Now that I have your attention, who has ever heard of Dungeons and Dragons, commonly known as D&D? Alright, for those of you that have, who would like to join the campaign I'm starting?
For those of you that haven't, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), is not an MMORPG. It is not a video game. It is not a board game. It is not even a game in which nerds sit around a table and move tiny figurines over a hand-drawn map which severely lacks imagination. It is, as originally intended, a table-top, dice-rolling game. It was invented by Gary Gygax. The first edition books, known as Player's Handbook(s), Monster Manual(s), Weapon Manual(s), and A Beginner's Guide to D&D, were handwritten and illustrated by Gygax himself.
Other than those books (which are completely optional), all you need is a character sheet, hand-drawn maps (optional), and a set of seven dice, consisting of a normal six-sided, a four-sided, a twelve-sided, an eight-sided, a twenty-sided, and two ten-sided dice. There are also thirty-sided, one hundred-sided, and five-hundred sided, though these are optional.
D&D is, in short, an imagination game. And, as I see it, creative imagination or imaginativity at all, is rarely found in the growing generation. Our imaginations are severely limited by the technologies, TV Shows, Movies, and other such things that stimulate our creative side, but give us nothing to go on ourselves.
Books are a good supplement for this, but less and less people like to read. Eventually, if you look at it from a pessimistic point-of-view, books will die out and be replaced by mindless television programming, which will find any way to stay on the air.
So, if you wish to begin a friendly debate with me, are interested in learning more about Dungeons and Dragons, or even wish to join the campaign I'm beginning, comment.
I have heard that before video games = parents were worried when their children would play this game because they believed it was linked to violence.
ReplyDeleteYeah... no. If parents were worried their kids would run off into the forest and pretend to be a mentally disturbed elf/dwarf/orc/gnome/human/half-elf/half-orc/dragonbourne, that seeks out dragons, hell hounds, baskalisks, and other mythical creatures (such as unicorns and pegasi) they should start questioning their parenting skills, not the game.
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