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: …

Tot het uiterste gaan; een impact op iedereen

Leeg bord (FOTO: Lotta Cornelus)

 

Leven met eetgestoord gedrag van een ander Als het gaat over eetstoornissen, denk je waarschijnlijk meteen aan de personen die met de eetstoornis kampen en hoe je hen kan helpen. Maar hoe zit het met de mensen rondom hen? Wat …