Back in high school, some of my friends and I tried out a run of Dungeons & Dragons. We had some fun with it, but the friend who acted as Dungeon Master (DM) for the campaign was the bossy chick with a superiority complex. She made ridiculous use of her DM authority and turned out to not actually know what she was doing (she had claimed that she had not only played for years, but had DM'd several games in the past).
Our first foray into D&D did not last long. But it was not without fond memories. Recently, while watching an awesome fantasy film at a theatre, we decided to give it another go. Our group of friends has changed over the years. Some people were no longer a part of it (including bossy know-it-all), and there were new friends. From the beginning, it was decided that I would DM the campaign. I set about getting the things I needed: a dice set, the core rulebooks, character sheets, a grid sheet. And then I got busy studying, planning, and crafting.
I have now had the joy of creating my own campaign setting, DMing two campaigns (one meets one day each week, the other another), and of handing the reins of one campaign over to one of the players so I could roll up my own character and play also. I've really enjoyed what we've done so far. Currently, I DM the second campaign which was started, and I play a character in the other campaign which I handed off to a player to take over as DM.
Has anyone else had any experience with D&D or another tabletop roleplaying game?