What RPG's Are Really All About
The Real Reason We Play
Do you see yourself in this picture? The DM point of view? the student’s point of view? Does it take you back to a simpler time where your wildest fantasies came true? It does for me.
I started playing dnd when I was 13-14 years old. I can remember my friend Chris inviting me over to play. His older brother DM’d for us.I played a fighter and thif cut my bag open and all my money drained away as I walked.
When asked, ‘What do you want to do?” I said,
“I go back and pick up every coin that fell out” and I did just that.
Not a high epic fantasy moment but it's the one I remember.
I wasn't excited about the mechanics or even the monsters, I was most excited about the friends I got to play with.
I met Chris’s friend, John, who lived across the street and he played too. He eventually became our DM and stayed our DM for several years.
I took the picture above at our monthly gaming group at the public library. We meet once a month to run games for new people to the hobby or regulars involved in a campaign.
We had a new kid named “Nick” show up. he wanted to play 5e we did not have enough players. I introduced him to this group, who has been playing for about 30 minutes, and one of the young people, I think it was the DM’s daughter, said, to the new Nick, “Welcome to our party”
This, this why I think we, humans, play the game. We want to believe and know there’s a seat for us on the adventure. We want to hear,
“Welcome to the party”
“Your skills are needed”
“You’re valuable to our quest”
I didn’t care that I didn’t get to run a game that day because I knew gaming was in good hands with the next generation of gamers.
You’re welcome at my table anytime. Check out my Game Master page here for how to book a game of your own and feel like you felt the first time you played.