tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post3623789019737078972..comments2016-10-22T00:44:13.211-04:00Comments on Dungeonskull Mountain: Dungeons & Discipleshipletsdamagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-15902797599317119632009-05-02T10:04:00.000-04:002009-05-02T10:04:00.000-04:00You may be interested to hear that I just won a co...You may be interested to hear that I just won a copy of DragonRaid on eBay today. I'll be taking a closer look at it once it arrives.<br /><br />I'm glad to hear my post was (relatively) well-received. Thanks for the comment!letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-64503982170224021812009-05-02T06:02:00.000-04:002009-05-02T06:02:00.000-04:00As a Christian, let me say I found your analysis a...As a Christian, let me say I found your analysis a refreshing departure from the "*gasp* It's got Jesus in it! The Xians r in my world convertin my doodz!" posts one sometimes finds from fellow gamers who are atheists, Wiccans, etc.<br /><br />As a roleplayer, let me say that those "potion at a concert" and "scantily clad" scenarios sound pretty brainwashy, behavior moddy, and downright creepy.<br /><br />I remember seeing <I>Dragon Raid</I>. Excuse me, I mean <I>DragonRaid</I> in our local bookstore (or should I say BookStore?;)) back in the eighties. I think it was just an attempt to evangelize through gaming just like Stryper was an attempt to evangelize through heavy metal. Unfortunately, most times this is tried it just comes off as majorly cheesy (best example: those Judgment Houses some churches put up on Hallowe'en to frighten teens away from drinking and unwed mothers).<br /><br />I remember in the late eighties/early nineties, the 700 Club had a piece on D&D that included an interview with <A HREF="http://index.rpg.net/display-search.phtml?key=contributor&value=Gali+Sanchez" REL="nofollow">Gali Sanchez</A>, a Christian game designer who turned out one of my favorite <I>Dragon</I> adventures ("Mechica"). Sanchez had some criticism of D&D, but he had a much greater grasp of the appeal of roleplaying than the DragonRaid designers seem to have. I wish he had been more prolific.Robohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15830826332699427926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-77337403436666117142009-02-17T12:08:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:08:00.000-05:00And now, in the current edition of D&D, angels...And now, in the current edition of D&D, angels are right there in the Monster Manual, but nary a whore to be found. What a winding road...letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-30772563096297165812009-02-17T11:50:00.000-05:002009-02-17T11:50:00.000-05:00Ironically, Gary Gygax was a committed Christian a...Ironically, Gary Gygax was a committed Christian all of his life. It was his stated reason for not including angels and such in the game. And yet he was able to include the "whore table" in the DMG... ;-)Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355324231111953098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-68403420306730120382009-02-16T07:43:00.000-05:002009-02-16T07:43:00.000-05:00I'm not sure if DragonRaid was really made from a ...I'm not sure if DragonRaid was really made from a "fight fire with fire" perspective. I suppose it's possible, but I honestly hadn't considered it. I was thinking it was more likely an attempt to hop onto the bandwagon of what was, at the time, a faddishly popular hobby.<BR/><BR/>I think I read somewhere that the game's author was a legitimate fan of RPGs.letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-74419655301040985812009-02-15T18:02:00.000-05:002009-02-15T18:02:00.000-05:00There was a Evangelical-themed collectible card ga...There was a Evangelical-themed collectible card game back in the 1990s called <I>Redemption</I>. It was exactly like what you'd expect.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155926145150934199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-80131165588689499882009-02-15T14:52:00.000-05:002009-02-15T14:52:00.000-05:00This games looks incredible. I want to check it ou...This games looks incredible. I want to check it out myself. You've gotta love the irony in that a game like this was probably only created as a "fight fire with fire" tactic, borne out of fear of how other RPGs were "brainwashing" the young, impressionable children of the modern world. The notion seems to be, "If you're going to misguide my kids, I'm going to misguide yours better." I guess two wrongs really do make a right.<BR/><BR/>Seriously, though, this a disheartening bit of evidence that demonstrates the fundamentalist ideology (evangelical Christian or otherwise) as driven by ignorance and fear above all else. Perhaps it was the particular Zeitgeist of the 1980s, Cold War paranoia and so forth, which fueled these sorts of anti-fantasy/RPG witch hunts. Mazes and Monsters starring Tom Hanks comes to mind. I do think such grand, societal fear if not slightly less prevalent today, is aimed in other directions.<BR/><BR/>On the plus side, it seems like alignments in Dragon Raid would be a breeze. I'm definitely interested in checking it out. If you're serious about it, I'd be willing to split the cost with you...mountaintreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16622793999837332658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-42179389181707601242009-02-14T08:57:00.000-05:002009-02-14T08:57:00.000-05:00Agreed on all points.Alas, thus far the only used ...Agreed on all points.<BR/><BR/>Alas, thus far the only used copy floating around on Ebay has a shipping cost so high as to make it more expensive than buying it from Adventures For Christ, and the seller refuses to negotiate on shipping. So, taking a closer look at DragonRaid will have to wait.letsdamagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02145102722055581254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172185396932439661.post-37718048924321573592009-02-14T05:34:00.000-05:002009-02-14T05:34:00.000-05:00i think as a blogger of the RPG world, it is somew...i think as a blogger of the RPG world, it is somewhat incumbent upon you to check out things like this in good faith and with an open mind, but i also would hesitate at paying $24 to fund whatever other kind of activities that "Adventures For Christ" is underwriting. if it does surface on the secondary market at a cheaper price, it would probably be more than worth it to see how the writers massage the RPG format into this kind of thinly-veiled conditioning.<BR/><BR/>furthermore, how effective do they honestly think this kind of thing can be? i mean, i certainly understand why Christians, many of whom are quite wary of fantasy-based RPG worlds (not altogether surprising, peopled as they are with demons, and all manner of quite un-Christian-like behavior) would want an option in the field of RPGs that more reflects their sensibilities. but frankly, telling kids/RPG-ers that they shouldn't drink the "pleasure potion" or oggle naked people doesn't change the fact that booze/drugs and naked people have a definite concrete appeal.catharsixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646111957003625572noreply@blogger.com