{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-04T00:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/through-dungeons-deep.com\/wordpress\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-09-05T23:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T23:52:24","slug":"dungeons-dragons-back-in-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/through-dungeons-deep.com\/wordpress\/dungeons-dragons-back-in-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dungeons &#038; Dragons Back in Fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-858 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/steed.dand_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"207\" \/>The New Yorker published an article a while back, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/the-uncanny-resurrection-of-dungeons-and-dragons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/a>. Apparently even trendy people finally started playing role-playing games!<\/p>\n<p>In the years after I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/through-dungeons-deep.com\/wordpress\/through-dungeons-deep-by-robert-plamondon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers&#8217; Handbook<\/a>, one thing that&#8217;s surprised me is how well the old-school role-playing games have held up, and how few important changes have been made in the newer editions. One thing that surprises me is that tabletop role-playing games are still done almost entirely by hand, with little in the way of apps to assist with the mechanics, dice, and table lookups. It&#8217;s still 1980 that way. But that&#8217;s okay. 1980 is a great vintage for role-playing games.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the New Yorker article, it mentions that some people are using role-playing games therapeutically, especially with kids, building a variety of skills more or less incidentally to the fascinating play. I&#8217;ve actually done a little of this, hosting several sessions with a group of middle-school kids at the Social Communication Clinic in Corvallis. It was exactly as much fun as a barrel of monkeys!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hb5J5J\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-107\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/tdd_cover_simple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a>Though dating from the Eighties, <em>Through Dungeons Deep<\/em> is back in print, through the miracle of, &#8220;it&#8217;s my company and I can publish what I want.&#8221; But it still gets excellent reviews. So check out <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2i667lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2hb5J5J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Through Dungeons Deep<\/a>, or both!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Yorker published an article a while back, The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons &amp; Dragons. Apparently even trendy people finally started playing role-playing games! 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