Role-playing Games mystify those who have never played them

I think that this article, “The Most Dangerous Game: At 50, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever — and still misunderstood” by Andrea Long Chu, is quite good. It’s really about role-playing games in general (which, for most people who don’t play them, and also — sadly — many who play only D&D, is synonymous with D&D). It does a solid job in explaining why the activity is so inscrutable to those who never try it. Next time some “normie” asks me about this crazy hobby of mine, I might just send them this article.