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In Defense of Imagination: Canadian Youth Culture and the Dungeons & Dragons Panic in Canada, 1980–1995

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Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media

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Abstract

Games and Culture, Volume 21, Issue 4, Page 810-827, June 2026.
Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), the iconic tabletop role-playing game released in 1974, sparked controversy from its early inception. This article examines the emergence of moral panic around D&D, particularly in the United States and Canada during the early ...