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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7882945" data-attributes="member: 6855114">The satanic panic of the '80s was strong in my home town. A young man had committed suicide and RPG (specifically D&amp;D) were on the accused bench. I had to defend our club in a town meeting, showing angry parents that D&amp;D had nothing to do with the suicide. The fact that I was doing a lot volonteer work, that I was in the air cadets and that I was often seen assisting our priests in worship services,&nbsp; ceremonies and funeral rites helped to appease many of them. But some other clubs in nearby towns were not so lucky. We kept our club but barely. I am glad that I had the chance to talk with our local priests about RPGs. They were opened minded and helped me a lot in appeasing the mind and prejudices our club was facing. The main problem of RPGs were that, at that time, they were a relative closed circle. People (see here adults, parents and non players) were not able to see what was happening during those strange meetings. From the outside, it look almost like a sect, hence the &quot;satanic&quot; tag that D&amp;D and other RPGs received in the '80s. Fun fact is that now, with the internet, it's easier to see what RPGs are about. Thus a better acceptance and even an endorsement from popular figures that now admits that they had played RPGs in their youths. I really think that the bottom of the bottom of RPG was at the end of the '80s and the beginning of the '90s. It's in the 2000s that the hobby really started to renew itself and get some acceptance. The internet kinda of saved the genre because it gave the hobby a window into the eyes of everyone, be it forums, internet site dedicated to the genre, or now youtube and twitch and many others. If there ever was a golden age for RPGs it is now. Not 2010...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 7882945, member: 6855114"] The satanic panic of the '80s was strong in my home town. A young man had committed suicide and RPG (specifically D&D) were on the accused bench. I had to defend our club in a town meeting, showing angry parents that D&D had nothing to do with the suicide. The fact that I was doing a lot volonteer work, that I was in the air cadets and that I was often seen assisting our priests in worship services, ceremonies and funeral rites helped to appease many of them. But some other clubs in nearby towns were not so lucky. We kept our club but barely. I am glad that I had the chance to talk with our local priests about RPGs. They were opened minded and helped me a lot in appeasing the mind and prejudices our club was facing. The main problem of RPGs were that, at that time, they were a relative closed circle. People (see here adults, parents and non players) were not able to see what was happening during those strange meetings. From the outside, it look almost like a sect, hence the "satanic" tag that D&D and other RPGs received in the '80s. Fun fact is that now, with the internet, it's easier to see what RPGs are about. Thus a better acceptance and even an endorsement from popular figures that now admits that they had played RPGs in their youths. I really think that the bottom of the bottom of RPG was at the end of the '80s and the beginning of the '90s. It's in the 2000s that the hobby really started to renew itself and get some acceptance. The internet kinda of saved the genre because it gave the hobby a window into the eyes of everyone, be it forums, internet site dedicated to the genre, or now youtube and twitch and many others. If there ever was a golden age for RPGs it is now. Not 2010... [/QUOTE]

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