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The Accidental “Lie” in RPGs

Posted by Runeslinger on May 31, 2025 · 3 Comments

an eraser fails to remove the word storytelling from a sheet of paper

What if a friend of yours never found roleplaying games not because they didn’t like them, but because they had been misrepresented to them?

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