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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 6260372" data-attributes="member: 4348">This talk about being in a counselor's office because of playing...is actually a pretty big sign of the golden age.&nbsp; It was so well known (or had so much notoriety about it) that it is possible that it may have caused something like this, simply from name recognition alone.&nbsp; The massive waves against it by some parents and conservative preachers probably helped the game to top selling status (the 1980s - imagine when Dragon and Dungeon had 4-8 times the number of subscribers and readers as it did in the 2000s).&nbsp; The problem isn't when D&amp;D had it's golden age, I think that's pretty clear cut, it's that people want ALL the ages to be golden ages.&nbsp; Comics had a golden age as well...and then later it had the silver age (which some consider a greater impact than the golden age).&nbsp; It also has had other ages of comics, though the golden and silver ages are the most well known.&nbsp; The silver age has more of the well known characters and their evolutions than the golden age I suppose.Just because the golden age of D&amp;D was in the 80s does NOT preclude other ages, such as a silver age or even another age.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 6260372, member: 4348"] This talk about being in a counselor's office because of playing...is actually a pretty big sign of the golden age. It was so well known (or had so much notoriety about it) that it is possible that it may have caused something like this, simply from name recognition alone. The massive waves against it by some parents and conservative preachers probably helped the game to top selling status (the 1980s - imagine when Dragon and Dungeon had 4-8 times the number of subscribers and readers as it did in the 2000s). The problem isn't when D&D had it's golden age, I think that's pretty clear cut, it's that people want ALL the ages to be golden ages. Comics had a golden age as well...and then later it had the silver age (which some consider a greater impact than the golden age). It also has had other ages of comics, though the golden and silver ages are the most well known. The silver age has more of the well known characters and their evolutions than the golden age I suppose. Just because the golden age of D&D was in the 80s does NOT preclude other ages, such as a silver age or even another age. [/QUOTE]

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