Schools host a collection of clubs. Football club. Dance club. Computing club. The list goes on.

But the last thing you might expect is Dungeons & Dragons.

However, this activity is exactly what you’ll find in Mr Mahy’s classroom on Tuesday lunchtime. Blending storytelling and traditional board gaming, this multiplayer roleplay adventure immerses the players in a fantasy world of their choosing.

With Tarran as the game master, his job was to set the scene, devise an adventure for players such as Owen, Jack and Robert, as they reprise their roles as warriors, rogues, druids, paladins, and wizards.

Players are welcome to use maps and props for their game, but all you really need is a set of dice and your imagination.

Using creativity, cunning, and communication skills, the players work together to complete a series of challenges. Solve a puzzle. Explore a tomb. Slay a dragon.

You roll dice to see how well your ideas work. Roll high? You win. Roll low? There are consequences.

Activities like this are a great way to bring learning into leisure time. Mr Mahy, who runs the club, went on to say:

“Popularised by Netflix’s Stranger Things, Dungeons & Dragons is a collaborative role‑playing game where imagination shapes the experience, and players are free to explore ideas without fixed outcomes.

The club encourages creativity, communication and problem‑solving through shared storytelling, and I am consistently impressed by how confidently players roleplay their characters and approach challenges from unexpected angles.

The club is largely student‑led, with groups organising and running their own sessions.

Our main group also rotates the role of Dungeon Master on a weekly basis, allowing everyone to experience leadership and develop their confidence in planning, improvisation and guiding others.

Sessions run in GL1 on Tuesday lunchtimes for those interested."