Roll for initiative and save vs. poison, because this month, Mike and Casey enter the Dread Lich’s tomb with game designer Ryan Chaddock, and Chris Walker of BJ Shea’s Geek Nation to unearth that oldest of fantasy role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons!

We look into the game’s nearly forty year history, its current relevance, its many attempts to branch out in other media, and the laughable debunked claims that the game was responsible for murderous Satanic cults in the suburbs of the 1980s!

Music: 

“End Credits to the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon series” by Johnny Douglas

“Theme to the Dungeons & Dragons movie” by Justin Caine Burnett

Previously titled: “Nerd Karaoke”

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