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From: jj@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re:FRP games--a work of the devil... :-(
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 10:05:26 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 22 10:05:26 1985
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I've encountered quite a few people in New Jersey, including a
group that met in the same meeting room immediately after
we met, who claimed that D&D (trademark TSR Inc, Geneva Wisconsin)
was the "work of the devil".  These people said that
some minister or other had told them so, and that was that.

We invited them to watch a game, they declined, saying they 
didn't need to.


Rather obviously, I think the minister was concerned with
any activity that encourages the participants to continually
check their premises and assumptions.  

:-) We play Rolemaster (Trademark Iron Crown Enterprises) now,
(and like the system a lot more, despite those few on the net
who told me what an anus I was for liking Rolemaster instead
of their pet system...)  so I suppose our eternal souls are safe
now. :-)

Seriously, those making such claims, at least in the NJ area,
don't know of the fact that D&D(Tm, see above) isn't all there is, and tend
to lump all FRP under the same banner.   I wonder how they'd
react to Gamma World?

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