As I’m slowly getting better from the horrendous cold/flu I’ve been suffering with for the past two days, I’m engaging in one of my guilty pleasures… FREE Role-playing Internet games! It may be geeky. It may be extremely non-girly. It may be… weird. But I love playing them!

The big game everyone was playing awhile back was Runescape. I never got the hang of it. To many options and people all at once. Very confusing. I then tried Adventure Quest. Then was no interaction with fellow players and it was quite dated.

Now I’m a member of Dragonfable. A nice in between of Runescape and Adventure Quest. I have enough options and quests to not get stuck on a level, yet not to many to cause a sensory overload. And the only time I can interact with other players is on the battle field.

I am currently a level 15 Rogue named IsabellaTheStrong, though I have finished enough quests to be either a Pirate or Ninja also. I have my faithful Dragon by my side along with my many poisonous daggers and swords. I have numerous successful quests under my belt and I’m currently working on another one.

In a way RPGs (roleplaying games) are like books. Yes, RPGs are mostly pictures and Books are mostly words, but we use them both for the same reasons.

• to experience looking at the world in different perspectives
• for escape
• for shear enjoyment

I don’t feel geeky or nerdy for playing roleplaying games online (for free!). I use both books and RPGs for many of the same reasons.

SO CAN YOU! Have a bad day at work? Stressed out by the kids and coworkers? Why not relax with a little goblin butt kicking? With the right game, relaxation is only a click away.

(Or not, I guess for those people who get headaches while looking at the computer. Oh well, I tried.)