Blessings and good luck 🙏 🍀 Great channel. Great advice & info. Keep at it. As an Old Timer (1980) still at it, it’s great to see the Magic of D&D, and role playing games continue.
Coming from the other side of the coin, it surprised me you mentioned taking risks. It never occured to me before that that is how many people perceive social interaction. Thanks for the openhearted insight.
@@winkbrace I’ve been reading about psychology and neuroscience. It’s opened my eyes. It’s crazy how our brains make so many decisions without thoughtful consideration. But, it’s part of our survival instincts. Thanks for commenting.
Sounds familiar. D&D helped me get out in front of people. I realized I needed to be able to handle people. I started playing / DMing D&D between my Sophomore and Junior years (summer of 1974). I did Model UN, Forensics my senior year. D&D eased me into the formal, but prepared, speaking in Forensics and Model UN. I just retired from teaching so it must have worked :)
I consider myself more introverted than extroverted, I would say my wife is definitely the one that enjoys having company or going places to be around a lot of people who are close friends, etc. When I think back to when I was in High School, the amount of time that I spent, especially my 8th Grade year of Junior High and my Freshman year of High School making characters for AD&D and using my modules to play a game of D&D by myself, because I didn't have a any neighborhood friends who were interested in D&D. It wasn't until I was a Junior in High School that I met 2 or 3 other guys that actually played tabletop RPGs, and even introduced me to the Palladium System (RIFTS, etc.) and Hero RPGs. Looking back now, I played those games by myself because I didn't know anyone else interested. However, even today, because I live in a fairly rural area, I don't have good gaming stores nearby, and I don't live close enough to walk to one if I did. I occasionally run my wife through D&D with Henchman or Hirelings to accompany her character, because I don't use the Forbidden DM-PC. Thank you for sharing these thoughts!
I was lucky enough to have my D&D friends close by. In fact, my best friend when I was in elementary school lived half a block away. And, I had another part-time D&D friend who lived 2 doors away. It's great that you can game with your wife, and I've DMed many games controlling one of the PCs. You have to be flexible. 😀 BTW, have you tried the random dungeon generator in the back of the AD&D DMG? That's a great way to play a solo game. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@dnd-and-philosophy Yes, I still have all of Reprints of the Core 3 AD&D 1E books and the Unearthed Arcana book. I still need copies of the Monster Manual 2 and Fiend Folio, which are available as Softcover reprints, which is how I will probably re-acquire them.
Being an introvert does not mean being shy, nor does it mean being socially awkward. There are shy extroverts and outgoing introverts. The difference is that introverts lose energy in social situations, while extroverts gain energy from it. An introvert can be someone who is the life of the party, but leaves early. The shy extrovert shows up early and is last to leave but is a wallflower all night hoping someone talks to them. Lets stop conflating introversion with some kind of social anxiety or other mental illness that needs to be overcome, please.
I just started watching this channel and I really like it. Just good, honest talk about yhe hobby. That's unique. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching. I appreciate your comment and it's great to have you here.
Blessings and good luck
🙏 🍀
Great channel. Great advice & info. Keep at it.
As an Old Timer (1980) still at it, it’s great to see the Magic of D&D, and role playing games continue.
Coming from the other side of the coin, it surprised me you mentioned taking risks. It never occured to me before that that is how many people perceive social interaction. Thanks for the openhearted insight.
@@winkbrace I’ve been reading about psychology and neuroscience. It’s opened my eyes. It’s crazy how our brains make so many decisions without thoughtful consideration. But, it’s part of our survival instincts. Thanks for commenting.
Yes D&D can help people in a lot of ways, a lot of different ways too
💯 truth
Sounds familiar. D&D helped me get out in front of people. I realized I needed to be able to handle people. I started playing / DMing D&D between my Sophomore and Junior years (summer of 1974). I did Model UN, Forensics my senior year. D&D eased me into the formal, but prepared, speaking in Forensics and Model UN. I just retired from teaching so it must have worked :)
@@brucehubbell9116 Teachers play an important role. Thanks for sharing. I hope you have a wonderful time in retirement!
I consider myself more introverted than extroverted, I would say my wife is definitely the one that enjoys having company or going places to be around a lot of people who are close friends, etc. When I think back to when I was in High School, the amount of time that I spent, especially my 8th Grade year of Junior High and my Freshman year of High School making characters for AD&D and using my modules to play a game of D&D by myself, because I didn't have a any neighborhood friends who were interested in D&D.
It wasn't until I was a Junior in High School that I met 2 or 3 other guys that actually played tabletop RPGs, and even introduced me to the Palladium System (RIFTS, etc.) and Hero RPGs.
Looking back now, I played those games by myself because I didn't know anyone else interested. However, even today, because I live in a fairly rural area, I don't have good gaming stores nearby, and I don't live close enough to walk to one if I did. I occasionally run my wife through D&D with Henchman or Hirelings to accompany her character, because I don't use the Forbidden DM-PC.
Thank you for sharing these thoughts!
I was lucky enough to have my D&D friends close by. In fact, my best friend when I was in elementary school lived half a block away. And, I had another part-time D&D friend who lived 2 doors away. It's great that you can game with your wife, and I've DMed many games controlling one of the PCs. You have to be flexible. 😀 BTW, have you tried the random dungeon generator in the back of the AD&D DMG? That's a great way to play a solo game. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@dnd-and-philosophy Yes, I still have all of Reprints of the Core 3 AD&D 1E books and the Unearthed Arcana book. I still need copies of the Monster Manual 2 and Fiend Folio, which are available as Softcover reprints, which is how I will probably re-acquire them.
@@VMSelvaggio I didn't know you could get those as softcover reprints. Where do you get them? DriveThruRPG?
Being an introvert does not mean being shy, nor does it mean being socially awkward. There are shy extroverts and outgoing introverts. The difference is that introverts lose energy in social situations, while extroverts gain energy from it. An introvert can be someone who is the life of the party, but leaves early. The shy extrovert shows up early and is last to leave but is a wallflower all night hoping someone talks to them. Lets stop conflating introversion with some kind of social anxiety or other mental illness that needs to be overcome, please.
@@MagnificentDevil I wasn’t saying introversion was bad. I was describing a personal experience of mine and wanted to talk about what it meant to me.
I am an introvert, i am genuinely uninterested in most people. They're kinda boring.