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Dungeons & Dragons

A promotional photo from the movie 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' | Photo: <em>Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves</em>/Paramount Pictures

Movies

Review: A Lesson on Political Ambition From Dungeons & Dragons Movie

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is more Rob Reiner than J.R.R. Tolkien.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 6.2.2023 6:30 AM

Why the tabletop roleplaying world is furious about changes to Dungeons & Dragons' open gaming license. | DPST/Newscom

Dungeons & Dragons

Why the Tabletop Role-Playing World Is Furious About Changes to Dungeons & Dragons' Open Game License

For 20 years, D&D has offered third-party publishers an open, royalty-free license to create new works using its game. A leaked revision would end all of that.

C.J. Ciaramella | 1.12.2023 11:43 AM

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons Is Apparently Banned in Federal Prisons

State prisons around the country ban the roleplaying game, too, because of bizarre concerns about gang behavior and security threats.

C.J. Ciaramella | 11.2.2022 1:20 PM

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Censorship

Catholic School Pastor Thinks Harry Potter's Spells Are Real, Bans the Books

Harry Potter and the Baffling Return of Religious Panic

Scott Shackford | 9.3.2019 4:10 PM

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Game of Thrones

What Game of Thrones Can Teach Us About Political Power

In a special episode of the Reason Podcast, we drink and we know things.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.12.2019 3:00 PM

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History

The Radical Freedom of Dungeons & Dragons

Four decades after its creation, Gary Gygax's fantasy world of unbounded choice is more appealing than ever.

C.J. Ciaramella | 4.7.2018 6:00 AM

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