My favorite adaptation of this was called Real Men Don't Play GURPS. An excerpt: ~~~ The easiest way to tell a Real Man from the rest of the roleplaying crowd

My favorite adaptation of this was called Real Men Don't Play GURPS. An excerpt: ~~~ The easiest way to tell a Real Man from the rest of the roleplaying crowd is by the game he plays. Real Men play Dungeons and Dragons. Quiche Eaters play GURPS and Storyteller. Mark Rein·Hagen, the designer of Storyteller, was once asked, "How do you pronounce the dot in your name?" He replied, "It's unpronounceable, and symbolises how meaningless are the labels that we attach to ourselves." One can tell immediately from this comment that Mark Rein·Hagen is a Quiche Eater. Real Men don't need the abstract concepts introduced by Quiche-Eating games — like characterisation, immersiveness or realism — to get their jobs done. They are perfectly happy with a sword, a spellbook, and a beer. Real Men use swords to kill monsters. Real Men use swords to tame the wilderness. Real Men use swords to negotiate peace treaties. Real Men use swords to romance the opposite sex. If you can't do it with a sword, do it with a fireball. If you can't do it with a fireball, it isn't worth doing. ~~~ This last line is perhaps one of the greatest ever uttered. sniff full text: http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hong/dnd/realmen.htm http://www.zipworld.com.au/~hong/dnd/realmen.htm