A book about the 40th anniversary of D&D
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:18 am
NPR interviewing Michael Witwer, author of a retrospective book about the early days of Gary Gygax and the birth of D&D, which of course was the birth of all role playing games as we know them:
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/27/450881148 ... -the-table
One part discussed is the story of James Egbert, the college student and D&D player who killed himself. Though it was later learned that Egbert's suicide was not linked to D&D and/or the occult, it was the start of a false narrative around D&D that has never really left:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III
Thought you all may find some interest in it.
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/27/450881148 ... -the-table
One part discussed is the story of James Egbert, the college student and D&D player who killed himself. Though it was later learned that Egbert's suicide was not linked to D&D and/or the occult, it was the start of a false narrative around D&D that has never really left:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III
Thought you all may find some interest in it.