The role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons is experiencing a surge in popularity. Its parent company reported that 2017 was its biggest sales year in 20 years — until 2018, when sales jumped 30%. What do people find so appealing about this game? Engagement in play exercises creativity, imagination and problem-solving skills, and it offers an irresistible freedom to experiment with one’s identity and try on new roles. For some, D&D even has therapeutic benefits.
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Dungeons & Dragons and RPGs have done so much for me. I highly recommend trying the game out, learning to play, and being creative. If you’re having writers block or any creativity block, sharing a world of imagination with your friends, will help. Half-elven rogue here. #dnd #creativity
If anyone is wondering, I play as a Dragonborn Sorceress.
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Dungeons & Dragons and RPGs have done so much for me. I highly recommend trying the game out, learning to play, and being creative. If you’re having writers block or any creativity block, sharing a world of imagination with your friends, will help. Half-elven rogue here. #dnd #creativity
If anyone is wondering, I play as a Dragonborn Sorceress.
Being a Dungeon Master provides endless paths of creativity! Sometimes it’s just as fun planning out the adventure as it is to play one, but the collaborative story writing aspect is what always keeps me coming back for more!
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Dungeons & Dragons and RPGs have done so much for me. I highly recommend trying the game out, learning to play, and being creative. If you’re having writers block or any creativity block, sharing a world of imagination with your friends, will help. Half-elven rogue here. #dnd #creativity
If anyone is wondering, I play as a Dragonborn Sorceress.
I'm into Warhammer 40k myself but it is heartening to see a resurgence of something that doesn't require an app or internet connection?
I remember when the game was created in Lake Geneva near where I grew up. The founders struggled for years to build capital to move the brand forward and Big Toy just laughed at such a weird and complex game pattern; especially in Milwaukee which, then, still had significant historical remnants of the toy industry related to its strong German heritage. Injection molding companies would tear the eyes out of TSR in quotes for tooling because no one thought the tooling would ever be used again after manufacturing a few thousand dice with more than 6 sides. An early indicator for me of the lack of vision which plagues the toy biz to this day. https://lnkd.in/ghn2Rvs
Dungeons & Dragons and RPGs have done so much for me. I highly recommend trying the game out, learning to play, and being creative. If you’re having writers block or any creativity block, sharing a world of imagination with your friends, will help. Half-elven rogue here. #dnd #creativity
If anyone is wondering, I play as a Dragonborn Sorceress.
Very cool story from the Washington Post on Dungeons & Dragons surge in popularity and specific factors that helped, but the core of the game is that it's always had a strong sense of community...still true 45 years later. https://lnkd.in/dnRNYkZ #wotcstaff
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A new old way to fight troll armies and weaponized bot-nets (you’ll have to read the article to understand): https://lnkd.in/ef2c3EA
What the NYT says. But seriously, there are so many benefits to playing collaborative tabletop games. Mark my words, we are going to see much more gaming in offices and businesses in the next few years. #TTRPG #DND #DungeonsandDragons #Teambuilding
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One if the reasons for the resurgence that the article only briefly touched on was its portrayal in Big Bang Theory. As the most highly rated comedy for a decade, it no doubt caused people who might not otherwise have been interested in the game to check it out.