Family D&D Adventure

Family Classes -

Spring 2025

PLEASE NOTE: The class fee is for one adult and one child.  Please register under adult’s name only.

Sharpen your swords and your minds, strap on your adventuring boots, and journey through a fantasy realm full of elves, dwarves, magic, goblins, and (of course) dragons and dungeons. Learn the fundamentals of the classic tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons together with a customized, streamlined version that focuses on fun over rules. Discover how to create and role-play characters, work as a team, and respond to challenges created by the Dungeon Master. Each adult-child pair will begin by playing one character together. Will you complete your quest? Everything needed to play is provided. Ages 8+

Ethan Gilsdorf

Ethan Gilsdorf is a writer, teacher, performer, and the author of the memoir Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Esquire, Wired, Salon, O the Oprah Magazine, Brevity, Electric Literature, Poetry, and The Southern Review, among other publications, and named "Notable" by The Best American Essays. He teaches workshops in essay, creative nonfiction and memoir at GrubStreet in Boston, where he leads the Essay Incubator program, and at LitArts RI. He is also on the faculty of the Solstice MFA Program at Lasell University. At Hampshire College, he studied filmmaking and creative writing, and received an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Louisiana State University. He presented the TEDx talk "Why Dungeons & Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life),” and offers workshops teaching adults and children how to play D&D. More info: ethangilsdorf.com.