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How many times
have you been talking about roleplaying in a public place, and realised
that the reason you are getting funny looks from people around you
is that you are speaking about your gaming experiences in the first
person?
This happens
to me all the time. I'm sure most of you are nodding and smiling
as well. That is why roleplaying is such a great pastime; the memories
of the things we do become real in our minds. When you look back
at your gaming career and remember the fantastic and impossible
places your characters have been, the ways in which you have saved
the world, the conversations with entities from out of legend or
science fiction and so on, do you see them, or just a room full
of your friends, dice and discarded fast-food wrappers?
The human brain
has no real way to distinguish between created and actual memories,
which is why the things we do and see in gaming become so vivid
and so personal. As far as the grey matter is concerned, you really
were there to see the last Battle of the Dragonkind, the destruction
of Tau Ceti V, the awakening of the avatar of Skarnash, and so on.
Which brings
me to my point. If all the things we do in gaming are becoming a
part of our mind, memory and, I suspect, personality, then we owe
it to ourselves to make sure we have a balanced and healthy diet,
instead of constant 2-Minute Noodles and Coke. So, the articles
on this site are my attempt to provide you with some more roleplaying
nutrition. Hopefully they will give you some ideas for how to structure
games and aspects of game planning, how to weave a tale that involves
all your players equally, and tips on some of the pitfalls of GMing
and playing. If you disagree, that's fine. I am only the sum of
my experiences. But whatever your opinion, I'd love to hear
it.
Eat, Drink and
Be Merry, for tomorrow we Roleplay.
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