tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post3074020374005215111..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Structured ActivityAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-69844983837749805652018-10-20T20:26:14.014-06:002018-10-20T20:26:14.014-06:00I also thought this "escapism" thing wei...I also thought this "escapism" thing weird. D&D would be boring if my character was sitting in an office 10h a day and sleep the rest of the time, but there is a gap between this and heroic fantasy.<br /><br />also: our lives can't be boring: we play D&D! (properly)Michttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02363668416664911106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-80475192027538944942018-10-08T23:12:57.357-06:002018-10-08T23:12:57.357-06:00I think this also applies to literature. Right now...I think this also applies to literature. Right now I'm reading the John Carter novels. These works are often called 'escapist fiction', but I'm not reading these because I want to escape from my life. Yeah, I can empathize with John Carter, but I can empathize with any well written character; that doesn't mean I want to escape my life and live his. I don't play D&D to escape. I play RPGs, and read books, and watch TV/movies, and listen to music to enrich the life I have, not to escape it.Lance Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817319325489613672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-89005453242290153452018-10-08T11:18:46.154-06:002018-10-08T11:18:46.154-06:00Very positive and inspirational, man...not to ment...Very positive and inspirational, man...not to mention a justification for folks to play the game as they want, not as it's dictated to be played.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-84303508816244340782018-10-08T02:14:12.453-06:002018-10-08T02:14:12.453-06:00Just the sort of post I needed for my monday morni...Just the sort of post I needed for my monday morning blues.<br /><br />Reading you at your most worldly really can be such a treat, like tuning into a warm talk-radio exchange. Drainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724863160300686402noreply@blogger.com