David Farrier

We should get into it.

Okay.

Time to pick my character.

His name is Mighty Bones.

In case you missed that, my character's name is Mighty Bones, which is just objectively a very cool name, I think you'll agree, much like my own nickname, Brave It.

And look, I'm not going to recount the hour I spent playing Dungeons and Dragons for the first time for a few reasons.

First, it's not going to be that fun for you to listen to.

I mean, dear God, just the rules.

Secondly, the whole thing was just a blur as me and my fellow players rolled dice, navigated some dungeons, and battled a bunch of trolls.

As we wrap up, Phil rummages around in his bag and pulls out this giant hand-drawn map.

It's the whole universe that he, as a dungeon master, has drawn up.

How long did this take to create, would you say?

And when you look at this, can you imagine and see what all this looks like?

For someone that hasn't played this before, what is it that sets this game apart from, say, chess or some other board game that people are maybe thinking of?

I wonder what that says about a person.

That's quite funny.

I feel like you live these two existences where you're in this world that you and I are both in right now, and you can kind of have all those references, and then you've got this entire other world that you've existed in for decades now.

That's quite fascinating.

I wonder how many kids you've gotten into this that are still playing.

What is something that you've learned from all these years of playing about people or about the game or about yourself?