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<blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 3012158" data-attributes="member: 13703">I have to admit that I'm a bit of a closet gamer.&nbsp; My family and my wife's immediate families know that I play RPG's, as do my close friends.&nbsp; All of my work collegues, sports team-mates and most of my casual friends and extended family do not.When the topic of my gaming does come up I have a hard time explaining what exactly it is without sounding too strange.&nbsp; &quot;So you sit around a table with grown men and all pretend that you can cast magical spells at each other?&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused:"&nbsp; data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />How do you explain D&amp;D (or roleplaying in general) to people who have little to no idea what it is?I remember talking to my father-in-law about it.&nbsp; I play in a game once a fortnight and he was a little confused as to how there was no end or winner and that the &quot;one&quot; game could go on for more than just one night.&nbsp; He wasn't rude about it, he just didn't get it and I had quite a difficult time trying to explain it to him (probably due to the fact that I was a little embarrassed about the conversation, being a closet gamer and all).So far my explanation of roleplaying to others is that is like a movie where the players write the story as they go and that a lot of the games are set in fantasy worlds like the Lord of the Rings was.&nbsp; This seems to make people think that it is some sort of improvisational theatre!I'm not looking for a way to go out and tell the world that &quot;I'm a gamer, and I'm proud of it!&quot;&nbsp; I don't think I'm quite at that stage yet.&nbsp; I just wanted to know how other people handle it.Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Olaf the Stout, post: 3012158, member: 13703"] I have to admit that I'm a bit of a closet gamer. My family and my wife's immediate families know that I play RPG's, as do my close friends. All of my work collegues, sports team-mates and most of my casual friends and extended family do not. When the topic of my gaming does come up I have a hard time explaining what exactly it is without sounding too strange. "So you sit around a table with grown men and all pretend that you can cast magical spells at each other?" :confused: How do you explain D&D (or roleplaying in general) to people who have little to no idea what it is? I remember talking to my father-in-law about it. I play in a game once a fortnight and he was a little confused as to how there was no end or winner and that the "one" game could go on for more than just one night. He wasn't rude about it, he just didn't get it and I had quite a difficult time trying to explain it to him (probably due to the fact that I was a little embarrassed about the conversation, being a closet gamer and all). So far my explanation of roleplaying to others is that is like a movie where the players write the story as they go and that a lot of the games are set in fantasy worlds like the Lord of the Rings was. This seems to make people think that it is some sort of improvisational theatre! I'm not looking for a way to go out and tell the world that "I'm a gamer, and I'm proud of it!" I don't think I'm quite at that stage yet. I just wanted to know how other people handle it. Olaf the Stout [/QUOTE]

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