Belgium’s hidden community of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons

PLAYERS CREATE CHARACTERS USING CHARACTER SHEETS AND EMBARK ON COLLABORATIVE ADVENTURES; PHOTO: KATHARINA WOISETSCHLÄGER AND MANOLIS GUSTAFSSON

 

The game is about to start and the whole bar is full to the brim. “Gosh, I haven’t seen you in a long time,” says Tanner Rawlings, one of the newly arrived players, walking up to his friend, Sigurd Joostens. …

How I Ended Up in Belgium: Chris Jiang’s fight against loneliness

A picture of chris, the interviewee of this article, in front of a brick wall

Chris Jiang (photo: Lise Van Overbeke)

 

I came to Belgium for the work-life balance, but quickly realized Belgians are not as open as other Europeans I’ve met. And that’s making things more difficult for me. I moved from Taiwan to Belgium because of a job opportunity: …