by Katrina Miffter
Gary Gygax invented Dungeons and Dragons from his small company named TSR. TSR was all about war games and Gary had this brilliant idea. Instead of having a massive army of miniatures, how interesting would it be to play one of the individuals in such an army? Thus Dungeons and Dragons was born to great acclaim!
Lots of people play D&D, it has literally soaked through our culture. It pops up in comedy, in music, in acting and almost anywhere you can think of when it comes to pop culture.
You would be surprised to know famed people such as Will Wheaton from Sting, Mike Myers of Austin Powers fame, and even Stephen Colbert from the Colbert Report are all avid D&D players. Some of these famed dice-rollers even admit they originally got into their trade by being inspired by the stories told while they played D&D. Pretty cool, right?
So why? Why is it cool and nourishing for someone to play Dungeons and Dragons? It is simple really. You are using muscles that are rarely ever used in everyday life, yet are the most important muscles that we as humans own. Those muscles are our creativity, imagination and ability to think outside of the box.
It is not hard to imagine people who use creativity as their main asset in the real life world. Imagine a writer without creativity, they would be basically done before they ever began. Entrepreneurs are another group who often employ outside-of-the-box methodology to their madness. Without creativity, it is very unlikely the company Apple would even exist. Creativity is so important to them that Apple put it in their mission statements.
By playing D&D whether as an elf, or a super awesome gnome, you are growing various parts of your brain that really never see the light of day in many real life situations. It allows you to grow perspective on the world. To see the same things everyone else sees, but in a different light - often a very beneficial thing to have on your side.
By creating characters of various personalities, you began to grow the ability to emphasize with others. You understand how to look in from the outside and make sound judgements. All the while you are cultivating this skill in an extremely pleasant and safe environment - surrounded by friends which nurture even better social habits.
It would be foolish to think every person who gathers up a group of friends to roll some dice and play this role-playing-game fits the stereotype. The stereotype being that unwashed nerd who never gets laid. The truth couldn't be farther away from the myth. My group of friends were part of the popular crowd at our high school, we went to a lot of the parties, some of my friends slept with a lot of the women, and some of the jocks on the football team every now and then played with us.
That nerd icon of D&D absolutely exists of course. It is just not as prevalent as popular culture would lead you to believe.
It is amazing growing your social intelligence. In many ways Dungeons and Dragons is an incubator for social intelligence. You get to expand your perspective, grow your ideas and witness the outcomes in a very satisfying way. The ability to think outside of the box is the most important skill one could have in this world where technology and information changes so rapidly. This is an ability that can be earned and cultivated simply by playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Today, it has been said over and over again that the biggest asset in one's arsenal is their creativity. There is no better way that I know of to grow that muscle in a safer, more secure way than by playing Dungeons and Dragons with a group of dice-rolling friends.
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Title: Why Play Dungeons and Dragons
Author: Katrina Miffter
Email: gregoryelfrink@gmail.com
Keywords: dungeons and dragons,Gary Gygax,DM,dice-rolling,role-playing-game
Word Count: 648
Category: Hobbies
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