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Society & Culture · Moral panics

Dungeons & Dragons became the focus of a moral panic in which critics linked the game to Satanism and the occult. Claims that playing Dungeons & Dragons caused occult practice, criminal harm, or suicide remain disputed across partisan and historical accounts.

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Timeline

  1. 1985 · eventBothered About Dungeons & Dragons campaign activity
  2. 1989 · document_releaseAD&D outer-planes and related monster materials circulate in print
  3. 2014 · amplificationMajor retrospective coverage of the 1980s D&D panic
  4. 2022 · amplificationCommentary links D&D panic to later Harry Potter occult scares

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