![]() Jack Chick was a California-based cartoonist who published a ton of tracts about everything that was going to get you condemned to Hell. Sure, she was misinformed, but who needs the truth when you've got Shield of Faith to get you over those pesky speed bumps? ![]() She wasn't alone in her beliefs, either: she appeared on television shows across the 80s dial, and even sat down with creator Gary Gygax on an episode of 60 Minutes (via the BBC). pretty much everyone's ideal kid was a candidate for Dungeons & Dragons domination. She profiled kids who were particularly vulnerable to D&D, saying it was the intelligent, adventurous, creative kids with no history of drug use or behavioral problems who usually fail their saving throws and get sucked in. What should Mom and Dad be on the lookout for? If little Junior started grave robbing, stealing religious artifacts, drinking blood, signing suicide pacts, or exhibiting "supremacist attitudes," D&D might be infiltrating your home. She even published a list of behaviors that were signs D&D had exerted its mighty hold over curious child. Pulling was there, brandishing her sword and pulling a seemingly infinite number of claims out of her own Bag of Holding like there was no tomorrow. So why, exactly, was Dungeons & Dragons condemned as a tool of the devil? It's a very strange story, indeed. Some believed it was teaching people how to tap into the unknown to cast real spells and summon real demons, and honestly, if that was the case, there would be a lot more demons walking the earth and a lot more half-orc, half-elf children running around. During the 1980s and 90s, it wasn't just a matter of being called a geek or a nerd, there was a very real moral panic that raged over D&D. Today, games like Dungeons & Dragons are a little more mainstream than they have been historically. While the 21st century world might surround us with fantastic movies, endless binge-watching opportunities on your streaming network of choice, and an equally endless world of entertainment on the internet, there's something even more endless: imagination, like a group's creativity when it comes to figuring out how to hack magical abilities to set someone on fire in new and interesting ways. Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) inspires some seriously devout fans. ![]()
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