On the hunt for dire dice

I'm visiting my family this week and my brother and I decided to go to the local gaming store to see what they had in the way of dice and miniatures. It was a trip down memory lane, both good and bad. They had an Intellivision there which was my favorite game system when I was young, mostly because of the D&D video game it had. They also had a voice adapter for games like B-17 Bomber and a "computer." It was the first system I ever programmed on.

The bad had to do with the gaming group that was there. It's not really their fault. They were younger boys saying younger boy things. But it totally reminded me of why I didn't game when I was younger. My brother was really into playing. But unfortunately there wasn't always a great group of people around to play with. Often times the games would devolve into accusations of cheating. Finally, and hardest of all for me at the time, I often felt so invisible when I hung out with my geeky guy friends. Listening to them talk about this girl's chest or that girl's reputation made me feel like I didn't exist. At least when I played sports, we had stories to share about the awesome pass I caught or basket I made.

All in all, it was a good little trip down memory lane. Unfortunately I still haven't found that set of dire looking dice yet, but I'm keeping my eye out.