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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 4070627" data-attributes="member: 40177">Really, and this is going to make me out to be horribly uncool, but I Think that if the powers that be decide RPGs are dangerous in prisons, then so be it.There are plenty of good things prisoners can do:  libraries, school courses, and the like.  And a lot of those great studies that show how positive RPGs can be tend to leave out one thing:  it's in a group of people that are all there for a hobby, or for something to do on a friday night.I'd imagine an RPG at a prison would have a lot of people who weren't there because they really wanted to kill orcs (by the way, could you imagine how violent some of these prison RPGs would get?  That alone I think would give any prison guard the willies), but because they really had nothing else to do.  And essentially, a bunch of people playing a game because they're bored aren't going to be developing all of those wonderful aforementioned skills.  And I generally think that a group of people who are not really "people persons" in a game that generally involves just a little bit of conflict is a good idea.I mean, it's a game where the players are supposed to work together, but sometimes that falls apart.  When it falls apart at my house, we get into minor yelling matches.  I've seen people get more than a ltitle angry.  Now, in a prison.... that could get worse.SO, yeah, if the powers that be say RPGs are a menace, I won't argue.  That being said, if they said RPGs are a good thing, I'd be the first to say "bravo".</blockquote>

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