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Podcast: The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge from KFUO Radio
Episode: #310. Erin's Big Question: Dungeons & Dragons
Description: For the first time ever, Erin’s asking a Big Question in the Lounge — and it’s a doozie:
Is Dungeons and Dragons actually great?
Throughout the 80s and 90s, as Erin recalls, many conservative Christians regarded the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons as “a gateway to advance along the primrose path to perdition” — something roughly in the same moral category as “cigarettes and death metal."
Now, with the rise of Gen X nostalgia culture, the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons is once again on the rise among players of all ages. Should Lutheran ladies be concerned? Or is there a place for c...