Things You Don't Expect

[gothwalk]

Last week, I was talking to a co-worker on the train, on the way into work, about the D&D games I'm running. She said she'd be interested in playing, and she knew at least one other person who would, so would I see about running a game in work? Nothing to lose, so I sent out a mail to the Dublin office, asking if anyone was interested. Lo and behold, six people are interested.

Still not quite believing it, I show them rulebooks, get them working on character concepts, get the initial dice rolled... and we end up with a gnome sorcerer, a gnome wizard, an elven wizard, and a halfing sorcerer, all completed, even with names (typically the most difficult aspect for newcomers) and two elven rangers (I think) to be generated on Monday. First game on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week.

And there's a fair bit of individual interest; it's not just a going with the crowd thing. There are enquiries about names, the part of the world they'll be starting in, cultures, areas of origin for characters, and I even have a complete description of clothing for one character. It's pretty damn cool, and I'm looking forward to running the game.

Comments

[niallm.livejournal.com]

That's pretty damn special. Well done.

The original gaming group I played with, now mostly scattered to the four winds, observed the unwritten law of never talking about gaming in your workplace, and indeed, never mentioning it in your CV, because it makes you sound like a crank.

But, you work in a "new economy" office, right? Slightly more broad-minded than the average accountancy firm.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Yeah... but then again, I've always made it a principle never to hide anything about myself, or make any effort to "fit in" to places. People can adjust to me, or, uh, not. Not that I always succeed in sticking to the principle, but if I'm asked "What did you do at the weekend?", I have no problem with saying "Played D&D and went to a pagan moot."

I've done this in several places so far, always had RPGs on my CV, and never had a problem.