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<blockquote data-quote="Clavis" data-source="post: 3851654" data-attributes="member: 31898">In my opinion, the &quot;evil' reputation of D&amp;D in the 80s was only good for the game in the long term. Not only did it keep the name D&amp;D in the popular imagination, but it made the game attractive to a rebellious segment of the population. Whenever prominent members of society condemn something, the part of society that feels disempowered will be drawn to that very thing, as an act of rebellion. For example, the drug problem in America is now many times worse than it was before drugs were made illegal. Doing drugs is &quot;cool&quot;, not just because of the fun of the experience itself, but also because doing them also confers the thrill of defying authority.Of course, the irony of the &quot;D&amp;D is evil and anti-Christian&quot; situation is that Gary Gygax himself is a&nbsp; professed Christian! If anything, old D&amp;D and AD&amp;D subtly argued against taking a non-Christian, polytheistic world view seriously, by reducing the gods to glorified monsters (complete with stats so you can kill them).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clavis, post: 3851654, member: 31898"] In my opinion, the "evil' reputation of D&D in the 80s was only good for the game in the long term. Not only did it keep the name D&D in the popular imagination, but it made the game attractive to a rebellious segment of the population. Whenever prominent members of society condemn something, the part of society that feels disempowered will be drawn to that very thing, as an act of rebellion. For example, the drug problem in America is now many times worse than it was before drugs were made illegal. Doing drugs is "cool", not just because of the fun of the experience itself, but also because doing them also confers the thrill of defying authority. Of course, the irony of the "D&D is evil and anti-Christian" situation is that Gary Gygax himself is a professed Christian! If anything, old D&D and AD&D subtly argued against taking a non-Christian, polytheistic world view seriously, by reducing the gods to glorified monsters (complete with stats so you can kill them). [/QUOTE]

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