More on the Dungeons and even on the Dragons…
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My second column on Dungeons and Dragons and the national security enterprise is now up…
People have been playing Dungeons and Dragons for fifty years. It’s unsurprising at this point that the game and its adherents have found their way into America’s immense national security enterprise. Indeed, the game’s impact is not limited to the US or even the English speaking world; the current edition is supported in six languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese) with bootleg translations available in several others. But beyond the raw fact of its existence, has D&D offered anything of use to the national security enterprise? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is a qualified “yes.”
I would love to hear more from folks about their own D&D games, whether natsec related or no…
Other links:
- The 2024-25 Patterson Perspectives podcast season has begun! Check out Elijah McKay’s interview with Dr. Jonathan Powell on the study of military coups…
- Harold Koh on Presidential war powers…
- The impact of Iranian weapons on the war in Ukraine…
- Information on North Korean soldiers in Ukraine is sketchy but concerning.
- Hezbollah is the fight Israel was preparing for when October 7 happened.
- Sinwar got killed by noobs.