Is Dungeons and Dragons really a nerd game?

Answer 1

Answer: It's more of a game for geeks than for nerds.

The difference is in the relation between the two.

A nerd is someone who studies something often to the point of compulsion and often at the expense of social hygiene and social skills. Being a nerd tends to be a solitary experience, though the nerd may be brilliant; their primary interests tend to be study and solitude.

Geeks on the other hand are social in nature. Geeks may be obsessive over a particular interest, but are more in tune with popular culture and often share their obsession with others. Geeks may be nerds, but geeks may also be jocks or many other things. Being a geek over some specific subject just means you are either a collector, hobbyist or enthusiast for a particular genre or area of interest and you share that hobby or interest with others like you. Even many sports fans are geeks, able to quote player stats and discuss game strategy among friends.

Dungeons and Dragons sits somewhere between the two. The groups which play together the longest tend to be formed mostly of geeks. Geeks who enjoy fantasy settings, telling stories and generally having a socially interactive night of entertainment together.

On the other hand, nerds who play tend to be highly interested in the minutia of the rules. Where a group of geek gamers may realize that its the social interaction which is most important and use the rules only as a means to tell stories (as they are intended); a nerd gamer will focus more on the numbers instead of the meaning. Groups loaded with nerds devolve into rules lawyer debates and often will not last for very long. The nerds who fail to follow basic hygiene also tend to contribute towards a not very positive group setting.

Dungeons an Dragons is simply a structure for controlled, semi competitive story telling. How it's played and with whom will determine whether the experience is enjoyable or not. But really, it's for any social person who is interested in fantasy story telling and social interaction. The nerds who take the rules too far and fail to meet the social hygiene standards that most geeks are capable of are the ones who bring down the experience and give the game a bad reputation among the inexperienced.

Answer two: If you consider fighting / role playing games "nerd games" yes. if you want to find out more go to wikipedia or www.wizards.com and click on the D&D link

Answer three: Dungeons and Dragons is a game used purely for the killing of time when one has nothing more or better to do. It's system is quite complicated and has a vast set of checks and balances intertwined into the playing of it. But, in direct answer to the question, Dungeons and Dragons is no more of a "nerd" game than that of just about any video game out there on the market today, as well as any board game you will find as well. If you look at it, all games in the world today house the ideal of taking on the role of someone else other than yourself, hence the words "role play" games. The only thing different between Dungeons and Dragons and any other game out there is that D&D happens to be verbally executed. It is done in a more interactive and intelligent manner, offering far more places to go and things to do than any video game will allow. So in short, Dungeons and Dragons is only a nerd game, if every other game out there is too.

Answer four: It is as much of a game for nerds as Fantasy Football is for jocks. Although there is, in truth, very little difference between the two.

Answer Five: Social games are for geeks. Solitary games are for nerds. D&D is a social game.

Answer 2

Um..

If you know pretty much everything there is to know about each FF game and have played everything known to date that has been affiliated with the FF series, much like myself, then you can indeed, call yourself a nerd.

However, no-one really cares if you are a nerd, so feel free to play FF to your hearts content and embrace the thrill of geekiness =D