What can Dungeons and Dragons tell us about the way humans tell stories? A game you can always win—if you play it right. An obscure monetary system that poses deep questions about the nature of money. Matt and Scott entertain all of these and more in this episode of T.P.T.T.

Bibliography and Additional Resources

Dungeons and Dragons

Episode 1 of The Adventure Zone, an actual-play podcast: www.maximumfun.org/adventure-zone/ep-1-here-there-be-gerblins-chapter-one 

Basic Rules for Dungeons and Dragons: http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules 

Nim and Prisoner’s Dilemma

Standupmaths explains the game of Nim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KABcmczPdg 

Yapese Currency

Atlas Obscura, which contains an entry on Rai Stones: https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Obscura-Explorers-Worlds-Wonders/dp/0761169083 

NPR shines light onto the Rai Stones: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/02/15/131934618/the-island-of-stone-money 

Music

The Ranch by Rafael Krux: fhttps://freepd.com/epic.php

Drum Roll: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/soundeffects 

Seasons by DJ AG: https://open.spotify.com/search/results/seasons%20dj%20ag