All the Fanfare is an irreverent celebration of pop culture. Covering movies, TV, and video games. Publishing long form articles, quick reads, and a podcast.
This Episode Covers
* Where does D&D fall on the scale of nerdy activities?
* A super brief and probably slightly inaccurate history of D&D.
* How the Game Is Played.
* What a Dungeon Master does (hint: it doesn’t involve whips or gimp suits).
* What the other players do (hint: it typically involves derailing whatever the Dungeon Master’s plan is).
* Dungeons & Dragons & Me
* My favorite classes.
* How I started during the era in which D&D got you beat up.
* The Legacy of D&D.
* The 4 Types of D&D Players.
Further Reading & Related Stories
I have written about D&D. Like, a lot. Here’s a cornucopia of nerdish delights.
Paid Reads
The Absolutely True Story of How Dungeons & Dragons Saved My Life
This is a companion article to the podcast, going into a lot of detail about how and why I got into D&D. It’s deeply personal, and though I try to keep it light, the subject matter gets a bit heavy.
Free Reads
* The Delayed, Exquisite Pain of Growing Up Too Soon
* Playing Dungeons & Dragons Will Make You a Better Writer
* Dungeons & Dragons Has Given Me a Childhood I Never Had
* How a New Player and ‘Macho Man’ Rekindled my Love of D&D
* The 10 Best Celebrity ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Players
* 5 Things I Learned Running a Hex Crawl in Dungeons & Dragons
* These 5 Takeaways From ‘The Hobbit’ Films Will Improve Your Dungeons & Dragons Game
