From Tabletop to Screen: Playing Dungeons and Dragons during COVID-19

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Media reports suggest that the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons saw its biggest year to date in 2020, with many such touting interactive and social benefits for people facing COVID-19 lockdowns. This paper explores reported challenges of playing D&D through teleconferencing hardware software, experience using virtual tabletops. A thematic analysis a sample Reddit threads discussing player experiences transitioning remote play during distancing was undertaken. The findings highlight variety attitudes preferences towards remotely. data mostly negative sentiment online groups had transitioned from in-person play. Loss socialisation identified as an important contributor poor experience, but would persevere maintain relationships, suggesting that, players, serves function beyond mere Some avenues future research are identified.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Societies

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2075-4698']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11040125