This Fantasy World

If I ran a game store I would play the song This Fantasy World by The Doubleclicks.

Sometimes a guy attracts a girl by making a real world Charisma check and sometimes a guy attracts a girl by making an in-game Charisma check. We've all seen or imagined attraction happening at the gaming table. In-game heroics mix with real world flirting to maybe get the two on a date. That's where This Fantasy World dwells. It's the tale of a crush that develops during a campaign and the girl's efforts to woo the guy. There's a "kids version" and an explicit version, with the differences in the explicit version being a bad word, the use of "stupid" instead of "silly", and her goal being sex rather than a date. Musically, they both have a very full sound provided by a cello and an acoustic guitar with the two sisters singing the gently tumbling lyrics. If I ran a game store I would play the kids version.

This Fantasy World (explicit version) was released on The Doubleclicks' 2012 album, Chainmail and Cello. This Fantasy World (kids version) was released on their other 2012 album, Worst Superpower Ever. What The Doubleclicks did is to release both albums on the same day, with Worst Superpower Ever having clean versions of many of the songs on Chainmail and Cello. This is a boon for X Marks the Beat because The Doubleclicks are both prolific and excellent and I plan to add many more of their songs here. Providing family-friendly versions of their music allows me to play those songs in my non-existent game store.

This Fantasy World (kids version) on Bandcamp

Here's a fan video using the explicit version of the song:





This Fantasy World (kid's version) lyrics

You're sure not tall
And you're not all that attractive
'Cause you're a level eight dwarf
And you drink too much ale
You drink way too much ale
But you've got a nice axe
And you know how to use it
It's plus two against zombies
And the moment you set foot in this campaign
You set a Magic Missile on my heart and Charm Person on my brain

Dungeons and Dragons
Yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons with you
Yes I do, yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons
But I want to get you out of this fantasy world
And into my fantasy
And out of this basement
And into the sun
Dungeons and Dragons

One time you saved me
By setting the oncoming horde of golems
On fire
And one time you saved me
From the mouth of a volcano
'Cause you can Levitate
Which was a very clever spell choice
And I think the other players might be starting to suspect
'Cause you're always saving me when stuff turns to heck
But this is so much more

Than Dungeons and Dragons
Yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons with you
Yes I do, yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons
But I want to get you out of this fantasy world
And into my fantasy
Where you could be my boyfriend
And we could go out to dinner
Dungeons and Dragons

As we finish this battle
And we slay the dragon
And look around her lair for loot
Like gold and magic items
I look around this room
At all these silly nerds
And all their silly books
And their silly dice
And their primarily Windows-based computers
And their Doritos and Mountain Dew
Everything here is disgusting but you

And Dungeons and Dragons
Yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons with you
Yes I do, yes I like playing Dungeons and Dragons
But I want to get you out of this fantasy world
And into my fantasy
And out to a show
Where we could hold hands
Dungeons and Dragons