I went in to Sam's bedroom this morning and t...

February 20, 2009 by Adam in Adam's Games

I went in to Sam's bedroom this morning and told him it was time to wake up and roll for initiative. Yes, we've started playing Dungeons and Dragons and he got the joke.

I have these old 3rd edition D&D books that I bought for my computer game activities, but never really used them for their intended purpose. Sam's had fun looking through them over the years, but last weekend he declared that he'd like to actually play.

Emma was willing as well, so she became Fawn the cleric and Sam became Samuel the fighter. Soon they were killing rats and saving the children of the town of Deep Pool. Now Sam negotiates with Emma that he'll play Lego Star Wars with her on the Wii for a half hour if she's willing to play D&D. Even Sam recognizes that he'd be a goner without his handy cleric nearby.

They've both had fun, and have strangely been picking up assorted planning and math skills. For some reason, Sam's quite good at doing math in his head if gold pieces are involved. It's fun as a parent as well, watching them feel like heroes in their own story. Good times.