You know you're a gamer when...

...you find yourself thinking "If my dog is twice the size of my cat, it should have twice as many hit points"

I'll give you Claw/Claw/Bite

You know you're a gaming family when...

...your son says he wants to name his firstborn after his D&D character

"I name this child Alurax Ettinslayer and baptise him in the name of...oh, hang on...pass me Deities and Demigods..."

You know you're a gaming family when...

You tell your son to watch out for something hazardous in the house, then check to see if he's understood your warning and he replies "Yes, I know, I rolled under my Intelligence"

"INT 18 smart enough for you, Dad?"

You know you're a gaming family when...

The teacher asks your son "What happened after Theseus killed the Minotaur?" and your son replies "He levelled up!"


"Ooh, XP!"

You know you're a gaming family when...

You find yourself aruging with your spouse over which are better....

Otherworld or Reaper



"Otherworld are more faithful to the Monster Manual..."

"Yes, but Reaper have the better player character minis..."

You know you're a gamer when...

You call your son's friends by their character names...

"Adthar, Cafaror, come in! Sorry, what were your real names again?"

You know you're a gamer when...

You're watching Boomerang with your kids and you find yourself thinking...

"A campaign based on Top Cat...yes, that might work...now, what system shall I use?"



He's the Chief, he's the King, but above everything, he's a 7th level thief...

You know you're a gamer when...

You think that a pretty cool concept for a programme is "Gordon Ramsay's Dungeon Nightmares"

"Both these knives are +5"

You know you're a gamer when...

The interview panel asks you how you'd describe yourself and you say "Lawful Good"...

"I'll be wearing this outfit on dress-down Fridays..."

You know you're a gamer when...

Someone asks how much something costs and you instinctively give them the price in gold pieces...

"Discount for cash? Well, yeah, I guess so..."

You know you're a gamer when...

You threaten to deduct XP to get your kids to behave...

"Stop that right now or you're going down a level..."

You know you're a gamer when....

You're watching the video for Hazard by Richard Marx and you find yourself thinking....

"This would make a great Call of Cthulhu scenario"

You know you're a gamer when....

You're in the kitchen and rather than put the stock cubes into the stew, you start rolling them like d6.