming skills in the kids.While we are playing, I often feel that I am 'rail roading' the kids--rather then going in the direction the kids are going, I find myself trying to bring the game back, refocus, 'do it right', etc. I welcome all feedback--please send me any advice...

OK two blogs in a week from myself using any recognised form of measurment is definately out of the ordinary, heck 2 in a year is nothing short of miraculous ! So why this strange phenomina ? Well simple really im just trying to challenge my own thoughts as well as those of others.Back in the day, in the land that time forgot, I started playing D&D. Ok it was actually 1982 and it was the school roleplaying gamers club. There wasnt many games around at the time and the only ones being played at the club were AD&D, AD&D, AD&D and one group of strange kids playing something called...

Hi All - well i guess that's one way of starting. Blogging and I have never really mixed. Ive tried it a couple of times but never felt entirely comfortable with it all. I guess it feels a little as though you are sharing your diary with people who you've never met and no nothing about. Somehow odd. I guess I need to step into this century and accept that this is the way it is these days. My kids sit at the computer screen and think nothing of surfing the internet, playing games and chatting with friends and yet i'm struggling with typing a few words for others to read and...

In preparation for an upcoming campaign I sat with my teenage daughter (14) and took her new 1st level rogue through a couple of small encounters. The campaign will have myself playing 2 characters (a dwarf Warpriest of Kord, and a human Fighter), alongside her human female rogue, and her older sisters (19) male elf rogue. Although both girls are playing rogues, one is a crossbow specialist the other a duel blade talent. Though she went through the character creation steps with me, she hadnt seen the powers in effect. So I ran a first encounter using the crossroads map from Red...

We are a family of gamers! I am currently the DM & my husband-to-be & our two daughters aged 9 & 7 are the players. We've been playing as a family for the last couple of months. It's been something that my future-husband has played on & off since he was a kid himself & he introduced it to me when we got togther. I think I can safely say we are now all completely hooked on it! We have a fantastic time playing D&D together at the weekends. It's what you would honestly call good quality time together. I've definitely began to notice though, a real change in my girls behaviour -...

Came across these two articles and thought I'd share www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4... www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4...  

Hi my name is Shawn I'm 17. I found about D&D when I was 15 and thought it was cool. So one day I was at the mall and bought it I played a few games with my brothers and we all had a good time until my step mom and dad found it... Now I'm 17 and just bought the red box D&D started for the 2ed time first time was some other starte, and I want to play it the problem is I have no one to play with unless my brothers can play. How can I get my step mom and dad to think this game is not demonic and satians game? They say its full of evil and is a bad game. I could kill my self over it ect......

Hello, I've started a wiki page so that we can add links to sites or list games that are good for introducing little ones to the game. If you come across anything that you think is good, just add it to the wiki and post a blog or comment to let other parents know about it.                                                                                      Smiles

In the north of Faerûn, in the area known fondly as the Dalelands, in the town of New Velar there is a tavern/inn/adventurer's club known as The Fall of Stars. I just wanted to point it out to you because The Fall of Stars is the best pizza joint in all of Faerûn. Wait... What!?! Yes, you read that correctly. I said The Fall of Stars is the best pizza joint in all of Faerûn. That is, according to a few young gamers that I know fondly as my children. This is a perfect example of one of the most important things my kids have taught me about playing Dungeons & Dragons with younger gamers....