I’ve been promising Aidan Moher of A Dribble of Ink that I would do a guest blog for him for about 6 months. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), I try to put my novel writing first. So in the press to get The Blinding Knife in by deadline, I haven’t even had a day to spare. But Epic ConFusion in Michigan, that I just attended courtesy of Subterranean Press, gave me both the time and the topic.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the height of nostalgic geekery: my mostly accurate account of a D&D game played with Pat Rothfuss, Peter V. Brett, Joe Abercrombie, Myke Cole, Scott Lynch, Elizabeth Bear, Saladin Ahmed, Jay Lake, and Jim C. Hines over at A Dribble of Ink.
Myke Cole also did a quick roundup of the weekend HERE. Joe Abercrombie’s take is HERE. And an apology to Jim Hines for misspelling Du’ud as D’ude. My orcish is horrible.
unfortunately ive never had the pleasure of playing DnD and as such i got more interested in the part where “fantasy author Brent Weeks shot a smile into the face of his target” was said.
what kinda distance were you at?
So awesome. I love D&D. It’s near-impossible to find a group around here. I’m itching to roleplay again!
Never played D&D….can anyone explain how the game works? Just wondering, because I’ve seen the board games, but never really seen the actual game.
D&D (Dungeons & Dragons) is a game you play with a group of people. It’s basically a storytelling game. You make up a character and roleplay him/her through the narrator’s (Dungeon Master’s) story/adventure. It’s a little more in-depth than that, but that’s the basic idea. Here’s the wiki about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons
I’m so jealous! That sounds like a fantastic group to game with. I hear that Pat is particularly fun as a DM, though it sounds like he was a player for this one. I’m enjoying the post very much. Makes me want to go play…
You should find time on Saturdays and join my weekly group, Brent
we’re all huge fans.
someone ask Scott Lynch when the heck we are getting another Gentlemen Bastards book already, geesh! lol
This game is why I looked up your books and read Black Prism, because I know Bear and Hines and Rothfuss but I didn’t know you. So, thank you for helping me find another great book!
Reviewed it, too, at http://rynncameron.dreamwidth.org/12378.html