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+1 it’s still for losers [/quote]
This. My teen likes to get boba from a place inside of a comic book store where they play this, and you should see the dirty, smelly people playing. [/quote]

Anderson Cooper, Dame Judi Dench, Joe Manganiello, James Franco, Stephen Colbert, Dwayne Johnson, Drew Barrymore ...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/behind-hollywoods-closed-doors-a-912169/
Behind Hollywood’s Closed Doors, A-List Stars Are Playing Dungeons & Dragons
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A large number of popular professional athletes play chess these days.  It's still not "cool."

-A chess player with chess playing kids[/quote]

No kidding. I love chess!  I don’t play d&d - both for serious nerds[/quote]

Okay.

New D&D Actual Play Stars Kansas City Chiefs NFL Players
[quote]In one of the most unusual collaborations in Dungeons & Dragons history, six NFL players from the Superbowl winning Kansas City Chiefs defensive line swapped strip sacks for saving throws in a new one shot D&D actual play entitled “Dungeons & Defense.“
https://dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/dnd-actual-play-kansas-city-chiefs/[/quote]

RPGs in the NFL: How One Team Has Embraced Dungeons & Dragons
[quote]In Tuesday's Daily Cover story, Sports Illustrated's Alex Prewitt writes about one of the unique ways some NFL players try to unwind.

RPGs ... or role-playing games for those not in the gaming know. For Myles Garrett, Johnny Stanton and a few of their [Cleveland] Browns teammates, the RPG of choice is the classic Dungeons & Dragons.

The group first formed in September 2020 at Stanton’s behest; as the only one with any prior D&D experience, he served as dungeon master, or DM, and helped everyone choose characters.
https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/12/07/rpgs-nfl-one-star-embraces-dungeons-and-dragons [/quote]

Yes, the classic trope of serious nerd NFL players.[/quote]

Why did you ask if it was cool then if you’re already convinced it is? Get a grip. Not everyone agrees.[/quote]

I'm not OP. I just came across the conversation.

It's fine. You don't have to agree it's cool, and it doesn't really matter in the great scheme of things. Opinions are opinions, and they always vary, and that is truly fine.

However, the truth of the matter is that it is also being openly played and discussed by, and promoted, by famous actors and comedians, by Super Bowl winning NFL players, and having live versions selling out Wembley Arena and Madison Square Garden, and serving as the backdrop to a popular series, and being covered in magazines like [i]Rolling Stone[/i], and all of that -- which may not make it cool, but is probably why there is more widespread interest.

If your framing for it is limited to "smelly people" who are simply nerds, you're probably due for an update. That's all.[/quote]

I wasn’t the one who wrote the smelly people comment.[/quote]

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