Tag: Dungeons and Dragons

Pink and red dice resting on a character sheet next to a Dungeons and Dragons Player's Handbook.

As the teen guide at Anythink Huron Street, my favorite part of my job is to lead programs at the branch for any and all teens who want to come. One of the programs I am most excited for is called “Snacks and Spells.” We meet every other week to play Dungeons and Dragons together and eat snacks.

We have four players currently and are always welcoming more. So far, our party is made up of:

Stranger Things doesn’t hold back when it comes to its blatant love of Dungeons and Dragons (commonly called D&D); in fact, some would argue that the hit show is its own version of D&D – it certainly seems to play out that way. At the end of the last season, one character leaves a small gift to another – a much loved D&D set. So what is Dungeons and Dragons? How does it work? And most importantly, is it the dangerous game that our parents warned us about in the 80s?