On: The great 1980s Dungeons and Dragons panic

[bane]

Was there a similar religious scare about them in the 90s? I was too busy avoiding my parents and being a teenager at that time to know.

[T-hawk → bane]

Yes. MTG even caved to the pressure by removing Demon and Devil cards from the game for quite a few years.

Pokemon's opposition was less religious, but still there, some complainers even likened it to promoting slavery in how a trainer owns and treats their monsters.

[agscala → bane]

Yep, and it was also delivered via radio like the parent describes in the 80s