Dungeons & Dragons & Bangkok: An Alignment Chart for the City [S5.E31]

Greg and Ed confess to their past as Dungeons and
Dragons-loving young geeks. Who would have thought? The boys take
inspiration from an old blog post of
Greg's where he applied D&D's famous moral alignment
chart to Bangkok. Moving through the list, Ed provides his
feedback as each example is presented. 


Greg begins by explaining the system (for those of you who
were less geeky or simply missed D&D generationally). Then
Greg gets into his examples. Who best represents 'Lawful Good' in
Thai society? Well, most monks seem to be the obvious answer, and
both guys think so, with the important 'most' caveat. However,
some other alignments prove more tricky. Who or what represents
'Chaotic Neutral' in Thai society? What about 'Lawful Evil'? The
boys re-hash Greg's old answers and see if they still apply
today.


Listen in for a discussion of all nine different
alignments, but the lesson of the day is that it can be very
insightful to examine Thailand through a variety of different
lenses, be it the Seven Deadly Sins or something more
contemporary, such as the moral universe of the most popular
role-playing game of all-time. 


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