By: Rilo Wilkes
Role playing, story-telling, and fun with friends. These are all key components in the famous game of Dungeons and Dragons. Dungeon and Dragons, or DnD, is a tabletop role playing game in which a group of friends will come together, create characters, and play in an imaginary world created by one player, the “Dungeon Master” or DM.
This entertaining game is great for supporting bonding, improving acting, and just killing time when possible.
With that said, there are currently two different DnD parties going on simultaneously at Federal Hocking. These Campaigns are run by Adam Gilchrist and myself with the following party members: Gilchrist, Collin McPherson, Athena Brumfield, Jensen Kramer, Ava Wright, and Dalton Bartlett, under Gilchrist’s campaign. And Cassidly Lockhart, Wyatt Buckly, Joe Householder, Isaac Macartney, Heaven Graham, and Morella Ridgway are under my campaign.
Of this list of people all of them seem to greatly enjoy DnD, so if any of this seems appealing to you, consider trying it out with your friends.
If you’re not yet convinced, try listening to these first-hand accounts of people explaining why they love DnD.
As Lockhart said, “It’s fun to see how other people interact in character… Some of them have a lot of fun creativity.”
“As long as you have a fun group it’s fun even without the technical aspects…roleplaying is fun too,” Ridgway stated.
“It’s just a really fun time,” Gilchrist said.
Of course as you notice a couple of those people mention the importance of having a good group to play with.
But what makes a good group? What makes a good person to play with? The best quality for a party member is humor 100%.
As both Ridgway and Lockhart said, “Wyatt’s my favorite.”
They both said that this was the case because of Wyatt’s impeccable sense of humor. He has created a character who is a human barbarian named “Hugh-Man.” Hugh-Man also has an intelligence score so low he’s incapable of common speech.
This game becomes far more fun if you’re laughing with friends.
So if you ever feel like there’s nothing new to do, invite your friends over and pop open a fifth edition Dungeons and Dragons Handbook and enjoy a world and adventure you wouldn’t otherwise get to experience.
