Josh the Aspie’s Blog

In some RPGs, D&D in particular, morality is a part of the game. You have shining paladins battling hoards of chaotic orcs… and chaotic barbarians fighting and defeating a despotic ruler to rule in their place. Spells, what classes you can become a member of, items, and so forth are all influenced by and also influence one’s moral alignment.

However there is a huge amount of debate over what kinds of acts, thoughts, personalities, et cetera fall under what alignment.

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During Weekend in Dyvers I actually managed to play a sum total of 5 games, and judge 1. I told you about the first I got to play in my post WID - Day 1. I got to play a module on day 2, 2 modules on day 3, and 1 module between days 3 and 4. Day 4 was the day I got to judge.

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Today has been a long, hard, exhausting, and rewarding day at WID

Today I woke up rather early, unable to get to sleep due to excitement about the Con and hanging out with my gaming group so long. I got as much as I could done in prep for the con, then headed out. I got to Belleview quickly and early, but I find the layout of streets in the con area rather confusing and counter-intuitive as I followed the directions I was given. After asking directions, and doing a food run later, I think that I’m passingly familiar with the area now though.

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Over the past 4 days I worked a 40 hour work week in order to arrange to get Friday off, and as a result have not been able to find much time to post to my blog.

The reason for this is because this weekend, in Council Bluffs Iowa, there is a major D&D convention, “Cavalier Con Presents: Weekend In Dyvers” going on, and I have agreed to help staff it. It is a four day convention, and there will be loads of RPG gaming and other fun. And for me, there will be loads of other work.

I view this as a real opportunity to help out, and also to reintegrate myself into a group that I had to abandon for a few years in order to graduate and get a decent job.

If any of my readers head to the Con, you can look me up, though I’m not sure everyone there would know me by my online nick-name.