Scott blogs about (Advanced) Dungeons and Dragons and it brings back memories of Sunday School.
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It was third grade sunday school, We are talking about why we refer to God as “Our Lord.” “Does anyone know what a ‘lord’ is,” the nun asks?
Nobody else knows. I raise my hand.
“Yes, Terry?”
“It’s a tenth level fighter!” I answer.
The whole class freezes… and then bursts out into laughter.
The nun continues, “That may be true, but in the middle ages…”
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You can bet I had no trouble answering this question in 6th grade social studies segment on feudalism.
Sometimes when we’re most embarrassed is when we learn the most.
(Embarrassed because clearly a fighter becomes a lord at the 9th level, not the 10th. 
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Thank you Dad (and Santa) for giving me the Basic D&D set in the third grade.
I have this box in storage in the South Bay. And people wonder why I don’t clean out my storage?!
My first vocabularies in the U.S….
Reading Terry Chay’s blog reminded me of the impact AD&D had on my own life.
I moved to the U.S. at age 13 from Taiwan without knowing ABCs, let alone any English words. My cousins, who we grew up with in Taipei and continued to be very close, had….
I can picture the classroom haha.
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The DM of the Rings (Lord of the Rings told as a D&D game.)