Part of the controversies concern the game and its alleged impact on those who play it, while others concern business issues at the game's original publisher, TSR. The game is now owned by Wizards of the Coast.Īt various times in its history, Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D) has received negative publicity for alleged promotion of Satanism, witchcraft, suicide, pornography, and murder. The moral panic, or feeling of fear spread among many people that some evil threatens the well-being of society, around role-playing games peaked in the 1980s. In 2016, The New York Times reported that moral panic over Dungeons & Dragons had subsided. ĭ&D has been accused of portraying Caucasians, Asians, and Africans in racist ways. This criticism extends to D&D's portrayal of negative racial stereotypes in some of its "monsters" such as orcs and drow elves. Attempts were made to fix some of these issues in the release of certain D&D 5th edition supplemental rulebooks.ĭ&D is banned by Wisconsin's Waupun Prison for "promoting gang-related activity", and by the Idaho State Correctional Institution as part of its blanket ban on role-playing games. D&D has been criticized by some on religious grounds, including by Peter Leithart, George Grant, and William Schnoebelen.ĭ&D has been involved in some minor licensing and trademark disputes, and some material had to be changed or excised in order to comply with intellectual property concerns. For example, hobbits were renamed to halflings to avoid copyright issues with J. There were some internal disputes at D&D's parent company, TSR Inc.
There was also a dispute between Gygax and business partner Brian Blume.Ĭoncerns about Satanism and suicide These disputes involved game creators Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax.
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