I remember seeing some of my classmates who were nerdier than I was (and I am fairly nerdy!) playing DnD in the library afterschool. I remember internally scoffing at them: "how uncool!"

Fast forward 10 years, and I'm hiking with friends in the Purissima Hills. One of us brings up DnD, and I mention, "You know, I've never played DnD, but I feel like it'd be a lot of fun to play." We all agree.

Took 10 years, but I guess we've gotten over our highschool insecurities :P.

Looks like they're re-releasing that one on dead tree:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndac...

Interesting that they're doing this now. It always felt like Wizards of the Coast was trying to shoehorn me into the latest edition.

You sound like an awesome father/uncle. Wish my nephew lived close enough. ;)

I loved that one.