Dragons and Dungeons.

The kids have, for as long as we've played video games, created imaginary plot lines and characters, to play what came to be known as a game in a game. It began with me playing through the games the kids couldn't master themselves and eventually transitioned to the kids on the controllers, playing without needing my input. The various Spyro games were some of their favorites. So, from as far back as the kids can remember, they developed dragon characters, many with detailed appearances, personalities, back stories, and voices.

A few months back, H got bored with the game and added dice rolls to makes some of the decisions in the progression of the story. This immediately became a hit with S and C, and Dragons and Dungeons (what was originally a joke name, but it stuck) was born. H then spent a good deal of time creating character sheets, figuring out game dynamics, and generally preparing to transition the dragon adventures from a video game, to a table top role playing game.

She even made boxes to represent the two dragons S and C each rolled up to be their characters for the game. I made some alterations to the boxes, and our box dragons were born.



After a trip to Walmart for some magnet strips, they became refrigerator box dragons.



They still work for gaming figures, and after a long break because of being sick, H was finally ready to run a game for her brother and sister.