What inspired you to become the president of the D&D Club? How did you get here?

“I was inspired because last year Eliza was [president]. Eliza did a lot to help the D&D Club grow, and I was like, ‘You know what? I’m going to do that too.’ At first, my friend, Nahum, I don’t know if you know him, was like, ‘I want to be the president.’ But, he messaged me up at the beginning of the school year and was like, ‘Hey, I don’t want to be president. It’s too much work.’ I was like, ‘Sure, I’ll be president; you can be executive vice president.’”

What are you most excited about this season of Dungeons and Dragons?

“I’m excited to be able to take people in my [group] and give them an experience that they will be happy with and that they will keep thinking about throughout their years at this school. And, to make them [improve] the D&D Club when it’s their turn to lead.”

What does the normal day at Dungeons and Dragons Club look like?

“A normal day at Dungeons and Dragons Club? Uh, it’s kind of like setting up for the first 30 minutes, because I have to: Get out all my resources, make sure I have everything ready for the Club, and then basically I [start playing] from there. Usually, I have a starting-off point for our first session. [This year] I kind of just did a run-through of a small mini-dungeon. There’s a bunch of kobolds in a place -they were stealing people. Players went [into the dungeon]. They didn’t really get very far, but they killed 14 kobolds. That was pretty funny.”

Do you have any good stories from D&D Club?

“I have lots of stories from D&D Club. I think, honestly, the characters I’ve made in D&D Club, they’re always awesome. I usually try not to try so hard; That’s kind of the purpose, I dont try. I think my first character in my freshman year was just this silver dragonborn. I don’t remember his name, but he was just chilling. He was a silver dragonborn because I knew there was silver dragon stuff in the campaign module we were doing, and the [Dungeon Master] did a really good job connecting [my character with the world].” Owen reminisced. “Sophomore year was Princes of the Apocalypse, I believe. Oh yeah, then Eliza’s campaign that didn’t work. That’s not a good story. That’s actually a horrible story.”

How do you foster a sense of teamwork and camaraderie in Dungeons and Dragons Club?

“My solution to that is to bring all my players snacks. That’s what I did my first session; that’s what I’ll do every session. I bring snacks. First session, I brought brownies. [I will] probably bring cookies next [session], kind of a mixture. [Snacks] really helped to bring people together.”

What do you think is the most challenging part of the D&D Club, not just for the players but for the Dungeon Master and organizers involved?

“I think the most challenging part for the organizers involved is probably making sure that everyone actually comes to D&D. Because, I still have the sneaky suspicion that half my players will [not show up]. There’s one player that I’m like, “he’s gonna leave. Next session, he’s gone.” I keep harassing him about it, but he says he won’t [leave]. So, I think that’s actually working. But, I am scared for the other groups too, because I don’t want [people to leave them]. I want to make sure that people will stay. So I need to find ways that people [will stay]. That’s why I have snacks.”

You said there was a negative experience during your sophomore year. What was that?

“What I just said [about attendance] really stems from [that experience], because I was in a really fun campaign run by Eliza, the former [president] of the D&D Club. [The campaign] was a really cool campaign idea: I loved it, I made a character. The character wasn’t ‘good’, but I was having fun. If I were in that campaign again, I would have a much better character, but [the adventure in general] was really fun. However, everyone just left. Every single one of the players besides me kept leaving. [People leaving] was all that happened. It was horrible. Everyone just kept leaving: at one point there were three players, and that became two, and then it just became me, and [that experience] was really sad.”

If someone was interested in joining the D&D Club, what would you say to them?

“I would say: ‘Awesome, thank you, we need more people!”. We have 3 campaigns running right now. I think if we get too many new players we should make a 4th. But right now, it’s perfect. We have a couple more spots [joinable in] campaigns. I think [my campaign] is at a good point, but I know there are two other [campaigns]. But yeah, D&D: join it, It’s fun, It’s awesome.”