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I recently had the opportunity to interview Ben Riggs, tabletop RPG historian and author of Slaying the Dragon: a Secret History of Dungeons and Dragons, about his predictions regarding the end of the golden age of TTRPGs. The first half of the interview generated some lively discussion here on...

Hi Folks - Part 2 of the Interview is now available. In this half of the interview, Ben discusses Wizards' attempts to create a digital walled garden, Critical Role viewing stats, and reactions to his book, Slaying the Dragon. Hope you enjoy it...

Hey Folks - I'm the interviewer in question. First off, want to thank everyone who read through the first half of the interview. I have appreciated and enjoyed reading the comments thus far. In the initial posts Riggs made on Jan 3, there were a small handful of commenters who were attacking...

On January 3rd, Ben Riggs, TTRPG historian and author of Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons posted an article tn[%2FB]=%2CO%2CP-R']on social media that was later shared here on EN World in which he predicted the Golden Age of TTRPGs was dead. The article garnered a great...