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Much to the chagrin of a certain homocidal maniac, it turns out that Wisconsin prisons both can and will ban prisoners from playing Dungeons & Dragons. Oh yeah, they’re pulling out the big guns.

Dungeons & Dragons has the honor of being the first game to capitalize on people being so desperate to pretend to be anyone but themselves that they’ll sit around a piece of paper and roll die for hours, hoping to get a saving roll. Sadly, nothing can save them from the misery of their daily lives.

Kevin Singer had been a “devoted” player of D&D since childhood (not a warning sign at all). The contents of his cell consisted of dozens of D&D magazines, books, a 96-page manuscript written in crayon and feces detailing the “epic prison bust-out quest”, and a 12 pack of Mountain Dew.

The prison told Singer that he couldn’t keep his elaborate wishing-for-a-better-life materials because it

promotes fantasy role playing, competitive hostility, violence, addictive escape behaviors, and possible gambling

In other words: People hate homocidal maniacs, but they hate D&D players more.

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Margo