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This lasted well into the 90's as well. I remember in middle school going to an after-school youth center with my friends and attempting to play D&D there. Th

This lasted well into the 90's as well. I remember in middle school going to an after-school youth center with my friends and attempting to play D&D there. They actually had some person come in and sit down with us trying to convince us of how evil the game was. I think they contacted our parents, too. The only thing they accomplished was motivating us to stop going to a nice enough after-school place. We were in 8th grade, I think, and we were sitting there looking at the guy like, are you out of your mind? To us it was just a dumb game. Honestly, it was a great way to keep kids off the streets. You were motivated to sit around for hours, doing something harmless while being very social. For many introverted kids, it was a godsend.

rosser 11y ago
One night in the early 90s, I was hanging out with some friends, playing D&D at an all night diner. At some point in the evening, a fellow patron of the establishment, on her way to pay her check, stopped by our table to warn us of the mortal danger to our souls, and handed us a stack of Jack Chick tracts. Needless to say, lulz were had.
- aidenn0 11y ago
  Like this one? http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP
  - daeken 11y ago
    ASP(non-.NET) is the real sin here.
  - pmiller2 11y ago
    I've seen that before, but the thing that really amuses me about it is that Dark Dungeons is the name of a rather fine RPG: http://www.gratisgames.webspace.virginmedia.com/darkdungeons.html http://www.gratisgames.webspace.virginmedia.com/darkdungeons... I'm about 95% sure the game is named after the comic, but I don't know for sure. Maybe I should ask the creator some day. :)
    - YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
      Thanks for pointing this out. I had a look and the rulebook starts with an adventure featuring... Black Leaf, the thief. I think that's a definite clue, innit :)
      - pmiller2 11y ago
        Lol. I've never read that part. I skipped over it because I've played D&D and already knew more or less what I was in for.
    - aidenn0 11y ago
      Wow, I've got all my D&D rulebooks, but it is kind of nice to see them all laid out in one place; the optional weapon proficiency rules and PC Mystic rules are both in a book that has a bunch of optional rules.
  - YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
    "The thief, Black Leaf, did not find the poison trap, and I declare her dead" Player Kill by DM fiat? No wonder people were upset!
stephengillie 11y ago
My parents used this excuse to get out of buying Magic: The Gathering cards when I was young. It didn't make any sense to me - how could images of islands and mountains and angels be demonic?
- syntheticnature 11y ago
  I once, in the name of socializing with a coworker at his house, noted a stack of cards obviously belonging to his kids, and asked "Are those Magic cards?" His son replied, "No, they're Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic cards are Satanic." I looked down at the topmost card, saw it was something like "Demon Lord" (memory vague, but it was obviously evil and occult-looking, the exact thing that moral guardians cited for Magic) and went "uh-huh."
Fjolsvith 11y ago
> Honestly, it was a great way to keep kids off the streets. You were motivated to sit around for hours, doing something harmless while being very social. For many introverted kids, it was a godsend. In prison, I DM'ed 4 game groups a week. All the introverted guys flocked to the games, and I watched them develop social skills over the years. They had to learn to interact with each other, share, work together, and express themselves if they were to be part of my games.
- Balgair 11y ago
  Prison DM'ing!?! Now those are some stories I would love to hear! Have you written them down at all? If so, where can we find them? Also, if you are not familiar with the larger DnD online community, this link may be a good place to start: https://www.reddit.com/r/dndgreentext/wiki/hof https://www.reddit.com/r/dndgreentext/wiki/hof https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGreentext/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGreentext/
  - Fjolsvith 11y ago
    I never have written anything about them. Playing DND in prison was a coping mechanism I used to make up for the lack of video games (which I loved to play and code).
    - Balgair 11y ago
      I would love to hear those stories. I think a lot of other players would as well. We all can learn the most from the 'edge cases' of our community, the constraints you had and the resources available. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all. I think prison DMing would be such an extreme and you may have had to invent things others never would have thought to do. I would love to know what it was like, your challenges as DM that are not 'normal', your players and their psyches, the story you ran, etc.

rosser 11y ago

One night in the early 90s, I was hanging out with some friends, playing D&D at an all night diner. At some point in the evening, a fellow patron of the establishment, on her way to pay her check, stopped by our table to warn us of the mortal danger to our souls, and handed us a stack of Jack Chick tracts. Needless to say, lulz were had.

aidenn0 11y ago
Like this one? http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0046/0046_01.ASP
- daeken 11y ago
  ASP(non-.NET) is the real sin here.
- pmiller2 11y ago
  I've seen that before, but the thing that really amuses me about it is that Dark Dungeons is the name of a rather fine RPG: http://www.gratisgames.webspace.virginmedia.com/darkdungeons.html http://www.gratisgames.webspace.virginmedia.com/darkdungeons... I'm about 95% sure the game is named after the comic, but I don't know for sure. Maybe I should ask the creator some day. :)
  - YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
    Thanks for pointing this out. I had a look and the rulebook starts with an adventure featuring... Black Leaf, the thief. I think that's a definite clue, innit :)
    - pmiller2 11y ago
      Lol. I've never read that part. I skipped over it because I've played D&D and already knew more or less what I was in for.
  - aidenn0 11y ago
    Wow, I've got all my D&D rulebooks, but it is kind of nice to see them all laid out in one place; the optional weapon proficiency rules and PC Mystic rules are both in a book that has a bunch of optional rules.
- YeGoblynQueenne 11y ago
  "The thief, Black Leaf, did not find the poison trap, and I declare her dead" Player Kill by DM fiat? No wonder people were upset!

stephengillie 11y ago

My parents used this excuse to get out of buying Magic: The Gathering cards when I was young. It didn't make any sense to me - how could images of islands and mountains and angels be demonic?

syntheticnature 11y ago
I once, in the name of socializing with a coworker at his house, noted a stack of cards obviously belonging to his kids, and asked "Are those Magic cards?" His son replied, "No, they're Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic cards are Satanic." I looked down at the topmost card, saw it was something like "Demon Lord" (memory vague, but it was obviously evil and occult-looking, the exact thing that moral guardians cited for Magic) and went "uh-huh."

Fjolsvith 11y ago

> Honestly, it was a great way to keep kids off the streets. You were motivated to sit around for hours, doing something harmless while being very social. For many introverted kids, it was a godsend. In prison, I DM'ed 4 game groups a week. All the introverted guys flocked to the games, and I watched them develop social skills over the years. They had to learn to interact with each other, share, work together, and express themselves if they were to be part of my games.

Balgair 11y ago
Prison DM'ing!?! Now those are some stories I would love to hear! Have you written them down at all? If so, where can we find them? Also, if you are not familiar with the larger DnD online community, this link may be a good place to start: https://www.reddit.com/r/dndgreentext/wiki/hof https://www.reddit.com/r/dndgreentext/wiki/hof https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGreentext/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDGreentext/
- Fjolsvith 11y ago
  I never have written anything about them. Playing DND in prison was a coping mechanism I used to make up for the lack of video games (which I loved to play and code).
  - Balgair 11y ago
    I would love to hear those stories. I think a lot of other players would as well. We all can learn the most from the 'edge cases' of our community, the constraints you had and the resources available. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all. I think prison DMing would be such an extreme and you may have had to invent things others never would have thought to do. I would love to know what it was like, your challenges as DM that are not 'normal', your players and their psyches, the story you ran, etc.