It has been a while since I talked about archetypes, but I was thinking about them lately because of a science-fiction novel I was reading, which was filled with them. Basically, an archetype is a ...

Carl Jung’s concept of archetypes refers to universal, recurring patterns or symbols found in the human unconscious. These archetypes are part of our collective unconscious, a layer of the unconscious ...

There are a lot of suggestions that groups should reach into the history of Dungeons & Dragons to improve their games, but if enhancing roleplaying is paramount, I recommend going further back to the ...