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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8239064" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I think it might depend on when during the 80s. The very early 80s (79-82, for example) tended to be different than the later 80s (86 on) because of the boom/bust fad/cool nature of it.In the early 80s, I recall that area schools had clubs for the kids to play D&D. That the regular book fairs would sell D&D modules along with the usual scholastic books. That it was common for various groups (yes, it was boys, and usually not the jocks) to play.It was so common, in fact, that today people of that specific age bracket know of it commonly- if they didn't play it themselves, they knew people who did play it.It didn't disappear in the later 80s, but it became much less common in popular culture. It would be, to borrow an analogy, like Rubik's Cubes- still around, still beloved by some, just consigned to a less popular place.(EDIT- that said, I can certainly understand that there were geographical difference; before the internet, there was a lot less homogeneity in the US, and I would not be surprised if your experience was different)</blockquote>