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The great 1980s Dungeons and Dragons panic
- jmgtan 12y agoAh this brings back memories. My sister, who is still very religious, went into full blown panic mode when she discovered some D&D materials on my desk. This also brings back memories of tape backmasking to find "hidden" satanic messages in rock/metal songs
- jmnicolas 12y agoFor me it was in the 90s, and I remember the so-called specialists that were warning parents about the dangers of RPGs. As usual FUD about something that was misunderstood.
- wbillingsley 12y agoIt feels very odd reading about this "moral panic" of my childhood, as nobody where I grew up was in any way panicked at all. Did I somehow miss out on it? I played lots of D&D with my elder brother and his friends, and we went to a fairly large church in England, but nobody showed the slightest disapproval. One of my brother's friends' clothing was commented on once (he always wore camo pants and army boots), but the game was never frowned upon.
- FatalLogic 12y agoWhile the story is from the BBC, all the anti-D&D sources they cite seem to be in the US. So it looks like this moral panic was more of a US phenomenon.
- tzs 12y agoEarlier discussion (by about 30 minutes): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7571223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7571223 (bbc.co.uk vs bbc.com in the URL)