Roll20 is pretty good! Only had issues with it a few times in regards to connectivity. I bet the servers are better if you pay the subscription fee. It'd be fun to get something going within the allies!

Great question, and interesting answers! Everybody seems to have a weird D&D origin story and so do I.

My first foray into Dungeons and Dragons, at least that's what we called it, took place on the playground during recess in elementary school. No books, no dice, no rules, just a group of kids being nerdy telling stories. Our DM gauged success based the cleverness of our responses, and I think that really set up my play style for future campaigns. I played more book straight campaigns in middle school with my friends, and currently have had a Roll20 campaign going with the same guys for almost a year now. We're in different cities now so Roll20 has been awesome despite some server-side issues. Tonight I'm getting together with some people/friends from Ubisoft in person to start a brand new campaign! The hype is real.