D&Dr Anniversary

I blogged about it before, but thought it was time to celebrate it again: my brothers, my friends and I started playing our Dungeons & Dragons campaign at some point in August. Sadly, we do not remember the date, which is a shame. It must have been early August. Anyway, our early days of D&Dr campaigning were flawed, but we had a solid first game nevertheless, with lots of good things that made for a memorable start: a forest setting (my character was a ranger, so I was in my element from the beginning), lots of atmosphere, characters that we learned to develop but were already pretty rounded, etc. I remember it to this day as one of the best games we played. This is the very same campaign we play in nowadays, my brothers and I, whenever we can find time to meet. And it all started one August afternoon.

D&Dr: popular again?

This is the cover from the Dragon Magazine number 254, released in November 1998. One of the few later covers I liked, drawn by Jeff Easley. I had wanted to blog about Dungeons & Dragons again, but did not know exactly what angle to take this time. An article in today's Guardian gave me the opportunity for it: apparently, D&Dr is getting popular again. For many reasons, one of them being of course the nostalgic factor. I am glad. I think it is a valuable past time that makes you socialize and allows you to develop your imagination even as an adult. So I am not surprised, in a time dominated by nostalgia, that this old game is getting traction among old players who go back to it and new players who discover it. Anyway, read the article, it is fascinating. As for me, I will eagerly wait for our future games this coming month.