How could anything with so many rules not be real?
Un nouveau trésor exhumé et mis en ligne par le Believer à l’occasion de ce début d’année : Destroy All Monsters, un excellent survol de Donjons et Dragons, qui contient même une session avec Gary Gygax.
Why intelligent human beings would find the actions of imaginary fighters, thieves, dwarves, elves, etc., as they move through a space that exists only notionally, and consists more often than not of dimly lit corridors, ruined halls, and big, damp caves, more compelling than books or movies or television, or sleep, or social acceptance, or sex. In short, what’s so great about Dungeons & Dragons?