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By studying how some tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) are putting queerness front and center, Northeastern researchers found ways even "D&D," the biggest TTRPG in the world, can be more welcoming and inclusive for players.

Decades ago, if you played Dungeons & Dragons, you were, at best, labeled a nerd or an outcast and, at worst, a Satan worshiper.

How times have changed.

Now, more than 50 million people have reportedly been involved in D&D, the most popular TTRPG, in the world. It was recently adapted into a movie, and livestreamed games of D&D have become multimedia franchises in and of themselves.

But in the TTRPG space, D&D, which is published by Wizards of the Coast, has not been without its critics, many of whom have pointed out the game's complicated history with race and gender. More recently, the game's designers have taken steps to make the game more inclusive, but progress comes slowly to a major franchise like D&D.

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