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I rolled up a random Shadowdark monster which turned out to be a "were stirge" and this is what ChatGPT came up with:

I went to private school (Lutheran though, not Catholic) in the 80's and no one cared that we played. It was considered stupid and...

Ugh. I remember having an argument with a classmate that loved superheroes but considering D&D satanic how the two genres were so very...

Hmmm…. Dictionary.com says that convicted can mean “impressed with a sense of guilt” and I think that’s what I was going for.

I meant “convicted” in the sense of a religious conviction. Perhaps not the best choice of word.

I don’t see the typo??

I was collecting at the time and there was definitely discussion in the letters/forum in issues after that. At the time I was horny AF...

This was my experience too, as a gamer through the 80s. Even people who were not particularly devout were concerned that something...

Yes, I agree. His and Greenwood's articles are consistently the highest quality writing in the magazine.

I've read that there were some letters about the cover published in the following issues. I haven't looked into it myself yet, but I...

It wasn't until internet forums became widespread many years later that I heard about #114's cover supposedly stirring up some folks...

My first thought on seeing the cover was "Oh, that is fairly Boris Vallejo . . . ish."

I never really was affected any by the Satanic Panic, even living in a tiny MT town full of rural Christian types. Mostly, people...

As the old adage says, people often fear what they don't understand. And one certainly had to dedicate a bit of time to be able to...

I remember reading an editorial note that made it clear to one curious reader that it was not that Roger Moore... 😅