Ye Olde Staging Point

Well, the D&D game (and the requisite post-game chatting and visiting) are finished, and I'm enjoying a quiet evening here at my parents'. Roleplaying game sessions like today's, especially with so many old friends (some of whom I've seen only a handful of times in years), are some of the most anticipated of my vacation activities. The game is always a blast, but indescribably cooler is the simple joy of relaxing with friends, telling jokes, and stretching our imagination just a bit. As is typical in our game sessions, today's game included just the right mix of roleplaying, armchair battle strategizing, and laugh-until-you-cry moments of comic relief. The game broke down for a good five or ten minutes of laughter and good-natured mockery when my friend Bill's character, attempting during a dramatic moment to throw a magic ring across a chasm to the people on the other side, botched his dice roll and threw the ring into the chasm. See, these things just aren't all that funny outside the game. Had to be there and all that.

I think the only thing more geeky than actually playing Dungeons and Dragons might be writing about one's D&D experiences in a weblog. I truly have no shame.