not a satanist...yet

[orangerful]

To kick off Memorial Day weekend, I played my first ever game of Dungeons and Dragons!



It was actually really fun! It didn't help get over any childhood trauma or work through other problems as television would have me to believe. And it didn't make me want to worship the Dark One, as some Christian groups make it appear. It was pretty much just several hours of being completely goofy and trying to fight monsters.

There is a lot of math though, and as the night went on, I found it hard to decipher the rules because I was so sleepy! But we survived our first quest!

We also managed to work in a hike and a swim over the weekend. Sylvia wanted to rewatch Hunger Games since she had just finished the book and wanted to compare. She also wanted to watch Breakfast Club because she fell asleep during a slumber party and missed it. I hadn't seen it since I was in high school, so at least 15 years ago. I remembered being less than impressed then and...yeah I was underwhelmed again. I was never that angsty in high school so it didn't connect with me. Ferris Bueller's Day Off is my favorite of the John Hughes collection.

And now it's thundering outside...we're supposed to game tonight so hopefully the power doesn't go out!

Comments

[thekaiserchief.livejournal.com]

I love both The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller, as well as Pretty in Pink. The only John Hughes teen film I'm not really a fan of is Sixteen Candles. It bored me, to be honest.

[geekslave.livejournal.com]

That's cool that you played your first D&D game. Glad it was fun.

"The Breakfast Club" is one of my absolute favorites. I saw it for the first time when I was about seven and somehow, even though I was nowhere near the age of the characters, I loved it. I like FBDO, too.

Stacey

[domluver.livejournal.com]

ah D&D, I played when I was younger before it became what it is now. (No not the 80s early--90s before the in depth stuff) my brother tried to get me to play after all the new rule, holy crap what is this shit happened and my attention span couldn't last. He still plays it though. Bless him.

LOVE Breakfast Club; used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. Need to watch it as an adult now.

[andy-wolverton.livejournal.com]

Never really wanted to revisit The Breakfast Club, but would like to revisit Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful. I should own Ferris Bueller - the Blu-ray is always on sale cheap.

[aveilthe.livejournal.com]

Ugh believe me, I'll never understand the rules of DnD. My fiance plays it religiously, and I recently got into it. It's a lot of fun! I'm thrilled you started to play too! <3

[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

Yeah, lots of dice rolling and math (mostly probability and basic arithmetic) in D&D. The really fun parts are if you have a creative DM and fun friends to play with! Getting into character was one of my favorite parts.