Hallucinations And Hope

Dateline: Woking, 18th April 2025.I’ve been a fan of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game (universally known as D&D) for more than 40 years now. I was hooked on it from the very first time that I played it and I still enjoy every session just as much today. It is now mainstream and shaping elements of modern culture as storytellers who grew up playing D&D mature. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the TV adaptation of “Game of Thrones”, both played it as teenagers; Jon Favreau, director of “Iron Man” has also attributed his creative chops to the game.25mm fantasy wargame at the South London Warlords Salute 25 event.For it me it changed over the years from being an enjoyable pastime and refuge from the stresses of work to to being a frontline defence against brain-rot and my personal +2 shield vs. dementia. And it gets me out of the house too: I celebrated another lap round the sun last weekend by heading off the South London Warlord’s Salute 25 event at the Excel.Why am I telling you this? Well, because pleasant pastime, dementia defence and convivial company to one side, it may be that D&D has an even greater role to play in the post-industrial economy.Subscribe nowFantasy HistoryWhen it was first published in 1974, D&D was a revolution in game playing, creating the idea of a Dungeon Master (DM) who serves as referee and organiser, maintaining the setting in which adventures occur, while the players…Hallucinations And Hope