Sales of the book may have benefited in the early 1980s from other negative media reports regarding D&D and similar games, such as those promulgated by Bothered About Dungeons and Dragons, an anti-RPG advocacy group.
sˈeɪlz ʌvðə bˈʊk mˌeɪhɐv bˈɛnɪfˌɪɾᵻd ɪnðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z fɹʌm ˈʌðɚ nˈɛɡətˌɪv mˈiːdiːɚ ɹᵻpˈoːɹts ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdɪŋ dˈiː ænd dˈiː ænd sˈɪmɪlɚ ɡˈeɪmz, sˈʌtʃ ɐz ðoʊz pɹˈɑːməlɡˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ bˈɑːðɚd ɐbˌaʊt dˈʌndʒənz ænd dɹˈæɡənz, ɐn ˈæntaɪˌɑːɹpˌiːdʒˈiː ˈædvəkəsi ɡɹˈuːp.