Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 03:01     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s very 2016.


Lol. It’s very 1993


Try 1973


That's a year before it started.

I don't know what it takes to be considered mainstream, but as for live action D&D playing, the "Critical Role" team sold out Wembley Arena, and last year "Dimension 20" very quickly sold out Madison Square Garden.

Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-gaming/dungeons-and-dragons-dimension-20-madison-square-garden-1235258992/

It's just storytelling, in the end. The dice add some unpredictability, and the group effort makes it collaborative.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 01:38     Subject: Re:Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:WOW what a bunch of losers you are. Are you really discussing whether a board game is cool enough for your precious snowflakes. No wonder this world is such a nasty place with people like you raising kids. Grow the hell up.


Wow are you triggered. What do you care what others think? You must be the OP. Stop trying to make fetch happen and accept it:. D&D is for losers. Sorry.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 20:16     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
It’s always been cool.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 19:47     Subject: Re:Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
WOW what a bunch of losers you are. Are you really discussing whether a board game is cool enough for your precious snowflakes. No wonder this world is such a nasty place with people like you raising kids. Grow the hell up.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 19:18     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No


+1 it’s still for losers

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.


Some people are still in middle school despite being 40.

Yes. The dirty, smelly men playing D&D at a comic book store.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 16:44     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if it's cool or not--my ADHD kid with lots of friends plays with a few other neurospicy kids--but it seems more widespread than ever before, and I've worked with kids for my whole career.


Wtf is a neurospicy kid?


It's a Gen Z term to suggest that being neurodiverse is cooler or less boring/vanilla as neurotypical.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2026 16:41     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:It seems like my three teens (16, 15, 13) are either talking about it, go to the clubs at school now or are watching it stream.

I assume it is all related to stranger things - and they do not even have any of the books.

I am not sure if they know how to play or are just watching other kids play.

Did I miss some new trend?

My DD even talks to her brothers about it…it seems like the only thing they have in common.

Evidently their schools have a few clubs and they are rivals and basically like (to me) nerd cliques with attractive people who are into it.


yes! and so it mtg (magic the gathering) ...
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 16:56     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if it's cool or not--my ADHD kid with lots of friends plays with a few other neurospicy kids--but it seems more widespread than ever before, and I've worked with kids for my whole career.


Wtf is a neurospicy kid?


DP and I’ve seen it posted twice on this thread. Yes, can someone please explain.


An alternative way of saying autistic or ADHD. I’ve found it usually used by the parents of kids with ADHD or autism or adults/teens with it.


Thanks. I just googled it too. My kid who is a teen has ADHD and I’m a HS special ed teacher and I’ve never heard of it before this thread.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:23     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:Yes it's more mainstream now. I also don't think there's the same stigma around "nerdy" stuff as 25 years ago.

I agree. Nerdy stuff in general is more mainstream now. Think how popular anime and video games are.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:19     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
IME, a lot of kids learn it from a parent. My kid is into it and there is a club or two at their school; it seems pretty popular (as popular as any other niche club ibterest, anyway). I also know several military officers/vets who play (and have for years/decades).
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:02     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if it's cool or not--my ADHD kid with lots of friends plays with a few other neurospicy kids--but it seems more widespread than ever before, and I've worked with kids for my whole career.


Wtf is a neurospicy kid?


DP and I’ve seen it posted twice on this thread. Yes, can someone please explain.


An alternative way of saying autistic or ADHD. I’ve found it usually used by the parents of kids with ADHD or autism or adults/teens with it.


As a parent of an ADHD kid it’s a stupid terms. If you have to define it then you are not communicating properly. Don’t make up terms for things that already have widely used terms. It doesn’t make the condition sound better; it makes you sound uneducated and insecure.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:02     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
It’s great!

Love that they continue to in college and adulthood!
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 15:01     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:No


Wrong
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 14:59     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:Most of the kids my kids know play it enough that it's in their regular rotation. I dropped a mom acquaintance when my kids set up a time to play with a group that included her kid and she went ballistic on the kids and wouldn't let her kid play.

What an idjit. She also refused to let her kid read the Harry Potter books or see the movies but her kid was the Grand Theft Auto master. Name the violent movie and he probably saw it twice.


My overly religious mother has a problem with Harry Potter and D&D too. She also has a problem with violent video games and movies. I was barely allowed to dress up for Halloween- no scary costumes, etc. Some people just cannot handle it.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2026 14:57     Subject: Is dungeons and dragons now cool?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't know if it's cool or not--my ADHD kid with lots of friends plays with a few other neurospicy kids--but it seems more widespread than ever before, and I've worked with kids for my whole career.


Wtf is a neurospicy kid?


It’s her way to say ‘quirky’ without the connotation of him being a social misfit and strange