ENGL4160EA: Day 7, Obligatory Dungeons & Dragons Week Begins!
Channel: Critical Prof
Date: 2021-09-07

Emily Friedman recaps discussion of an introduction to Dungeons & Dragons, including how talking about the play styles of different D&D editions parallels different ways of course design/pedagogy.  Digressions about bards with bone drones, the Satanic Panic, a shoutout to new followers, and more. Do I compare my teaching to Aabria Iyengar's DMing?  Damn right I do.

Alex Chalk, “A Chronology of Dungeons & Dragons in Popular Media”, Analog Game Studies 5/2 (2018) https://analoggamestudies.org/2018/06/telling-stories-of-dungeons-dragons-a-chronology-of-representations-of-dd-play/

2019 - Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer (Red Nose Day 2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3658C2y4LlA

In-Class Play: Character Formation, 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D 5e)
dndbeyond.com – founded in Alabama!

For further reading:

Clave Jones, "A Primer: Understand the Different Editions of Dungeons and Dragons" (2016/2020)
https://nerdsonearth.com/2016/06/brief-primer-different-editions-dungeons-and-dragons/

Matt Colville, "Language, Not Rules" (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIkwABECfR0 (also links to his history of D&D)

Easter egg: me on Jasper's Game Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6845CBahA