"Alignment charts" began life as a standardized way to describe a character's general moral disposition in role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. Where does this person (or elf or orc or whatever ...

Before Dungeons and Dragons was an amusing time waster for nerds, the cooperative board game was a lightning rod for controversy. It let players engage with an imaginative world in which many made-up ...

Your to-do management system says a lot, maybe everything, about you. We’ve organized the major systems according to their Dungeons and Dragons alignments, making value judgments with which no sane ...

Earlier versions of Dungeons & Dragons used the alignment system as a mechanic to help DMs maintain their world and to keep players from acting “out of character.” Not only could a DM penalize a ...

In Part 1 of this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses a new poll from YouGov that asked Americans where they fall on the Dungeons and Dragons alignment chart, ...

Lawful Good characters may be too idealistic and rigid, possibly missing out on real-world experiences. Neutral Good alignment strikes a balance between selflessness and self-advocacy, benefiting the ...