The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons & Dragons
In 2017, Dungeons & Dragons, a game played outside the realm of the Internet, can feel slightly rebellious, or at least pleasantly out of place.
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Dungeons & Dragons Stumbles With Its Revision Of The Game’s Major Black Culture
For nearly a decade, there hasn’t been more than a vestige of a black society in the official world of Dungeons & Dragons. There have been black people, but no black civilizations except for a…
Character Rarity in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Gus Wezerek at Fivethirtyeight.com breaks down the popularity of the Races and Classes in Dungeons and Dragons 5e in his article “Is Your D&D Character Rare?” How does your favorite character compare?
Role-Playing Games in the Classroom
At WPI, generating new ideas and reinventing old ones to convey material are common practice, one that’s done by faculty and students alike. Since system dynamics can be an intimidating topic to study, one professor…
Stories From Conventions: D&D at OzCC
It often feels like every weekend there is a geeky convention happening somewhere in the world; sometimes even two. Usually, our style is to give you a preview of the things we are looking forward…
So You Wanna Be A DM?: A Potentially Helpful Guide
For those brave souls who are prepared to create worlds to challenge players, here is a helpful guide for you.
Starfinder is here, and it’s fantastic
Paizo Publishing, the creators of the popular Pathfinder universe, were on hand at this year’s Gen Con to celebrate the release of Starfinder, a spacefaring role-playing game and only its second major tabletop RPG. The…
How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Can Help You IRL
It was the winter of my sophomore year of college when some friends suggested we try Dungeons & Dragons. Back then, I knew very little about the game—something about a group of people hunched over…
The Best Way to Determine Your Moral Alignment, ‘D&D’ Style
Before Dungeons and Dragons was an amusing time waster for nerds, the cooperative board game was a lightning rod for controversy. It let players engage with an imaginative world in which many made-up religions existed,…
Not your father’s Dungeons & Dragons: How role-playing games give people courage to try new things
Since 1996, the Origins Game Fair has been held in Columbus.This year the convention returns amidst what some consider a tabletop gaming renaissance. The popularity of board and role playing games has boomed in recent…