Tales at the Tabletop

The four adventurers wander through the corridor, mist floating lazily about their feet. Feeling of dread sank into them, testing their resolve. They finally turn the corner at the end, opening into a large cavern inhabited by enraged orcs. The fighter swears in elvish before deftly drawing his dual blades....

Table top roleplaying has been around for quite long time (Fifty years, give or take) and has frankly gotten a terrible rap. The partakers of this hobby, or art, are immediately judged upon announcement of inclusion. Originally, some completely misunderstood the hobby and cried satanic worship or that it made people into murderers and bred violence. Luckily, those days have (mostly) past but yet another stigma remains. Players of tabletop (Shortened to Players from here forward) are marked with a stigma of being, nerds and geeks. Assumed to be anti social and unskilled in human interaction. 

Which is quite frankly wrong. (Again, in most cases)

These games are often engaging and interactive, requiring large amounts of creativity. Each game takes place in fantasy worlds and craft unique tales using nothing but some dice, some paper and some friends. Friends, you say? But aren't these players ungroomed, anti social nerds with no sense of tact or proper hygiene? Nay! These games require co operation and communication to function. Game masters must properly convey the game, players must subtle inform the Game master of what type of game they want, players work together to overcome hurdles. All of these things take good communication skills and patience for your friends who seemingly sometimes lack the brains to fully understand your plan to slay the dragon.

Now, I'm going to cut my rant, er blog, off here as I am well over the 200 word suggestion but my point hopefully got across to some extent: Tabletop gaming is wonderfully creative process that helps sharpen a lot of different crucial skills and have a great time while doing it.