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The Los Angeles Times' Noelene Clark conducted an interview with Jason
Vickery, Greg Goldmeier and Ben Howe, the winners of Wizards of the
Coast's "Never Split the Party" contest, which looks to reunite old
RPG groups at the Gen Con Game Fair.

It's a very RPG-positive piece that touches on the benefits of the
game...

"I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing today if it wasn't for D&D
sparking the imagination to draw," he said. "I personally think [D&D
has endured due to] the ability of the kids' imaginations. I know the
three of us have really vivid imaginations. We drew our characters and
came up with all kinds of stuff."

...and the infamous reputation it acquired...

"We were children of the '80s, when Dungeons & Dragons was under a lot
of misconceptions," Vickery said. "I heard about a lot of anti-D&D
movements as a kid. I'd tell people I played, and I get these weird
looks, like, 'Oh, isn't that dangerous?' There were all these weird
notions of ties to Satan and devil-worship. Parents didn't understand
it, so they didn't let their kids explore all that it has to offer."

As I say so often these days, it's good to see more and more media
coverage of the roleplaying hobby that addresses the real benefits,
and puts the myths and misconceptions into the proper context, rather
than giving them any sort of credibility.<p>

Read the full story here:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2010/08/gen-con-hosts-dungeons-and-dragons-reunion.html

Or here (same link, shortened URL): http://bit.ly/aNcpH6

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