Back in 1986, a fellow appeared on The 700 Club who was a former employee and game writer for TSR. He testified right on the show that he got into a wrangle with the management there because he saw that the rituals were too authentic and could be dangerous. He protested to his boss and was basically told that this was the intent—to make the games as real as possible. He felt conscience-stricken (even though he was not a Christian at the time), and felt he had to resign from the company.

ExTSR wrote in Dark Dungeons:

mordrin wrote in Dark Dungeons:How accurate is the claim?
Who was the employee?  Is that really what they said?  Did they actually resign and for that reason?

That would be Gali Sanchez.
Nice enough guy. Worked hard to make something of himself.
He was part of the task force we put together to examine all of D&D with respect to occultism & fundamentalists.
(Gary was opposed to spending the resources btw; we already knew what parts came from mythology, and where.)

Then opportunity knocked... leave TSR to go join fellow workers, headed by VP John Ricketts, and start Pacesetter in the next town over.
Then Pacesetter started to fail, and he sought a way to regain the spotlight... and sought out the 700 Club for fame & glory.

Didn't quite work out like he hoped, since nothing in D&D promotes real-world occultism et al.

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