<strike>TSR</strike>, er, sorry Wizards of the Coast has a new "educational" campaign.
Now, they've recruited librarians to the cause. No, really, they have a new program called "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/library">Afternoon Adventures with Dungeons and Dragons</a>". It's a program designed to give librarians free materials to learn and teach kids D&D after school and then to use that as a jumping off point to more literary adventures.
Actually, it's not a bad deal. As far as I'm concerned, anything that gets more kids interested in reading or even just going to the library after school is not half bad. I know my own reading and love of the written word was very much fueled by the same things that drove my attraction to D&D. Even today, though I haven't played in years, I have the new, "Third Edition" rules on my shelf. Of course, I have other, much more obscure games, too, but D&D was pretty much the start of it all for me. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fantasist.net/dragonquest.shtml">DragonQuest</a> almost was, but that's another story...)
Anyway, it was a great story to read and brought back all kinds of fond memories. So, in a sad, middle-aged, nostalgic sort of way, it's the perfect fun link for a Friday.
(And, yes, this is also appearing on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ryumaou.com/hoffman/netgeek/">my other blog</a>.)
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