Is There a Hidden Link Between D&D and Wiccans?

Question

All the wiccans I know are huge into Dungeons & Dragons.

Answer 1

they both have a strong aversion to reality?

Answer 2

There is a link between Wiccans and D&D, but not as you are thinking. The Wiccans you know are probably also in some sort of art, theater or language major as well. They are predisposed to playing D&D becuase it has built into the game subjects to which they are interested. They either played D&D before they were Wiccans, as most discover it in college, or they started playing becuase someone else who was a Wiccan played. Ask them if they are interested in playing in a Live-action RPG (LARP)

Answer 3

I played D&D as a child. I am Wiccan as an adult.

But, um, when I was a child *EVERYONE* played D&D if you had half a brain. It was what separated the people who read books from the people who did not.

I think when I was 16 I may've been described as huge into D&D.

Since, when I was growing up, everyone in my school who read books played D&D, then there might be a link between literacy and D&D and literacy and Wicca- but literacy, not fantasy, is the link.

(Oh, and dear, there is no such thing as a fractional blood Wiccan.)

Answer 4

I disagree with MSB, which is the pat answer a lot of people give. Wicca was dreamed up by a guy named Gerald Gardner, who received some training from a nice lady and then added a bunch of stuff to what he'd been taught, and he packaged it up and called it Wicca (which by the way is a made-up word - check the etymology yourself). Witchcraft is undefined, period. It can be whatever a person wants it to be - good/evil, include healing, divination, spiritual stuff, include New Agey stuff, shamanic stuff, whatever. Someone like me who calls themself a Witch is free to do whatever the hell they want and not be bound by last year's definitions. I can practice skills or be lazy if I want. I can use different colors in the quarters if I want, or mix pantheons, or create justice in a situation that desperately needs it. I follow my heart and my Guides, not bound by any stupid list of rules that someone else wrote. I call it Aquarian Witchcraft. And I teach others to be just as free and open and experimental as they possibly can be. Sure I sometimes get my fingers burned, but so what? Living in fear is the worst kind of hell imaginable. And excuse me, but I'm EXTREMELY religious and I will NEVER call myself Wiccan. Folks, please reconsider your words. My definition of Witch: another force of nature, channelling the Upperworlds and the Lowerworlds equally and being the medium inbetween.

Answer 5

Not necessarily. I'm sure many form a link between the two... but those are usually, what many of us call, Fluffies. Being a Pagan myself and I have played D&D, there really wasn't any link between my personal beliefs and the game... for me. D&D is just like "Poker Night"... a time to get together with friends and have a good time. Most of the time we didn't even play the game... we'd end up goofin off and joking with one another.

Before you start pointing and saying "there's another one!" lol I haven't played in years. =)

Answer 6

No. I am playing a session of Dungeons & Dragons later today. Religiously, our group consists of 4 atheists (all ex-Christians), one Christian, and a Buddhist.

Answer 7

"All" the Wiccans you know? And that would be how many? Three?

I'm Wiccan, and I couldn't care less about D&D.

Answer 8

I've known some wiccans that have not been into DD. It could have something to do with age...I'd bet the group you are talking about are real young....aren't they?

Answer 9

Why do you want to know? I am Wiccan (1/16th blood) and yes I do like to play D&D. But I know so many more people who play this game and are not.

Answer 10

Seems like your circle of friends is a tad small.

Answer 11

Yeah, they're both really really not going to a party on saturday.