Dungeons, Dragons and Dice rolling

Last weekend I got together with a bunch of mates for our biannual game of D&D.

We are that old, and have been playing that long, that we still use 2nd Edition rules.

We have experienced players and players who, despite having played for around 20 years, still call themselves novices.

Over the years the snacks have reduced in quantity as the waistlines have increased (strangely I though the converse would be true) and we drink more tea and coffee these days than beer.

But was still love the game. it's always great fun.

We managed to not have any deaths amongst the characters this time around, although we did come very close a couple of times and we did progress quite well, or so we think, the DM may have a different opinion.

Looking forward to the next session.

Still enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.

Just back from a D&D weekend with old friends. We've been playing for many years and still stumble around in the dark, or panic, at times.

I doodle when I'm nervous ...
but tidied it up a bit when I got home.

I turned the whole thing around as I was going to put words in it ... the jaguar / black panther being a Druid gave me an idea from a discussion that took place... but decided that what happened in Longbridge stays in Longbridge.

A weekend of Dungeons and Dragons.

A couple of weekends ago we celebrated the 50th birthday of a very good friend of mine, Dave Knight, by hiring a house in Alton and spending the whole weekend playing Dungeons & Dragons.
Gary selected the venue purely based on the photo of the dining table...

A perfect setting for us to go adventuring from.

And he was spot on. The whole house was an ideal setting, from fireplace to tiled floor.
Vince, who I hadn't played with for a long time, was Dungeon Master, and took us into White Plume Mountain with nothing but our many years of experience and a magical item or two.

Dungeon Master Vince holds his head in his hands as Shaun (far left)
changes into a Penguin (he played a Druid) to save the day.

We had a great weekend though and won through, only once having to spend all of our hard won treasure on resurrecting the Dwarf (it seemed only fair as the Magic User had caused him more harm than the two Kelpies who took him underwater).

Let's hope we get to do it again sometime, maybe at the next 50th Birthday celebration,
Did I mention that I played the Magic User ? No ? I'd probably best not then.