Recent content by Paul Cardwell

D&D has threatened my job Regarding the discussion on September 10 about the teacher getting adverse feedback over having kids in a D&D game: First, thanks for the case. We will be metaphorically throwing it in the face of the next person who says there is no need for CAR-PGa because no one...

astronomy/astrology Astronomy yes, astrology no. Or as John Boardman calls it ass-trology. According to the western system, I was under Taurus, yet the sun was still in that long extension of Pieces and hadn't even made it to Ares yet. In the Chinese system, my sign is a :):):):)...

dragons as baddies Mythusmage: always assume dragons are dangerous: There is a difference between dangerous and potentially dangerous. Dragons, being smarter than people, can be reasoned with, as you say, if the proper etiquette is observed. (Not knowing their name, Sir Dragon is always a...

Dragons as baddies (As long as I am still on site, I might as well toss in another comment.) Dwarf, 18 F 02, suggests having dragons as the ultimate baddies. I find that a bit too Eurocentric! In the orient, dragons are very beneficial, controlling the rain, among other things and it is best...

Original B.A.D.D. ad&dgamer's query of 18 February 18 as to whom got rid of the original B.A.D.D. It was a combination of Mike Stackpole of GAMA's Industry Watch Committee, CAR-PGa (the committee for the advancement of role-playing games, an international network of researchers) and thousands...

BADD You sure know how to give an archivist nightmares! I have been fighting the old B.A.D.D. (Pulling) since the 1980s. I am Chair of CAR-PGa, the Committee for the Advancement of Role-Playing Games, which started as a game defense group. It still has to defend occasionally, but has gone on...