Kudos to Colin for having enough of an imagination to play an RPG. I love 'em myself. Great escapism. It's funny how a couple stupid movies back in the early 80s had people thinking anything associated with Dungeons & Dragons was a bunch of people dressing up and acting things out. So silly.
You wanna see people dressed up and beating the shit out of each other with ritan sticks, check out:
http://www.sca.org
CRAZY fuckers but that stuff is fun as hell. You have no idea how fast you can get winded trying to swing a sword with 50 lbs or armor on!