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[T]he games can promote gang activity, competitive hostility, the manufacture of weapons, casting derogatory spells on others, and continued criminal activity. It also simulates players engaging in battles. This activity can be perceived as threating [sic] and could jeopardize the security of a correctional facility.

And the fear that a role-playing game might wound the psychologically fragile seems to have flipped on its head. Therapists use D. & D. to get troubled kids to talk about experiences that might otherwise embarrass them, and children with autism use the game to improve their social skills. Last year, researchers found that a group of a hundred and twenty-seven role players exhibited above-average levels of empathy, and a Brazilian study from 2013 showed that role-playing classes were an extremely effective way to teach cellular biology to medical undergraduates.
Adult D. & D. acolytes are everywhere now, too. The likes of Drew Barrymore and Vin Diesel regularly take up the twenty-sided die (or at least profess to do so). Tech workers from Silicon Valley to Brooklyn have long-running campaigns, and the showrunners and the novelist behind "Game of Thrones" have all been Dungeon Masters. (It's also big with comedy improvisers in Los Angeles, but it's no surprise that theatre kids have nerdy hobbies.) Nevertheless, the image of the recluse persists even among fans.