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kismetrose May 18 2007, 02:27 PM Post #1
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I found a number of newspaper articles during my research for my section on the controversy over roleplaying games. I have provided links to each of these articles on this page of my site (just scroll down). I know they were of great interest to me and might be of interest to other gamers (and other children of the 1980s).
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cambric May 18 2007, 03:40 PM Post #2
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These bring back memories!!

My dad had read where the kids killed or committed suicide and he didn't want me to play. I remember saying, "Dad, they probably played monopoly and got sent to jail and that sent them over the edge."

He wasn't amused.

That was a point I tried to make, on a serious level, that they could have played ANY game, but because D&D was 'open ended', which I refer to games that don't have any defining rules, people took it that they played satanic worshipers.

I remember Mazes and Monsters! Enjoyed the movie, but didn't hear the end of it for a while from my dad, he was worried I was going to go over the edge on it. I finally set him down and showed him the books, how we played, etc...and he actually backed off once he realized we were playing 'good guys'. :shrug:

Interesting articles Kismet, and strangely, enjoyable. I don't know exactly why...maybe the memories of the discussions I had with my father, who is now deceased. I do remember watching the news one evening and they had the woman who ran BADD on there and she just was raving about how terrible D&D was and I thought, "She's a fruit cake," but I guess ignorance breeds those types of people.

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PillBox May 19 2007, 09:39 AM Post #3
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I remember an article I read while living in south africa in a newspaper about Satanists. Apparently, to be one you had to :

  • Read Comics
  • Listen to Heavy Metal
  • Play Dungeons and Dragons
I do all of that, so I guess I am a Satanist.

Funny how they did not mention anything about what being a Satanist was.

A few months after that I moved out of the town I was living in. Around a year after that a Soldier turned up on my doorstep, asking my mother questions. A friend of mine that I used to play D&D with in the old town I lived in went missing. Well, they figured that I had kidnapped him because I played D&D ...

Was pretty strange, but the cool thing was that my mother called them weirdos!
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suffer4love May 19 2007, 04:31 PM Post #4
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What I want to know is, where are they playing these games??? Because the games they are talking about are a helluva lot darker than anything I've played currently.

Perusing a religious website, they described some of the "typical D&D setting details" thusly:

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Fear generation-via spells and mental imaging about fear-filled, emotional scenes, and threats to survival of FRP characters.

Physical torture and killings-images in the mind can be almost as real as the actual experiences. Focus of the games is upon killings and torture for power, acquisition of wealth, and survival of characters.

Situational Ethics-any act can be justified in the mind of the player, therefore there are no absolutes of right or wrong; no morality other than "point" morality needed to ensure survival and advancement. There are no win-win situations and good forces seldom triumph over evil forces.

Religion-values and belief systems (see below) are restructured from traditional Judeo-Christian ethics (which most people in Western culture adhere to) to belief in multiple gods and deities. Players align themselves with specific deities they select; patron deities are strongly urged. These are not fantasy deities, but are drawn from genuine ancient religions and beliefs! Only occult gods are included. In addition, defilement is urged in many ways, such as excrement or urinating to "defile a font."

Degradation-pain and torture are heavily involved in sadistic, sexual situations that graphically appeal to visceral impulses. Much of the material (as mentioned above) is well into pornographic areas and stresses the defilement of innocence.3


This material was (barely) written by William Schnobelen and the whole article can be found here, but this was enough for me... I am going to make a list of these elements to incorporate into my next D&D game! Maybe add a little Cthulu-style monster action, and the players will be running home cryin' for their mammas!
In death's eyes sorrow lingered once, seeing her life torn apart
The shackles fell to see her free to walk the earth
In her eyes life is present still, through the day I watch her sleeping
I hold her close forever more
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