You Can't Break the Game, But You Can Break Your Friends

Episode  |  April 30th, 2021  |  45 mins 1 sec

breaking the game, having fun, interpersonal conflicts, resolving issues

Is it possible to break D&D? What does it even mean when someone says, "That's totally broken!"? We investigate this idea and discuss how there is almost nothing, mechanically speaking, that can be introduced to the game that can't be managed somehow. And then we look at the one place where things are not always so easy to manage -- people's feelings. If there is anything that get broken in D&D, it can be hearts. And it can be friendships. We talk about how to prevent that from happening, and how to play the most fun-even-if-it-is-unbalanced-and-weird game of D&D.