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D&D was trending on Twitter recently, and it wasn't good news. If you haven't already heard, apparently Wizards of the Coast is under fire after Dungeons & Dragons fans found out about some changes to the legendary RPG's Open Game License that are allegedly underway. These changes would make it very difficult for third-party content creators to distribute their own supplemental D&D products, a move that would be detrimental to the community. So far, there's been a huge backlash against Hasbro a…

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Not to be corny, but I have an incredibly corny story about a high school teacher who always told us to “dominate the day.” He was my world history teacher and a football coach, usually a red flag. If you've never been to a school with incompetent coach teachers who were unnecessarily cruel to unathletic children, I'm guessing you're not from the South. This guy was not like that at all, and was really kind to all of the students. He was a super funny guy. I don't know of any other teacher that…

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Dungeons and Dragons is one of those games I have never gotten the opportunity to play. I feel like the social space of the D&D group can be kind of exclusive and definitely more of a commitment than your average board game night. When people say that Monopoly takes up too much time, I'm sure D&D players laugh in their faces. Imagine having to develop your characters in Monopoly and keep coming back to continue playing with the same Monopoly group on different financial quests . Despite this ig…

Playing D&D online doesn't seem as fun as playing in person, but maybe there are benefits that haven't been explored yet. For example, the other day I saw a tweet about how one clever dungeon master used the constraints of telecommunication to their advantage. Whenever they had to pause for a moment to check their notes, instead of awkwardly breaking character, they would put up a “loading” sign in front of the web cam that included loading screen tips, like “All Bosses have a weakness. Find an…

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