Dungeons and Dragons and Umlauts

A couple of months ago I started a game of Dungeons and Dragons with a group of my friends. For those of you who aren't familiar with D&D, it is a game in which the players take up the roles of the heroes in an adventure story set in a magical fantasy world. One person is not a player, but rather the so-called Dungeon Master, and that person is responsible for creating the world and playing all of the villains and other non-player characters that the adventurers encounter.

Lately I've been at a total loss for something interesting to write about here at the Umlaut. You're supposed to write about what you know and what you're interested in. I'm always concerned, though, that if I'm interested in D&D one week and adding a fifth ball to my juggling routine the next week and cha-cha the week after that I'll end up with a blog that's interesting to no one. But screw it - a halfway decent writer should be able to make anything interesting.

So the American Umlaut is now officially a part-time gaming blog. I'll post the events of the quest from time to time and my thoughts on this particular form of creativity. To my players (who are about half this blog's readership, I think), no worries; I'll keep my account here at least a few sessions behind what's happened in the game, so there won't be any spoilers in here.

I'm just going to keep trying new things in here. At some point I'll figure out what of interest I have to say.