A new party, a new campaign
The boss monster...or is he? Back in May a local denominational-affiliated campus ministry group asked me, a pastor, if I would be willing to run a Dungeons & Dragons game for their members. I'll admit I was flattered, intrigued, and most importantly excited because of the entire group, only one person (my son, Mac) had played D&D before. Many of them had heard about the game, researched it online and watched videos and listened to podcasts, and a couple had even gone so far as to buy the Player's Guide , but that was it. So I began to put together a campaign with the intent of "converting" people to becoming gamers. My goal? In one or two sessions to get them hooked, not to mention up to speed on the game's rules. In addition, I wanted to try to instill my own ethos about what good roleplaying and group culture looked like. And that was why I was excited. And last night, we finally had our first session, and it was a blast. I used "T...