Dead Poets Society

I don't remember seeing this movie the year it came out, although I know I did. It was 1989, a year after I started high school and the first time I took a chance and started a D&D group.

I had been a player in a campaign run by a friend's boyfriend, and it was a great experience learning the ins and outs of playing D&D.

What I see now in this movie is a group of boys playing D&D. Even if they're only reading poetry to each other, they're engaged in the spirit of D&D. The movie's theme, "Carpe diem", is a bit of a cliche now, but at the time I started playing D&D it meant something to me, even if I didn't know it.

Taking the leadership to get a group together for storytelling and adventure-having was the best decision I ever made in my life.