Life and Death on the Oregon Trail

When a perennially pleasant third-grade teacher invents a game that blends Dungeons & Dragons with The Oregon Trail, the mood in her classroom turns fun, then deadly serious.

May 07, 2014

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Illustration by Melissa Mendes

https://soundcloud.com/narratively/micaela-blei-narratively This story was recorded in front of a live audience at a special Narratively storytelling event in Brooklyn, New York.

Live recordings produced and edited by Emon Hassan.

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