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<blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9255846" data-attributes="member: 7044459"><p>For sure! I know first hand how real it was.</p><p></p><p>Even when I began playing decades later in the late 2000's-early 2010's, I was constantly trying to get my friends from highschool into the game with me, and one that got really into it had a real struggle. His mother was very religious and once she found out what we were doing she was FURIOUS. She didn't let me friend come over for months. We eventually had to resort to saying he was coming over for band related activities. He'd leave his D&D stuff at my place, and he had to bring his trombone over with him as cover. </p><p></p><p>In the book (I must admit I haven't finished it yet, and I'll add Game Wizards to my reading list) Riggs' does discuss how they opted to exclude demons and devils and the like from 2nd Edition as to not tempt the zealots. It is kind of a foot note on 2E overall as he focuses more on the overall development, and how it was positioned as a make or break point for TSR. (Which it seemed at this point they were teetering on the edge and every business decision was a make or break point.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Meech17, post: 9255846, member: 7044459"] For sure! I know first hand how real it was. Even when I began playing decades later in the late 2000's-early 2010's, I was constantly trying to get my friends from highschool into the game with me, and one that got really into it had a real struggle. His mother was very religious and once she found out what we were doing she was FURIOUS. She didn't let me friend come over for months. We eventually had to resort to saying he was coming over for band related activities. He'd leave his D&D stuff at my place, and he had to bring his trombone over with him as cover. In the book (I must admit I haven't finished it yet, and I'll add Game Wizards to my reading list) Riggs' does discuss how they opted to exclude demons and devils and the like from 2nd Edition as to not tempt the zealots. It is kind of a foot note on 2E overall as he focuses more on the overall development, and how it was positioned as a make or break point for TSR. (Which it seemed at this point they were teetering on the edge and every business decision was a make or break point.) [/QUOTE]
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