Dungeons, Dragons, and Decades: A 50-Year Quest

In the first bonus episode of the DWR, Steph and Kenna discuss the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons, including how it almost disappeared entirely and its current resurgence. The dynamic duo also dives into how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s almost killed off DND and how Netflix’s Stranger Things has been increasing its player database. 

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Articles discussed in this episode: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/14-fun-facts-about-dungeons-dragons-180981905/

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2023/07/30/how-stranger-things-helped-boost-dungeons-dragons-popularity_6072901_183.html#

https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/stranger-things-dungeons-dragons/

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