{"id":857,"date":"2017-10-25T21:51:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/?p=857"},"modified":"2017-10-25T21:51:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:51:25","slug":"dungeons-dragons-back-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/dungeons-dragons-back-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dungeons & Dragons Back in Fashion?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Yorker just published an article, The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons & Dragons<\/a>. Apparently even trendy people are playing role-playing games now!<\/p>\n

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In the years after I wrote Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers’ Handbook<\/a>, one thing that’s surprised me is how well the old-school role-playing games have held up, and how few important changes have been made in the newer editions. One thing that surprises me is that tabletop role-playing games are still done almost entirely by hand, with little in the way of apps to assist with the mechanics, dice, and table lookups. It’s still 1980 that way. But that’s okay. 1980 is a great vintage for role-playing games.<\/p>\n

In the New Yorker article, it mentions that some people are using role-playing games therapeutically, especially with kids, building a variety of skills more or less incidentally to the fascinating play. I’ve actually done a little of this, hosting several sessions at Corvallis’ Social Communications Clinic<\/a>, with a group of middle-school kids. It was exactly as much fun as a barrel of monkeys!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Though dating from the early Eighties, Through Dungeons Deep<\/em> is back in print, through the miracle of, “it’s my company and I can publish what I want.” But it still gets excellent reviews. So check out Dungeons & Dragons<\/a>, Through Dungeons Deep<\/a>, or both!<\/p>\n

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The New Yorker just published an article, The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons & Dragons. Apparently even trendy people are playing role-playing games now!   In the years after I wrote Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers’ Handbook, one thing that’s surprised me is how well the old-school role-playing games have held up, and how few … Continue reading “Dungeons & Dragons Back in Fashion?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-role-playing-games"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71zFO-dP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47,"url":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/through-dungeons-deep\/","url_meta":{"origin":857,"position":0},"title":"Through Dungeons Deep","author":"Robert Plamondon","date":"August 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"A Fantasy Gamers' Handbook by Robert Plamondon Reissued by Norton Creek Press. 340 pages. 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