A 2024 Finalist in the CanadaLabs Local Correspondent Competition
In a basement bar, locals gather to play make believe. This is a
community event hosted by The Alpine, in Toronto, ON, where strangers
play a one-night-only game of Dungeons & Dragons. Sometimes people
come alone, knowing no one. Sometimes they come in groups. But often,
the same people come back, and see the same faces, and remember each
other. In a city that isn’t always very kind to human connection, in a
world that doesn’t always leave room for adults to play, this place is
precious. But it was almost lost when crumbling city infrastructure
nearly toppled The Alpine.
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