Deadlord36 wrote:She lost her son to suicide because she didn't raise him right, or didn't pay attention to him. End of story.
nev wrote:I don't think we were ever affected in Australia by all that BADD stuff.Certainly I didn't come across it till later and the majority of people I've played with through the years have been Christians. Kind of went along with being a geek at my school.Nev
beyondthebreach wrote:On the flip side. . . even though he had no interest himself, my dad used to love that I played Dungeons & Dragons. He thought it was great how involved I got in reading, creating maps and adventures and how much it increased my vocabulary.As counterpart to all the allegations against what D&D does to "young impressionable minds" - here is a short list of things I learned from Dungeons & Dragons.[snipped examples, even though they were good ones]I am sure this is just a tiny bit of what D&D has to offer. Anyone with a little bit of knowledge would see how greatly positive an effect D&D can have on a young person. If you are worried about the violence. . . well, I guess I'd rather pretend to kill someone with an axe then fear I will be damned to the fires of hell (not quite as many bad dreams that way. . .)
And don't forget the poster child of anti-D&D BS, Dark Dungeons.