Despite having played cRPGs for years (decades!), BG3 has got me personally interested in the tabletop game in a way that no other game has previously. I think it's because, as I've said before, it somehow gives me a feel of what I imagine (hope!) tabletop D&D to be like, albeit with our screens showing us a lot of what would have to be brought to life only in our imaginations round a table. And that for me has made me think about that pen and paper experience in a way that other cRPGs that are more straightforwardly just games set in a fantasy world haven't.

So far, that interest has only extended to watching streams of people playing online, but a gaming cafe has recently opened just round the corner from where I live and I'm considering dipping my toe in to see what I think. Though perhaps after my first BG3 playthrough grin


"You may call it 'nonsense' if you like, but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!"