Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks Quotes

“For most of my adult life, I had wanted a do-over of my childhood. I now knew no do-overs existed. All I could do was march forward into the unknown ahead, live life as a quest or adventure, in the hopes of leveling up, gain experience, and bettering myself.”
― Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms

“Randrup ... wrote me in an email, 'the ideal is to face a situation with courage, mete out justice while expecting it from others, show mercy as you'd expect others to, be generous without regret, have faith in humanity, show nobility in adversity, have hope for the future, and have the strength to do it all over again the next time.”
― Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms

“Randrup ... wrote me in an email, 'the ideal is to face a situation with courage, mete out justice while expecting it from others, show mercy as you'd expect others to, be generous without regret, have faith in humanity, show nobility in adversity, have hope for the future, and have the strength to do it all over again the next time.' 196”
― Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms

“The lesson? Real life thus far had taught me that in the adult world fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary. But in the world of D&D, at least there was a rule book.”
― Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms