I'm back. I never knew it would feel so good to be back.
Here, let me explain. My friends and I have been trying to talk my wife into trying gaming with us and for as long as I've known her. I'm sure tons of other gamers are in similar situations. Well, when 4e came out, one of my gaming friends that is also a good friend of my wife announced that he was going to be running a 4e game and it would be the best time for her to try gaming. She always said no because she was worried about feeling inadequate compared to the rest of us with our gaming knowledge. Our friend said "The games new, we're all on the same page here."
Well, it seemed to work, and we had our first session of Keep on the Shadowfell approximately three weeks ago. We gamed on a Saturday night. Sunday, I went with my buddy to another D&D game and I kept getting text messages from my wife asking if she could buy some dice.
When I got home that night, she told me what she’d ordered. A set of dice, a pound of dice (which is guaranteed to come with at least one full set), 2 individual d20’s, a dice bag, a set of 25 glass bead tokens, 2 miniatures, and paint. Oh, and then she tells me that I’m not allowed to log into Paizo, because it’s the site that she ordered the dice through, because then I’d see the order, and she ordered something for me that she wanted to it to be a surprise. (I think she has admited to herself that she's a gamer now)
So . . . we wait for it all to ship and be delivered. I didn't mind so much until I realzied that I couldn't get the PDF's of my pathfinder books, and then this weekend when the Beta was released for PRPG. I'm so happy that the UPS delivery showed up yesterday.
And . . . . she loves her dice. I love that she loves her dice. And I have Savage Worlds, my first non-d20 RPG since OldWorld World of Darkness. I can't wait to try out savage worlds . . I've heard nothing but good things about it.
Sorry, I've tended to ramble, but I wanted to share my experiences.
Welcome back, Will.