Dungeon Crawling

>Dungeon Crawling

What's the subtext?

According to Freud, it's your mother.

Does it need subtext?

So we give expression to our subconscious desire to crawl back into the womb by playing D&D?

Dungeons & Dragons was invented in the seventies, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

The BBEG is an allegory for the nuclear bomb.

Goblins are an allegory for the Soviet Union

In early DND editions, Wizards would slowly go a bit mental from all the magic knowledge and basically build a towering monument for themselves, with multiple floors and layers above and beneath ground

This would attract monsters to the locale

It represents both the concept of wanting riches, power, and notoriety while conversely wishing to remain hidden, unnoticed, or "underground."

I smell a thread with AAA comedy potential here

In Greek myths Hades was both the lord of the dead and riches, since both are located underground.