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| Yes | 17% | 79 votes | Total: 456 votes | |
| No | 83% | 377 votes |
Sitting here looking at the question at hand, Is Dungeons and Dragons really satanic, I was tempted to right a big fat No. I have played for years and would defend the game on ...read more
by Ken Fairbank
If you look up Satanic, you'll find the following three definitions: 1.) Related to or showing typical signs of Satanism 2.) suggestive of Satan or the devil 3.) evil, f...read more
Actually, I'm not saying Dungeons and Dragons is itself evil, but it has some very diabolical influences. My background with the game goes back almost thirty years. The game ...read more
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I played Dungeons and Dragons as a teen in the 1980's, and I've heard different versions of this question many times. Generally I think the question comes from people who don't...read more
A great deal of noise has been made in the media on whether Dungeons and Dragons, a role-playing game first produced by TSR, Inc., and now published by Wizards of the Coast, is ...read more
by Jen Power
Why would something be considered satanic? I think it's best to start by looking at Dungeons and Dragons piece by piece to see what part of it could be labeled evil. Dungeons a...read more
by Lola Batling
The question of Dungeons and Dragons being satanic is as old as the game itself. The key facet of the debate is that it's fantasy. The same people who believe that Harry Potter ...read more
The Truth About Dungeons & Dragons I began playing Dungeons & Dragons in college when a graduate student invited me to a game. To this day I don't know what he saw in me that...read more
Many people may think that Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is satanic. This usually stems from a lack of true understanding as to the pychological benefits of role-playing games. Wh...read more
by Carl Knight
When I think of the days and nights I've spent in the throes of a tense game of D&D, what occurs to me most is not that it was demonic or evil in any sense; what I think of most...read more
by John Devera
The controversy over Dungeons and Dragons has raged since the introduction of the game in 1974. It is the first and most significant of role playing games. Now, the heart of t...read more
by Hope Darby
A very simple fact of life eludes most people: sources of entertainment are not evil. People are who make them good or bad. The beauty of imagination is that people can create a...read more
by jayb83
Dungeons and Dragons is not satanic. It is who is playing and how far there imagination takes them. Some people imagination will take them to great heights and others to the l...read more
Recently I read an article by one Ken Fairbank, in this article he cited a definition of Satanic, and insisted that because of that definition, (and more importantly the guide l...read more
Raising this tired old debate again is silly. Clearly Dungeons and Dragons is a godly and righteous game. Indeed it is difficult to succeed without the aid of a devout priest ...read more
by Diane Brooks
Does anyone know the concept of role playing or game? It is a fantasy and imagination process. It lets you work out feelings and pass time. There is not much difference between ...read more
In 1979, Dallas Egbert mysteriously disappeared from his dorm room at Michigan State University. On learning that Egbert was involved in a little known hobby known as Dungeons ...read more
by Raven Lebeau
The pencil and paper RPG "Dungeons and Dragons," and the video games based on it, draw together elements from a variety of different mythologies and belief systems. It has no i...read more
Quite frankly, the whole notion that Dungeons and Dragons is satanic is ridiculous to say the least. Some people really do take things a bit too far. Explain to me how a rol...read more
by Nick Stock
Is Dungeons and Dragons Satanic? Is someone actually asking that question? Alright, let's do it. Firstly, the definition of satanic is really being taken out of context. I...read more
by Twist
Wow! The entire time I was playing in the early 80's was due to Satan's hands guiding my 20-sided die? Impossible! This is simply a loosing battle to argue 'yes'. Take out the b...read more
Sadly, no. Perhaps I've missed out on something. Throughout my experience, from being introduced to Mr Gygax's version of fantasy role-playing in high school (the 80's), and i...read more
Have you ever heard this phrase? "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on television"? The person saying those words just explained to you, that he or she is an actor, who spends m...read more

