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Tabletop gaming’s move to the digital world took a huge stride forwards during lockdown. Alan Martin explains how it could become the new normal

When the UK plunged into lockdown in March 2020, all manner of leisure pursuits were put on hold. For the country’s enthusiastic tabletop gaming community, the pain was especially acute. Promising Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) campaigns would go unfinished, and Games Workshop models meticulously painted for tournaments would have to wait a few months for their tabletop debut. Several months later, and with the country again in varying states of lockdown, tabletop players are about to go through the same process again. However, for many, it will be less painful this time around, because in the intervening months millions of people worldwide have discovered the joys of digital equivalents. “It’s taken off quite a bit, especially in March and April where it was just crazy,” said Doug Davison, co-owner and president of…

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