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Showing posts with label Stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stories. Show all posts

Friday, July 17, 2015

Dungeons and Dragons

I have always wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons. Role laying games were not part of my world growing up. They were just getting started and very few people in my world were playing them. Being of a "certain age" females were not encouraged or invited at the time. 
 
Every now and again I run into someone who plays. I even have friends who actively play. However our schedules don't fit and if they do I am to intimidated to ask if I can play. 

But I remain intrigued by the game and the idea of creating the stories as you play. Critical Role is an Internet show that is simply a group of friends playing D and D. It helps the quality that they are all voice actors and it's on Geek and Sundry. I now look for other role playing games played out on the Internet. I love to watch the players create their own stories within the world. 

Role playing video games are my favourite. I can't cruise through them like my sons but I get a great deal of enjoyment as I play through a good story. I might even finish the major storyline if I get enough playing time.

And that is what grabs me, the stories. Creative stories that evolve as things happen. Adventures told in your mind yet shared with others. I wonder what might have changed in my life if I had ever started playing Dungeons and Dragons?

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Musings

It's quiet.
Just the sounds of my shoes on the dirt road,
The jingle of the dog's tags,
And traffic, out of sight.
No birds
No squirrels 
No trains!
The dog walks behind me, watching, nervous.
The berries are ripe.
Bear?
Pictures of flowers, rocks and trees.
We head back,
The dog takes lead
And there is a bird.
A single bird
Not singing 
But chirping, low, slow
He surveys the area
Follows us down the road
Defending his kingdom?
At the end he stops,
On the top of a tree,
as we head down the path toward home.