Map of the path not taken

I came of age before Gary Gygax's (PBUH) Dungeons & Dragons fell onto my radar. And I escaped the fad unscathed.

My first and only experience with D&D was in intelligence school (I needed remedial, you see) in the Navy, where the Dungeon Master and I rapidly came to collision ("Man, I don't need no 10-sided dice to decide if the fuckin' dwarf dies, just kill him"). I was soon booted from the Dungeon, but the DM was soon booted from the Navy on morals charges, so I call it even.

Since then, I have been utterly sure that I was never infected by the D&D virus. But I can see from the map below... and I have traveled a good bit of it... that I must be carrying antibodies.

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Posted by Allan Jenkins on March 11, 2008 at 10:39 PM in Career management, Cartography, History, Humor | Permalink

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I thought D&D sounded interesting in high school, and tried to join the club *but* Mr. Bruce (RIP) told me that the club was full. I think he didn't want any girls in the club that he'd have to teach the game to. Probably didn't want any girls in the club at all. Lucky escape from the dungeon, that. I must be carrying antibodies as well - I certainly have some of the other traits (Neuromancer, LOLCats, Harry Potter, first kid on my block to have a website) but not others (Renaissance Faires, etc...)

Posted by: Lisa Bennett | Feb 4, 2009 10:21:08 PM

You weren't too nerdy back then, and certainly don't seem more so, now. A little eccentric, maybe.

Did Bruce cark off?

Posted by: Allan Jenkins | Feb 5, 2009 9:34:31 AM

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