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Grady Hendrix is an amusing and entertaining writer and his blog posts on old horror and sf paperbacks are always a good read.
HERE he discusses the supposedly 'non-fiction' book by William Dear THE DUNGEON MASTER that was the real spark to the Satanic Panic around D&D in the 80s. He also discusses the semi-classic MAZES AND MONSTERS and the bizarre D&D horror novel HOBGOBLIN. I own all three of these masterpieces but have only skim-read THE DUNGEON MASTER.



When you read the actual details about Egbert it is hard to not feel really sorry for the poor kid.
I admit to perversely loving the MAZES AND MONSTERS TV movie. Even as teens we found it amusing because it was so offbase and Tom Hanks earnest performance is hilarious. I wonder how many kids were introduced to D&D by that TV movie? Like the crusade against heavy metal it just made D&D look cool and dangerous instead of silly and nerdy.

HERE he discusses the supposedly 'non-fiction' book by William Dear THE DUNGEON MASTER that was the real spark to the Satanic Panic around D&D in the 80s. He also discusses the semi-classic MAZES AND MONSTERS and the bizarre D&D horror novel HOBGOBLIN. I own all three of these masterpieces but have only skim-read THE DUNGEON MASTER.



When you read the actual details about Egbert it is hard to not feel really sorry for the poor kid.
I admit to perversely loving the MAZES AND MONSTERS TV movie. Even as teens we found it amusing because it was so offbase and Tom Hanks earnest performance is hilarious. I wonder how many kids were introduced to D&D by that TV movie? Like the crusade against heavy metal it just made D&D look cool and dangerous instead of silly and nerdy.

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