Dungeons and Dragons New Club

Ash Merritt
Editor-in-Chief
  A new Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) Club has been formed to bring students together to enjoy a game that originated in 1974 while connecting with others who share their interest. The club comes together on Thursday nights from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in room 204; however, occasionally the group has stayed a little longer than expected.  
  Miss Martindale chose to give the students the club because she had played DnD, and she was delighted to hear students, or as she would phrase it, nerds, still played the game now. She brought to light that “[she] had a lot of student requests for DnD, and [she is] an old nerd from the 80’s who played DnD.” She could not fathom “nerds still play it. And she explains that she calls them nerds with all the love because she was a nerd.  Martindale was excited to give the students a club for themselves. She had to go through a plethora of paperwork to obtain approval for the club through the administration. Fortunately, she pulled through and did obtain approval a few weeks ago. Martindale explained that there should be some posters and announcements out for the club soon. 
  At the start of this club, the members worked on character development and doing one shot campaigns. These one shot campaigns were ideal for the start of the club when there were a few members. However, now the club has more members and they are in the process of longer campaigns and now have 12-25 players. The club has two campaigns that are running constantly; on the other hand, one of the campaigns only runs when the Dungeon Master (DM) is available. A campaign consists of a DM, players and a world; however, not all eight players show up. The DM controls the non-player characters and creates the fantasy worlds the player’s characters traverse through. These worlds can be created by the DM or they can choose a premade one. The club has two full time DMs: Everett Ficker and Evan Nelson. 
  For those looking for a new experience Martindale explains that “our club is a rather flexible bunch of kids who just love to be creative. Some of the story lines are hilarious. I highly recommend that anyone who is interested should stop by. We have players who have never played and players who are experts.” This new and thriving club welcomes new members and encourages them to contribute their unique ideas and talents.

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