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On the relationship between autistic traits and table-top role-playing games.

2026-03-11

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<p>Why are table-top role-playing games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons – social games with a heavy reliance on pretense and the playing of a role – popular with autistic people despite the association of autism with difficulties with pretend play, social communication, and perspective taking? In this survey of 319 TTRPG hobbyists from the general (non-clinical) population, greater autistic traits as measured...

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Literature Corpus work: 3b8cb25e-1266-5eed-8e4a-31297c4ee950
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/bk4hj_v1

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