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Ram Tyr
April 14th, 2019, 10:39
"So when my friend Kate suggested we start a game of Dungeons & Dragons, I thought, “Yes, I’m going to get together with people face-to-face, without any hearting or retweeting, and we’re going to eat chips and fight those damn cultists who are trying to resurrect the evil, five-headed dragon queen Tiamat.”"

The article focuses on face to face gaming, but thought folks might enjoy the read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/opinion/sunday/dungeons-and-dragons.html
LordEntrails
April 14th, 2019, 19:36
It's an interesting read. Thanks for posting.
GavinRuneblade
April 15th, 2019, 00:24
Shame the times is subscription only so I can't read the article, but I think I got the gist of it from your quote. If is fun to see how much roleplaying is making a big comeback these days.
LordEntrails
April 15th, 2019, 01:14
Shame the times is subscription only so I can't read the article, but I think I got the gist of it from your quote. If is fun to see how much roleplaying is making a big comeback these days.

That article is not behind a paywall. It's all right there if you follow the link.
leozelig
April 15th, 2019, 01:33
You can read like 10 articles a month for free. Thanks for posting, LordEntrails...
GavinRuneblade
April 15th, 2019, 06:44
That article is not behind a paywall. It's all right there if you follow the link.

It is behind a paywall for me.
dulux-oz
April 15th, 2019, 06:56
It is behind a paywall for me.

And me :(
LordEntrails
April 15th, 2019, 07:12
Maybe they filter by IP and for those outside the contiguous US they paywall it? I don't know...
Mellock
April 15th, 2019, 13:53
Apparently, it works by ip, but you get more free articles if you access them from a search engine than if you get linked directly.
So you may perhaps search for the title via google and try it that way, or perhaps use one of those free vpn's for a sneaky peak.
Or wait a few days.
Kelrugem
April 15th, 2019, 20:11
Maybe they filter by IP and for those outside the contiguous US they paywall it? I don't know...

Maybe different systems for different countries, yes; for me in Switzerland the link worked :)
Mellock
April 15th, 2019, 20:55
It's easy to use up your free articles unnoticed if you sometimes click trough hackernews, or just follow the news a bit.

I guess D&D really did make a comeback. Some of it reeks of hipster, but I'll take it.
dulux-oz
April 16th, 2019, 04:59
Apparently, it works by ip, but you get more free articles if you access them from a search engine than if you get linked directly.
So you may perhaps search for the title via google and try it that way, or perhaps use one of those free vpn's for a sneaky peak.
Or wait a few days.

Yeah, got the full article via a Google search - thanks for the tip :)