An explanation please

Welcome, to my gaming blog.

Recently, when cleaning out the bookshelves, we came across all of our old gaming books. They've been collecting dust for over three years and I fear it may be much longer than that. What happened? Life. Kids. Work. Kids. You get the picture. Be that as it may, dusting off our old books brought back some fond memories of late nights rolling dice, eating junk food, drinking caffeinated beverages, and just hanging out. That was the life. I loved gaming so much back then that I even worked at a game store...no, not a video game store. A real game store. One that had that gamer funk, especially on Friday nights when folks came to play Magic the Gathering. I dabbled in all sorts of gaming goodness. I played the CCG's, the RPG's, and the MG's (okay, I made the last acronym up - miniature games - but it sounded cool, right?)

Anyway, here I am today, a mother of two (yes, I was and still am a gamer chick) with a need to find my inner gamer. My husband, Scott, asked me if we should run the campaign I bought a few years back. After some thinking, I thought "Why not? What have I got to lose?" It just so happens that I know someone who also has been wanting to get back into gaming. And it just so happens that she has friends who would also love to play a game. Do you see a pattern here? Our gaming group is starting to form.

Out of this rekindling of my gamer spirit and my love of blogging (check out my profile to see my main blog - but I warn you - it is mostly boring ramblings of a mommy who loves to show off her children), The Loaded Die is born. Mwah-ha-ha-ha! It's alive!

In all seriousness, I created this blog for my gaming adventures. My gaming group can use this as a means to learn some campaign information, perhaps a role-playing discussion between sessions, and to see recaps of previous sessions. Maybe I'll take some pictures here and there (I love taking pictures) and maybe I'll find some cool tidbits from the internet (videos, comics, etc).

This week (either Friday or Saturday) our group will embark on an fun adventure. I will be running the DragonLance Key of Destiny campaign setting using Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition. It is my hope that we will have fun and enjoy the campaign. So far the campaign seems to have a lot to offer and can use a variety of skills from a variety of classes. Later this week I will post a bit about the campaign setting to start us off.