And so it begins....

I am still having problems moving due to the evils of excerise. My back hurts so much!!! I just want to go home and curl up on my sofa with my blankie and a good book or an episode of Spooks. But no, i'm stuck in this freezing office with people who while away their day discussing the calorie content of a chicken kiev. My friend Sam isn't here today as she was evacuated from her house at 3am due to the flooding in Gt Yarmouth. The poor girl is stuck in some community centre somewhere in a pair of jogging bottoms and a baggy t-shirt, not knowing if her house has been flooded, if her photo albums are destroyed, her sofas saturated, and her ceramic hair straighteners shorted.
Anyway, it’s that time again, folks! Our new Dungeons and Dragons campaign is due to commence next week, with our very own Naidel as DM. From what I can make out, it’s going to be a proper dungeon crawl, and its going to be largely roleplay-heavy, as opposed to predominantly hack-and-slash. Set in our beloved Forgotten Realms, this campaign will be the lead up to the release of 4th Edition, due sometime in May 2008…I think. I am still dithering about my character choice – at the moment I am divided between going back to my roots and doing an Elf Sorceress, or doing something relatively new and going for a Deep Imaskari Sorceress/Rogue. Hmmm…..decisions…methinks it requires some poring of the DnD and FR books! Right, that my weekend booked! Oh, except for Sunday, we’re going to Naidel’s medal presentation in Duxford, so we shall be out most of the day.
More exciting news, this morning I received an email from none other than Shelly Mazzanoble! I sent her an email to thank her on behalf of my gender for her book ‘Confessions of a Part Time Sorceress: A Girls Guide to the Dungeons and Dragons Game’ and she sent me a really nice message back. She is apparently playtesting the much-anticipated 4th edition at the moment, so Astrid is on hiatus for now. Those of you who haven’t gone out and bought Shelly’s book yet, SHAME ON YOU, DO SO NOW! Seriously, get off your backsides, go buy the book, and get into the game peeps! As our new campaign progresses, I will keep you all up to do with the goings on as much as possible. I am considering setting up a small webpage dedicated to the roleplay group where we can post campaign journals, short stories etc….kind of like an online newspaper….is that sad? I really am Queen of the Geeks…..