Finding Atoria
Three friends, each with 30+ years playing and running TTRPGs sit down weekly to tell stories about the games, community and topics surrounding the Table Top Role Playing world.
Finding Atoria
Inclusion, Friendships, and Therapy?
Tori gets to moderate this episode. Arcadia starts us off with the topic of finding the right table for you. Finding nightmare tables proves the old adage, no D&D is better than bad D&D. Sometimes you gotta kiss a lot of frogs to find the right partner. Finding the right group of people to game with is key because they can turn into lifelong friendships. On the other hand, sitting at the wrong table can sour you on the game as a whole. Arcadia sums up the actual thing about gaming: you don’t play, you create. Malcolm comes back from break with one of the new(est) perks: the fact that this is therapy. Gaming has all sorts of therapeutic benefits. Being able to work through things like trauma while gaming is the best. This is just starting to be an actual thing, which is amazing. Malcolm tells us about Kate Welch and how cool she is! Tori gets to tell the story about how gaming saved her life as well.
Our Sources: Time Magazine Article by Kate Welch “The Magic of D&D Can Save Us”, “Table Top Role Playing Therapy” by Dr. Megan A. Connell.Time Magazine Special Edition Dungeons & Dragons The Storied Roots by Michael Witwer p.12
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