{"id":502,"date":"2005-09-02T05:30:12","date_gmt":"2005-09-02T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/?p=502"},"modified":"2005-08-29T21:32:50","modified_gmt":"2005-08-30T02:32:50","slug":"hack-and-slash-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasist.net\/scroll\/index.php\/2005\/09\/02\/hack-and-slash-librarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Hack and Slash Librarians"},"content":{"rendered":"

TSR<\/strike>, er, sorry Wizards of the Coast has a new “educational” campaign.
\nNow, they’ve recruited librarians to the cause. No, really, they have a new program called “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.
\nActually, 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. (DragonQuest<\/a> almost was, but that’s another story…)<\/p>\n

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.
\n(And, yes, this is also appearing on my other blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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