Posted on 04/30/2018 3:09:26 PM PDT by Teflonic
When did it ever stop being cool?
I'm sure I still have a first edition Player's Guide and Dungeon Master's Guide (both hardcover) somewhere in my packed away boxes.
My 50 year old son played back then. All 3 of his sons are now playing it....even the 9 year old.
I started playing in Naval Nuclear Power School in 1981 and still do. Just not as much as I did back then.
I’ll check out that youtube channel. Thanks.
Oh I’ll never let my old books and modules go, I think they will be worth lots someday. They’re akin to early comic books really if you think about it.
Oh the hysteria towards D&D, does anyone remember the made for TV movie that they did where the kid went all psycho and thought he was inside a D&D game in real life and needed to be re-programmed. Can’t remember the name of it though.
It is a great way to get kids away from their screens so they can learn to enjoy real human interaction.
I wish our society was so healthy that Dungeons and Dragons was enough to cause a moral panic.
Mine aren’t packed away.
The second time I heard a speaker say that, was in a college Sunday School class. I explained I had played the game and didn't feel any warnings from the Spirit.
The instructor thought for a minute and finally said, it's the role playing nature of the game. It can be used to introduce someone to demon worship or other practices.
I thought about it and realized that while that was true and is a danger of the game, the reverse it true too. It could be used to introduce someone to Christian disciplines. The game is not evil, but can be used as a tool for good or evil or just fun.
My college age kids now enjoy the game. My daughter is frequently a dungeon master. In some cases they've played online with their friends using some awesome computerized tools that facilitate the game play.
My late stepson played “Magic: The Gathering.” Does anyone here play or at least familiar with it?
It’s a trading card game, the mechanics are very similar to how Pokemon cards worked or Yugioh, but I assume it is because they were based off it.
Never was into it but knew kids who were. Seemed harmless.
His former roomates strenuously tried to get us to give them his card collection, which tells me it is valuable.
Yeah i rememberthat movie. Mazes and Monsters It starred an early Tom Hanks IIRC.
I was already involved with D&D and thought anyone who knew anything about D&D thought the movie character was nuts.
As well as anyone who believed D&D drove them nuts was, well, nuts themselves.
>>Seemed harmless.
Except that they require constant investment to stay competitive. Cooperative RPGs that you could play forever with 3 books and some dice were at the height of popularity when the CCGs were invented.
Yes, they can be absolutely valuable. I would make sure they get appraised before getting rid of them.
As a dungeon master I tried to make my "dungeon" as believable as possible so I did my research into the pantheon of Deities.
Not once was I tempted by the "Dark Side" to join their side.
Maybe I wasn't doing it right!(snicker, snicker)
Oer maybe I always wanted my players to have a sense of accomplishment when the defeated my evil characters...
Well, I meant in terms of morality. They obviously are meant to maximize consumption and revenue by constantly adding expansion packs.
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