Role playing games are an excellent environment to develop friendships. By examining the traditional sociological and newer primatological research we can understand how friendships develop. We can also understand why RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons are so good at helping people make friends.

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Research articles below as well:

Making friends after 30: New York Times https:

//www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-making-friends-as-an-adult.html?pagewanted=all&_r=3&  

The Three Basics of Friendship: Psychology Today 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-waves/201703/the-three-basics-friendship 

With a Little Help From Our Friends: Scientific American Mind 

https://lydiadenworth.com/articles/little-help-friends/  

The evolutionary origins of friendship: Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney 

https://web-facstaff.sas.upenn.edu/~seyfarth/Publications/annurev-psych-%20Friendship.pdf

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