Anyone can play D&D, and a D&D player can come from anywhere. Our “Player Profile” series hopes to highlight the diverse backgrounds of D&D players that have passed through our doors. Tell us about yourself, what’s your background? Dear reader, I’ll start by sharing a little about the more boring of my two characters, myself. …
Player Profiles: Mahar Mangahas
Anyone can play D&D, and a D&D player can come from anywhere. Our “Player Profile” series hopes to highlight the diverse backgrounds of D&D players that have passed through our doors. Tell us about yourself, what’s your background? It took me a while to admit it, but I think, after teaching for the better part …
The Strengths and Weaknesses of D&D
Last week we participated in Gaming for Change, “Hong Kong’s first ever symposium examining the intersection between social change and interactive mediums.” We were fortunate enough to be invited on the panel talking about how different gaming formats could be used as a catalyst for change in Hong Kong. That panel featured some amazing people …
Player Profiles: Tina Arcilla
Anyone can play D&D, and a D&D player can come from anywhere. Our “Player Profile” series hopes to highlight the diverse backgrounds of D&D players that have passed through our doors. Tell us about yourself, what’s your background? My background is in Political Economy and International Relations. I work in an NGO called Community Business …
Helping Your Players Role Play
One of the greatest strengths that D&D has is that it gives you the opportunity to be someone else. You get to step into the shoes of a character completely different from you, and get to see the world from their point of view. An amazing way for players to do this is by role-playing …