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DnD Society in Any University?

Exactly what it says on the tin - are there any DnD (dungeons & dragons) socs in unis anymore? My mum said there was loads in her day but I cann't see any on uni websites? Or are they more unofficial or something?

Any help would be great ta! x

Reply 1

bluenoxid

13

At Newcastle, ours has lapsed as a society with no members. With the number of students doing dungeons and dragons having fallen, the societies fail to exist.

Reply 2

Wise One

11

Spring_Ryder

Exactly what it says on the tin - are there any DnD (dungeons & dragons) socs in unis anymore? My mum said there was loads in her day but I cann't see any on uni websites? Or are they more unofficial or something?

Any help would be great ta! x

I know that UEAs GameSoc is thriving. Sussex's is dominated by Magic: The Gathering players, but you can still get a good board game out of people from time to time. The RPing is a bit thin on the ground, though.

Reply 3

Proton Boy

There's a Sussex Gamesoc?

This is taking me back to the days of being 10 or 11 and being well into Warhammer! Wood Elves were the best :biggrin:

Reply 4

Lizj

10

I believe some of them have evolved into games/LARPS socs - Lancaster's certainly has and I have heard of others doing the same.

Reply 5

Talya

16

Southampton runs a few DnD games through their GameSoc. I believe there were 3 separate campaigns running last year.

Reply 6

Spring_Ryder

OP

Nive iTalya, soton is my favourite uni to go to anyway! Makes me like it more! To MChem in Soton with glorious DnDing.

The abbreviations are endless.

Reply 7

Agamemnon

Hasn't the arrival of computer games kind of killed off board games like D&D and so on?

Reply 8

Images and Words

I think Birmingham has a roleplaying and a wargaming society. I suppose one of those would cover it.

Reply 9

Talya

16

Spring_Ryder

Nive iTalya, soton is my favourite uni to go to anyway! Makes me like it more! To MChem in Soton with glorious DnDing.

The abbreviations are endless.

Please come and join me on the MChem! I don't Dnd butmy bf does and I go and play more leisurely games at GameSoc. They do warhammer etc too.

Reply 10

Wise One

11

Agamemnon

Hasn't the arrival of computer games kind of killed off board games like D&D and so on?

World of Warcraft has done quite a lot of damage, but there's no substitute for sitting round a table with your mates, stuffing your faces with crisps ...

Reply 11

FadeToBlackout

15

There's a lot at mine, including the Assassin's Guild- you get randomly assigned the name of another player, and have to assassinate them with a variety of humerous yet-harmless weapons, at any time of the day or night.

Reply 12

Mousickle

14

As someone said the GameSoc at UEA is pretty active and if they dont do DnD actualy at the uni alot of the people that do LARP do it outside.

Although alot of the UEA gamesoc are a bit snobbish and unpleasent, but not all of them.

Reply 13

Acaila

17

I think Edinburgh have a Games/LARP soc - heard my flatmate mention it anyway
(I wish my uni had one :frown:

)

Reply 14

goodmen

13

Dont you think your getting a bit old for it when you start uni

Reply 15

nintendo

The concept of LARPing seems a bit strange to me, but what ever floats your boat I suppose!

Reply 16

FadeToBlackout

15

goodmen

Dont you think your getting a bit old for it when you start uni

Not really. Uni is the time when you can meet like-minded people, and behave like you're 5 again, and people will just pass it off as "Oh, students :rolleyes: