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Why fictional conflicts can destroy real friendships

My weekly D&D group disbanded after five years because two players had a real-world fight about something that happened to their characters, and I can't understand how pretend betrayal became actual betrayal.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The boundaries between play and reality are far more porous than we pretend, especially when ego is involved.

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