Dungeons & Dragons Making A Comeback? *Record Scratch* Guess Who's Back

Dungeons and Dragons has gone down in history as one of the best table top role playing games, and for good reason. It is a game where you can let your imagination run wild as you and your friends face the dungeon master and his obstacles to save whatever land you made up. However, D&D does have its own very strict sets of rules that must be followed in order for the game to run smoothly, such as the dice rolls. This is all well and good and can be quite fun, but sometimes new ideas have to be brought to the table in order to make table top RPGs more interesting. The game Ehdrigohr does this in a way that leaves almost everything up to your imagination and gives the masters and players almost complete creative control over what happens and how it's played.

In Ehdrigohr, the game doesn't rely so much on combat as it does on thinking your way through problems through both mental and emotional reasoning with the situation. The players start in one of nine human villages where they must overcome magical, spiritual, and environmental threats in ways that are unique and often peaceful, yet still challenging, to protect their village from the hostile world. For example, an angry wraith is tormenting the outskirts of the area, instead of fighting and killing it, the player chooses to pray to

the spirit only to find out that it is the victim of a murder that has gone unsolved. The player was then able to solve the case and find the culprit, bring him to justice, thus putting the spirit's soul to rest and stopping the attacks. It is situations that involve thinking outside of the box like this that makes Ehdrigohr stand out from all the other games.

In Ehdrigohr, your character and the world are essentially and blank slate for you to mold, allowing you to have your characters backstory and occupation be whatever you want it to be. The stories that can be told are powerful and often are inspired by existing cultures with rich lore such as ones from India. This also makes it attractive to those who are tired of stereotypical or wrong representations of their own native culture in games and want a game that respects their heritage. Ehdrigohr is a fun game that doesn't bind itself to rules and combat like most other table top games, but rather lets you weave your own story of survival with your friends in a land where the world itself is the enemy. If you are a fan of table top role playing games than I recommend taking a look at and playing Ehdrigohr for an experience like no other.