I often engage in activities that I believe make me a better player of Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) such as horseback riding, camping, martial arts, archery, etc. I think the Camino de Santiago is one of those things.
I am carrying about 15 kilos of gear, about 15% of my body weight. We were walking 20-30km a day, not terribly far, and at the end of the day were a mass of aches and pains and exhaustion. It was so much that a man of average constitution (me) was brought down by it and had to rest and recuperate
In game, even a poorly equipped character would have quite a bit more gear than this. We left behind our spellbook (laptop) and writing implements (power supply), we do have 100 feet of elven chord (parachute line), we have an ever-burning torch (headlamp), but we carry almost no food with us, perhaps an orange or peach we pilfer from roadside orchard or are gifted by strangers. Luckily we have an ample supply of gold with which to purchase lodging and food along the way.
Tomar has done all it can to awaken the imagination of my gaming mind. The massive and beautiful medieval Templar fortress, the souvenir shops hawking swords, shields, armor (real and play), the prospect of finding fellow travellers (NPCs and safety in numbers).
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