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Mazes and Monsters is a 1981 novel by Rona Jaffe. The novel is a cautionary tale regarding the then-new hobby of fantasy role-playing games . The book was adapted into a made-for-television movie by the same name in 1982 starring Tom Hanks .
Rona Jaffe (June 12, 1931 – December 30, 2005) was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan . Early life and education
Mazes and Monsters, also known as Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters, is a 1982 American made-for-television film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name. [1] The film stars Tom Hanks in his first lead acting role. [2]
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In 1981, Rona Jaffe published Mazes and Monsters, a novel with a plot similar to the Egbert case. The book was adapted into the 1982 made-for-television movie Mazes and Monsters, starring Tom Hanks. In 1983, the Canadian film Skullduggery depicted a role-playing game similar to D&D as tool of the devil to transform a young man into a serial killer.
Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), Mazes and Monsters; John Jakes (born 1932), North and South; Henry James (1843–1916), Washington Square; Will James (1892–1942), Smoky the Cow Horse; Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), Daisy Kenyon; Tama Janowitz (born 1957), By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee; Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), Pictures from an Institution
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The publicity surrounding the Mazes and Monsters novel and film heightened the public's unease regarding role-playing games. [16] However, it also increased the sales of D&D game manuals considerably, adding to the game's success. [17] For example, "sales of the Basic Set rose dramatically.