Plug New book: The Psychology of Dungeons & Dragons My new book on the psychology of D&D comes out! See the table of contents, listen to audiobook excerpts, and preorder now.
Blog Why Do D&D Players Like Rolling Their Own Dice? Why D&D players prefer to roll their own dice instead of having the DM roll for them.
Blog Are D&D Players More Empathetic? Research shows that TTRPG players, like those in Dungeons & Dragons, display higher empathy levels, including perspective-taking, compared to the general population, possibly benefiting real-world problem-solving.
Blog Morally Disengaged Murder Hobos How do Dungeons & Dragons players justify bad behavior? And how can a DM use the same tricks to make really bad and really believable villains?
Blog Level Drain and Loss Aversion in D&D How has one particular quirk of psychology shaped the design of Dungeons & Dragons across editions?
Blog Fluency in Dragon Why you shouldn’t always randomly generate names from a table for the dragons or characters in your D&D game.
Podcast Podcast – Dungeons & Dragons & Skills How can Dungeons & Dragons teach all of us skills and let us practice important skills?
Podcast Podcast – The Psychology of Role-Playing What’s the psychology behind role-playing in Dungeons & Dragons or video games?
Blog Making D&D Rulebooks More Collectible How Wizards of the Coast could have leaned into the psychology of collecting to sell more Monsters of the Multiverse
Podcast Podcast – Therapy with Dungeons & Dragons How some therapists are using games like Dungeons & Dragons for therapy and how it’s different (and the same) from the game you play.
