{"id":3256,"date":"2014-09-27T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T02:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2020-02-06T17:30:09","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T23:30:09","slug":"first-dnd-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/27\/first-dnd-game\/","title":{"rendered":"First D&D Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Journey<\/a>
Meh… Griff enjoyed it, but I was disappointed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"D&D<\/a>
The new Player’s Handbook \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a top-notch rewrite of the core rules.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"D&D<\/a>
The boxed intro with basic rules, dice, sample characters, and an adventure to get you started.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A week before heading up to the cabin, Griffin\u00c2\u00a0and I walked to our local comic shop\u00c2\u00a0to pick up a new graphic novel (he chose\u00c2\u00a0Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/em>). While browsing, I noticed that the latest (fifth) edition of Dungeons and Dragons was out. I couldn’t resist picking up the Player’s Handbook<\/em> and the introductory\u00c2\u00a0boxed set. I wanted to read over the new rules, and I rationalized that I’d use them when the D&D activity gets going again at my school this winter. (Also, the fourth edition was garbage, so I hoped the fifth would do better.) Of course I didn’t have time to read them during the week, so I tossed them into my reading bag for the cabin. It wasn’t until we got there that it occurred to me that Griffin might be old enough to get into it. Sarah was game, so after our hike on Saturday, I opened the boxed set and had them choose from the five pre-generated characters. For posterity, here’s the group for our first ever family D&D game:<\/p>\n