Over its 50-year history, Dungeons & Dragons has both mirrored, and at times challenged, the real world’s attitudes towards race and identity. Focusing on the evolution of character creation and its mechanics around race reveals some interesting shifts and patterns that both align with and challenge the foundational tenets of white supremacy.

Let’s take a walk through the 50-year history of D&D and see how the choice of Race in character creation has evolved and its impacts on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in this series.

In Part 2, let’s take a look at some of the more modern D&D mechanics from third (2000), fourth (2008), and fifth (2014) editions, analyzing the incremental shift towards diversity.

Over its 50-year history, Dungeons & Dragons has both mirrored, and at times challenged, the real world’s attitudes towards race and identity. Focusing on the evolution of character creation and its mechanics around race reveals some interesting shifts and patterns that both align with and challenge the foundational tenets of white supremacy.

Let’s take a walk through the 50-year history of D&D and see how the choice of Race in character creation has evolved and its impacts on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in this series.

Part 1 of this series takes a look at the Foundational Years of D&D’s history, reviewing materials that were foundational to this tabletop hobby, starting with Chainmail in 1971 up to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd edition in 1989. Analysis will be presented on how these foundational years appear to reinforce a racial hierarchy and collude with biological determinism.

Welcome to Emotion Regulation 101 - a mini course designed by a trauma therapist to give you some basic mental health tips on better managing your emotions

In today’s class, let’s learn about the DBT skill PLEASE

PLEASE take care of your body to PLEASE take care of your mind

Mix It Up is a versatile bot for streamers and it is the one that I use for most things related to my stream on Twitch. 

This is a guide through the process of setting up automatic shoutouts using the Mix It Up streamer bot for my fellow teammates in the Fruities, Trepies, and ClubCRT stream teams, but you may find this guide useful in setting up your own set of automated shoutouts for your various groups on Twitch. 

If you’d like a video tutorial, you are welcome to check out this video on my YouTube channel, also embedded in this blog post.

Take a deep dive into FFVII lore and learn about where all 27 toilets are located in the world of the original game.

Take your own #FFVIIToiletTour and tag me on socials!

The biggest step you can take in finding a therapist is to first work on knowing that you are deserving of love and growth. With the right conditions, every human brain is capable of healing and you have the power to create those conditions. In this post, you will find a vetted list of therapist directories so that you can start your healing journey.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Jamie Marich for her new memoir "You Lied To Me About God" releasing this week.

You can get your copy and learn more about Dr. Marich at https://redefinetherapy.com/

This episode is a an introduction into Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing [EMDR] Therapy.

This episode is a discussion about utilizing Safety Tools in Tabletop Roleplaying games in order to curate a culture of caring at the table.

You can check out the TTRPG Safety Toolkit at https://ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com

In this special episode of Roll for Resilience, I interview pro-Palestine advocates in order to gain a better understanding of the historical context behind the conflict in Israel/Palestine.

This special event was produced in honor of the National Children's Alliance during our fundraiser with the Trepies. Enjoy our audio drama about a murder mystery at the Weekend Mini-Bake!