David O'Mahony: From D&D to cards, the family that games together stays together

Perhaps, like the Pokémon of old, it’s time for us to evolve into a boardgame family. If nothing else, it would be a break from screens

There’s a scene at the end of 'Stranger Things' where Mike, having run the last D&D game, watches his sister and her friends pick up the mantle. I felt a bit like that watching Son pick up my old interests.

In the wake of Stranger Things ending, I recently confessed to something that, in certain circles, might have been an unforgivable sin.

I love fantasy fiction. I love everything about role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Elder Scrolls, and others. I know far more about them than I sometimes realise. I even have a cousin who has just founded his own gaming convention. And yet I had never played a tabletop RPG, only videogame versions.