● DUNGEONS & DRAGONS has never really been cool. It was a shorthand for nerdiness. Those of us who played it in our teenage years generally kept quiet later on about our evenings spent pretending to be a wizard in the Forgotten Realms, slaying goblins and collecting treasure.
But since being featured in Netflix’s Stranger Things, the greatest role-playing game of them all is having a bit of a moment. A generation ago, parents worried that D&D, with its talk of spells and demons and fighting, was something that might lead their vulnerable teens down dark paths. Now those teens have grown up and are grateful to be able to offer their own kids a pastime that doesn’t involve a screen. Starter sets appeared in Water-stones. Twenty-sided dice put away…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023