Andrew and Jack are 12, James is 10.Īndrew really wants to be the Dungeon Master, because he likes to be in charge. The other dad is called Jim and his son is Jack. Our gaming group consists of me, my son, Andrew, and three dudes named Jim. I love maps! This is the map that comes with the adventure, except that all the stuff the players shouldn’t know about, like the location of the “lost mine”, have been removed. So, they sit together and knit and make fun of us dorks, whilst we slayeth thy nefarious dragon and saveth thy kingdom. Worse yet, neither wife has any desire to play. With two hours added on to the front to play D&D. So, much to the chagrin of our wives, the semi-regular game night that we shared with another family just became a regular game night. But when the other boy in the group named his character Sir Shitty McPisspants Farts-A-Lot, and the two girls spent the entire time on their phones, I knew this wouldn’t work out. First, we started with some of the friends around the neighborhood. Almost.īut before you can play you have to have players. Fortunately, the Starter Set is designed to be played right out of the box. Here is my review of the 5th Edition Starter Set. Almost all of the game mechanics are different from what I knew. I’ll teach you.” Guess which one I am.Īfter buying the Starter Box Set, I quickly realized that I needed to relearn the game too. The dumb awesome ones say, “Hey, I used to play D&D.
What’s a good dad supposed to do? The smart ones tell them to go play “Skyrim”. Well we know where we’re going, but we don’t know where we’ve been… We’re on the Road to Phandalin, we’ll take that ride.