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Mazes and Monsters
Book • 1981
Mazes and Monsters is a novel by Rona Jaffe that explores the lives of four college students—Kate, Jay Jay, Daniel, and Robbie—who use a fantasy game as a refuge from their personal, emotional, and social problems.
The story is loosely based on the 'steam tunnel incidents' of the 1970s, where urban myths suggested that students playing live-action versions of Dungeons & Dragons disappeared into utility tunnels.
As the characters take their game too far by live-action role-playing in caverns near their campus, they delve deep into the darkest parts of their minds, confronting their most menacing truths.
The novel was written during a time of public anxiety over the effects of role-playing games and was later adapted into a made-for-television movie starring Tom Hanks.
The story is loosely based on the 'steam tunnel incidents' of the 1970s, where urban myths suggested that students playing live-action versions of Dungeons & Dragons disappeared into utility tunnels.
As the characters take their game too far by live-action role-playing in caverns near their campus, they delve deep into the darkest parts of their minds, confronting their most menacing truths.
The novel was written during a time of public anxiety over the effects of role-playing games and was later adapted into a made-for-television movie starring Tom Hanks.
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24.3: Dungeons, Dragons, and Satan
