159. Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons (B.A.D.D.) and Free Town Project

Kat dives into the controversial history of double Ds, Dungeons and Dragons that is. The Christian anti-D&D organization “Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons” formed in response to a mother’s concerns about satanic worship. Just remember to keep game pieces out of bodily orifices, and you should be safe! Next, Hayley covers the Freetown Project in Grafton, New Hampshire (the hamster state). Libertarians took over the area to practice their right to traffic organs, practice consensual cannibalism, and much more… It went worse than you think!

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Freetown Project Sources:

How a New Hampshire libertarian utopia was foiled by bears

Illing

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21534416/free-state-project-new-hampshire-libertarians-matthew-hongoltz-hetling

The Town That Went Feral

Blanchfield

https://newrepublic.com/article/159662/libertarian-walks-into-bear-book-review-free-town-project

The Disastrous Free Town Project Explained

Elwell

https://www.grunge.com/1016685/the-disastrous-free-town-project-explained/

BADD

https://www.ranker.com/list/controversial-80s-dnd-moments/jonathan-kantor?ref=hp_list_large&l=1

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/09/disappearances-dragons-the-james-dallas-egbert-iii-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Pulling

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/14-fun-facts-about-dungeons-dragons-180981905/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/devils-web-who-stalking-your-children-satan

https://www.grunge.com/179063/the-controversial-history-of-dungeons-dragons/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/claryestes/2020/03/14/how-dungeons-and-dragons-is-helping-kids-open-up/?sh=5ebc32096f5e

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