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THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING ROLEPLAYING GAMES

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      The controversy about roleplaying games has died down but it is not over. Plenty of misinformation still circulates and some folks persistently teach that roleplaying games are linked to harm. I have made no attempt to cover every single problem that has been tied to the hobby but I have scoured the web looking for other sources. I have taken some time to review archived articles from various newspapers; if you have access to such archives through work or school, I suggest you do some searching. 

       The vast majority of web sites defend one side or the other, so I have divided them thusly: the supporters of roleplaying games and the opposition to roleplaying games. If you know of a site I have missed, feel free to send it my way.

The Opposition
 The Supporters
A Biblical View of Dungeons and Dragons 5 Reasons Your Kids Should Play Dungeons and Dragons
A Christian Response to D&D A Letter to Parents
Can Christians Play D&D?  Author Says No! A Parent's Guide to Roleplaying Games
Dark Dungeons by Jack Chick
 Christian Gamers Guild
Dungeons and Dragons and FRPGs Christians Playing Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons Bad? Confessions of a Dungeons and Dragons Addict
Dungeons and Dragons - The Game Ethics in Fantasy: Morality and D&D
Dungeons and Dragons - Concerns for the Christian In Defense of Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons and Dragons: Don't Let it Happen to Your Kid
 Michael A. Stackpole: The Pulling Report
Dungeons and Dragons...only a game? MST3K: Dark Dungeons
Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons: Like Two Peas in a Pod?
 None Dare Call It Reason
I Was Hooked on Dungeons and Dragons Questions & Answers About RPGs
Should a Christian Play Dungeons and Dragons? Religion and Roleplaying
Stairway to Hell Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic
Straight Talk on Dungeons and Dragons Role-playing Games: Additional Information
The Watchman Expositor: Games - Fantasy or Reality? Role-playing Games: Attacks by Conservative Christians
  Roleplaying Revisited
  The Attacks on Role-Playing Games
  The Anti-RPG Movement: A Modern-Day Witch Hunt?
 

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