I'm sort of not looking for questions at the moment (though I bet you could ask some really interesting ones) but can I just say:

5. Damn, that's cool. When boys that age - and, indeed, often many years older - do this sort of thing, it always ends up being a dice-rolling combat-fest. You went about it the right way around. Of course there are exceptions to every gender stereotype, but I like your way of putting the game before the rules. You both won!