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Awww! I want one! Do you think they can breed 'em to look like that? - DocAwk EDIT: Oh, right. How to use it in a game. I forgot. I would get one for a pet, hide it under the table, then let my gaming group come in and play for a while - get the figures all out and such - and then grab...

In the first line of an introduction: "This book you hold in your hands..." Yerg. It's like the equivalent of that classic first line of almost every sci-fi movie trailer: "IN A WORLD..." Also, a more tolerable cliche would be the myriad of disclaimers you always find in core books. You...

Sounds like a good subject for another study! :) I've managed to get the name of the fellow who did the research - Robert Ferguson of the Bradford, PA school district - now I want to see if I can get the results of the study, find out more about his methodology, etc. It looks like the...

http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/local/scn-gt-chess2aug04,0,2524946.story?coll=green-news-local-headlines According to Greenwich Time, a PA school board conducted a five-year study on the effects of enrichment programs on student performance and found that students who participated in a D&D...

There's a group on Yahoo started by game designer Sam Chupp that discusses gaming with kids and using games to teach - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kids-rpg You should sign up and post this same message there to get some advice. I'm also planning a section of my website devoted to this very...

I've got an Adventure Night report in my sig, if you're interested. My kids were 5 and 8 at the time. It wasn't the first time I had run an RPG for them, but it details some of the methods I use with them whenever we roleplay. - DocAwk

Don't Fear The Roper. - can't believe I'm the first one to say it DocAwk

You'll probably not get a positive response from Mrs. Pulling - she left this mortal coil in 1997. If you're not in the mood to create one, there's always this - the limited edition DVD of Evil Dead, which comes in a simulated Necronomicon book, complete with red-inked pages with strange...

So, I've got this idea that's nagging me, and I'm hoping someone will be willing to brainstorm it with me. I've got this lil' ol' website, all about RPGs and getting more people involved and what not - I won't pimp it here, but check out the sig if you want to know more. Anyway, the idea...

I'm always up for helping with spreading the word and strengthening the hobby. Let me know if there's anything you'd like me to put up on my site, or anything else I can help with. I've also started a forum of my own recently with one section devoted to "Recruitment & Reenlistment"...

In a nutshell, it was the Egbert/Dear case that created the legend that D&D was "dangerous" - then the Pulling case colored it specifically "occultic" and/or "satanic." I've been meaning to add that point to the FAQ. Something else that doesn't appear there that came to me after I wrote all...

http://www.theescapist.com/basic_gaming_faq.htm#badthings Hope that helps a little. - DocAwk

Excellent. I totally approve. Just to maintain a much-needed "our kids playing RPGs" thread - check my sig for pics of my girls playing D&D during one of our Adventure Nights! - DocAwk

Let me make sure I'm understanding you correctly - you run (or are planning to run) RPGs for kids who are hospitalized? If I've got this right, then we need to talk. Email me at rpgadvocate at gmail, please. - DocAwk

This makes me impatient for the day when my girls are old enough to start DMing, 'cause I just know they're gonna run stuff like this, right here. - DocAwk

The phone's just gonna ring when you're trying to enjoy the movie anyway. Sounds like a self-correcting problem to me. I have the DVD, and I watch it repeatedly - even share some of the less vulgar bits with my kids. Great fun, and a must-have. - DocAwk

I know I say this every time it gets posted - but I'd hate for you to miss out on half the fun by not reading the responses I got to those experiments. Especially the two near the end who didn't like it so much. http://www.theescapist.com/random.htm - DocAwk

What you quoted there was not a public statement, but a private email message. Which is not the point here - we were discussing the statement he made to the media, which did not mention obsession. - DocAwk

What you quoted from me there was a general statement about the "D&D made him do it" soundbite. Actually, the gaming references in the original article match the statement I made closely: ...but they are also looking into some sort of connection with the fantasy role-playing game ”Dungeons and...

More info coming in - Eichinger wore the knife he killed Jennifer Still with as part of his Halloween costume (the killer from the Scream movies) every year since the killing: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/11283099.htm In this one we find out more on how he...