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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3643520" data-attributes="member: 14159">Some people have long memories.Back a decade ago, I wasn't allowed to play D&amp;D or own anything with the D&amp;D name on it because my dad remembered hearing in Church many years before about how D&amp;D was satanic and evil and so on.&nbsp; Now, I had my Star Wars RPG books, and other thing RPGs, but none of it had the D&amp;D name on it, so it was okay.&nbsp; It wasn't until I was in college away from my dad that I could play D&amp;D with impunity.When I finally graduated I told dad that I'd spent most of my free time the last 4 years playing D&amp;D and attributed that to being able to graduate.&nbsp; My biggest obstacle to graduation was the math requirement, but D&amp;D taught me basic math and statistics enough to pass my required math classes.&nbsp; That and I pointed out how D&amp;D is made by Hasbro, and how in the world is a major publicly traded company is going to openly sell a &quot;satanic&quot; product without a major media frenzy and if D&amp;D caused so many suicides and all you'd imagine it would be more than just some propaganda from a decade or more ago.&nbsp; I also noted how many other things were supposed to be &quot;satanic&quot; (video games, bar codes, Proctor and Gamble, Santa Claus, Teletubbies, rock &amp; roll, something new every few years it seems, if they were all true most things in our culture would be satanic).&nbsp; He begrudgingly relented at that point.Circa 1999, our gaming club at College was the subject of an article from the campus newspaper, and the reporter knew absolutely nothing about D&amp;D other than she vaguely heard things as a kid about how it was evil and satanic.&nbsp; We explained what it was, and she was genuinely amazed, she honestly thought it was some kind of game built around a satanic ritual or something like that.&nbsp; Circa 2000 our gaming club received an angry letter from an anonymous party on campus that was outraged that we played D&amp;D publicly and received support from the university (in the form of meeting rooms, storage space for books and minis, and office space for our club) for playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; It was full of lines like &quot;Don't you know that D&amp;D makes people kill themselves?&quot; (and a lot of religious lines that I'll leave out because of the nature of this board) and ended with a promise to rally the campus against us.&nbsp; That rallying never materialized, but somebody was upset enough with us to write that letter in the first place.So, yes, some people do have long memories and they do remember all the satanism allegations.&nbsp;&nbsp; They might not be repeated as publicaly, but for some people that's all they have to associate with the words &quot;Dungeons and Dragons&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 3643520, member: 14159"] Some people have long memories. Back a decade ago, I wasn't allowed to play D&D or own anything with the D&D name on it because my dad remembered hearing in Church many years before about how D&D was satanic and evil and so on. Now, I had my Star Wars RPG books, and other thing RPGs, but none of it had the D&D name on it, so it was okay. It wasn't until I was in college away from my dad that I could play D&D with impunity. When I finally graduated I told dad that I'd spent most of my free time the last 4 years playing D&D and attributed that to being able to graduate. My biggest obstacle to graduation was the math requirement, but D&D taught me basic math and statistics enough to pass my required math classes. That and I pointed out how D&D is made by Hasbro, and how in the world is a major publicly traded company is going to openly sell a "satanic" product without a major media frenzy and if D&D caused so many suicides and all you'd imagine it would be more than just some propaganda from a decade or more ago. I also noted how many other things were supposed to be "satanic" (video games, bar codes, Proctor and Gamble, Santa Claus, Teletubbies, rock & roll, something new every few years it seems, if they were all true most things in our culture would be satanic). He begrudgingly relented at that point. Circa 1999, our gaming club at College was the subject of an article from the campus newspaper, and the reporter knew absolutely nothing about D&D other than she vaguely heard things as a kid about how it was evil and satanic. We explained what it was, and she was genuinely amazed, she honestly thought it was some kind of game built around a satanic ritual or something like that. Circa 2000 our gaming club received an angry letter from an anonymous party on campus that was outraged that we played D&D publicly and received support from the university (in the form of meeting rooms, storage space for books and minis, and office space for our club) for playing D&D. It was full of lines like "Don't you know that D&D makes people kill themselves?" (and a lot of religious lines that I'll leave out because of the nature of this board) and ended with a promise to rally the campus against us. That rallying never materialized, but somebody was upset enough with us to write that letter in the first place. So, yes, some people do have long memories and they do remember all the satanism allegations. They might not be repeated as publicaly, but for some people that's all they have to associate with the words "Dungeons and Dragons". [/QUOTE]

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