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Online D&D Insights at News.com

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Mar 5, 2006.

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    News.come has posted an article dealing with the appeal of computer-based roleplaying over tabletop classic. One of the people quoted is Gary Gygax, one of the fathers of Dungeons & Dragons. Here's a clip:

    Traditional D&D is still around (actor Vin Diesel wrote the adoring foreword to a 2004 book celebrating the game's 30th anniversary). But these days, aspiring wizards, druids and paladins are more likely to click and type their way through the evil necromancer's tower rather than huddle around a table casting spells between grabbing bites of pizza. In recent years, millions of people have flocked to rich online games that let players express their inner warlock without leaving home.

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