Lord of the Rings‘ plot is clarified as a transcript of a bunch of people playing Dungeons and Dragons. “Starts with a long, low-level adventure of just getting out of The Shire and getting the ring to Rivendell. DM originally prepped a low-level hobbit campaign for their roommates […]
Much of my time lately has been spent packing to move–and now unpacking from the move–while listening to The Adventure Zone, a podcast in which the McElroy brothers and their father, Clint, play a game of Dungeons & Dragons*. The McElroys used the conventions of Dungeons and Dragons […]
At the Public Medievalist, Paul Sturtevant continues series on race, racism and the middle ages with a look at the use of “race” in fantasy, including Dungeons & Dragons: “Tolkien crafted his fantasy world intricately. He, for example, took great pains to calculate distances and accommodate for the […]
DM David writes about “The Dungeons & Dragons spells Gary Gygax never meant for players.” “Dungeons & Dragons first supplement, Greyhawk, raised the game’s highest level spells from 6th level to 9th. None of Gary Gygax’s players had reached the level required to cast the new spells. Tim […]
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