I remember when playing Dungeons & Dragons felt like some top-secret operation. Back in the late '80s and early '90s, parents were genuinely worried that our weekly game nights were some kind of dark ritual. They had visions of ominous chanting and pentagrams, when in reality, we were just a bunch of awkward kids arguing over whether a halfling could sneak past a goblin guard. If they'd bothered to watch for five minutes, they'd have realized we were as threatening as a pack of kittens armed with foam swords. Still, we hid the books under our beds and passed notes about campaigns in hushed whispers, doing our best to avoid the dreaded "satanic panic" lecture.
It's hilarious now—looking back on how seriously everyone took it. These 31 memes tap into the nostalgia and humor of that era, reminding us that the scariest thing at our gaming table was a bad roll.
