[Behind The Screen] Ep. 06 - The Zeitgeist Insight Check (Patreon)

Join Micah, Gus, and Ben to talk about the rise of D&D in pop culture, how it went from outcast hobby to multimedia phenomenon, and the future of D&D and possibility of D&D burnout.

 0:00 - 5:00 Intro + Why do you think D&D is as big as it is?

 5:00 - 11:30 "What's your favorite and least favorite thing about D&D"

 11:30 -20:00 D&D's accessibility (and finding and using miniatures)

 20:00 - 26:00 Early D&D Editions

 26:00 - 32:40 D&D and the Satanic Panic

 32:40 - 35:20 D&D in the 90s

 35:20 - 42:50 Can D&D become too mainstream/D&D burnout

 42:50 - 57:58 The importance of the SRD (and an RFT - Ren Fair Tangent)

 57:58 - 1:10:00 The future of D&D

Sources:

Who's playing D&D

What caused the surge of D&D 

D&D is undeniably cool

50 years of D&D 

D&D in pop culture