In the 80’s/90’s there was a huge satanic panic and RPG player were part of it. At the time the hobby was mysterious, many players are neurodivergent, and seen as socially awkward or edgy and as soon as a RPG player committed suicide, it was because of D&D. Not the other way around (depressed kid plays RPG to be with similar people, but still ends up dying from the depression).
To be fair, at the time the hobby also played on this image with games like In nomine Satanis or simply Vampire and it’s only recently that the community add a huge focus on emotional safety and inclusions.
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In the 80’s/90’s there was a huge satanic panic and RPG player were part of it. At the time the hobby was mysterious, many players are neurodivergent, and seen as socially awkward or edgy and as soon as a RPG player committed suicide, it was because of D&D. Not the other way around (depressed kid plays RPG to be with similar people, but still ends up dying from the depression).
To be fair, at the time the hobby also played on this image with games like In nomine Satanis or simply Vampire and it’s only recently that the community add a huge focus on emotional safety and inclusions.