The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic

The perspective of one, is rarely the purity of another's,
One man's shaving bowel, is another man's spiritual helmet.
One is useful for improving the outer appearance to others,
The other can improve an inner appearance of the self.



Peter O'Toole really rocked that role play aye?
~Time Lord~

 

You shave with bowels?

 

hahahahaa I guess the spell check has less than I need
I am a "very" dirty old man
~TL~

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master

Did you guys ever hear about the D&D scare caused by a kid that went missing at MIT? The book above was quite a great read, both when I read it in 1984 and again a few years ago.

 

Only in Merica.

 

It takes a lot of effort to coordinate those wanton hordes of role players, ya know!

I remember more than a few of these crazed pearl-clutching panics growing up, generally from a very vocal and small number of folks. It is nice to see how much more mainstream roleplaying has become, and the acceptance in most media. I was talking with a friend the other day about the Winter Soldier film, and how once it was a "death knell" for actors to be cast in sci-fi/fantasy/comic book type films, and now we have Robert Redford in a leading role in a movie franchise that's making mad money.