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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9389038" data-attributes="member: 4534">I am very often surprised by how a seemingly boring story might actually turn out to be compelling.  Many years ago I watched a documentary called The King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters which was all about the high stakes world of vintage video game records, and in particular Donkey Kong.  The story had an underdog we could root named Steve Wiebe and even a villain named Billy Mitchell.  Try telling me with a straight face that Billy Mitchell does not sound like the name of a 1980s villain.  Then there was The Wrestler released in 2008 starring Mickey Rourke as an over-the-hill professional wrestler, Randy the Ram, who keeps on at it because he loves the adoration of the crowd.  Even when a doctor tells him he's going to die if he keeps it up, he can't quit.  None of that really sounds interesting to me, but the story had plenty of pathos, and even if Randy isn't a great guy himself, it's a situation a lot of us can relate to.  Especially as we get older and are unable to do the things we love as well as we could.  So, yeah, a lot of people might not be interested in the story of how D&D came about and the early days of the game, but it's a human story and I think people would be interested in that.</blockquote>