Great D&D article in today's Boston Globe!

[The Hanged Man]

It's just so nice to see an article about D&D that isn't all about satanism corrupting our youth. Three cheers!

 

[barsoomcore]

Naaaah, it's just that my first DM was a jock, and I played with frat boys and sorority girls and "white trash" and straight up "gangstas."

My first DM (besides myself) was a biker chick in leather pants. Darlene, I still remember you.

Now I'm DMing stewardesses. I think there's a connection.

It's funny, when one of the girls told her boyfriend (who plays bass guitar in a local rock band and is blond and good-looking in a football-hero sort of way) that she was playing D&D he got completely jealous. Turned out he'd been a huge gamer in high school but gave it up when he decided to be a "cool" rock musician -- and of course never told his new girlfriend until one day -- she comes home all excited cause she's going to be playing the game he'd never told her he'd played.

D&D. Bringing cool people closer together since at least last year.

 

[Bloodstone Press]

I am very glad to see this article. I think she did a good job overall.

The idea that video games have legitimized game play for adults is new to me. Of course, when I started gaming it was with my dad and his friends (adults) back in the early 80s, so it has always seemed like an "adult's" game to me.

 

[kingpaul]

With that in mind, the youngest a "First Generation" RPGer could be is early 30s.

Hmmm. I'll be 30 in a few months, and I started playing when I was in 1st grade when my best friend, at the time, got D&D for Christmas. What generation am I?