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    Beyond Dungeons and Dragons: can role play save the world?

    From refugees to Aids, live action role-play games are exploring critical issues. But is the idea of social change via larp a fantasy?
    by Tash Reith-Banks Mar 26, 2018 3 minutes
    Tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons are a world away from live action role play. Photograph: Jill Mead for the Guardian

    The detention centre sits on the border. Once a low-security prison, it is in a depressing state of disrepair. The private company running the government facility plans improvements, but the flood of desperate “residents” has pushed these firmly on to the back burner.

    Residents are not prisoners, but a perceived scarcity of social resources means public opinion towards them is volatile; in response, the government has set an extremely small immigration quota. Residents undergo rigorous assessment in order to have their immigration applications even considered.

    The border is with Wales. The refugees are

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