With the help of fanzines and close attention to the text of the game you can actually learn to speak Tsolyanu while wondering why the school still makes you learn French–it’s not like you’re going...

Its like a sort of internet Ren Fair. Its like Dungeons & Dragons but for cool people who have got friends.

Weirdly, D&D didn’t encourage my leanings towards trying magic of my own at all. In fact, it frustrated them. Even the most pompous and ambitious historical magicians, from the Zaroastrian Magi through John Dee, Francis...