How to throw a Dungeons & Dragons-theme bachelor party - CNET

Decorate like a druid: I wanted my living room to feel like stepping inside a ruined castle. The murals went a long way towards achieving this effect, but I also set up a plastic sword on the mantel, scatted LED candles around and attached iron candle sconces to the walls. The sconces popped up in a search for "dungeon" on Craigslist. I hooked up my Amazon Echo to play the sounds of chains, footsteps and water dropping from the online Dark World eerie RPG soundscape generator. Subtly creepy.

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Capture a dragon's egg: My first instinct was to find a dragon's lair, sneak inside and steal an egg, but this proved to be impossible. So instead we hired Albuquerque chocolatier Joliesse Chocolates to make an entirely edible dragon egg from dark chocolate. The resulting confection was a glorious, shimmery object filled with truffles. My brother dispatched it with a hammer, breaking it into bite-sized pieces and revealing the artsy chocolates inside.

Book an archery range: In the heat of the New Mexico summer, I decided it wouldn't be prudent to try to track down a local SCA troupe dressed in metal armor in a park. Instead, I booked a private instructor for an air-conditioned stint at a local indoor archery range prior to the immersive dungeon-adventure portion of the party. The bows are mode, but there's a primal D&D-style thrill to stalking and dispatching 3D foam targets in the shapes of dinosaurs.

Find a Dungeon Master: My brother is an avid role-playing gamer, but that often means he ends up as the DM, leading the adventurers on their quests. For his party, I wanted him to sit back and play, so I brought in John Myers, an experienced DM, to run the game.