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<blockquote data-quote="Phlebas" data-source="post: 3853512" data-attributes="member: 23810">While on holiday a few years back, the couple sitting at the same table for dinner got talking to my partner and I. somehow we started talking about films and mentioned the new Harry Potter film as something we had just seen. there was a brief silence and the lady asked politely if we were worried about the satanic aspect.My partner and I did a goldfish impression for a few seconds, and asked if they were serious. Apparently it was a big thing where they came from with demonstrations outside the theatre.We got on well enough the rest of the evening (avoiding films) so no big deal.anyhow, the point of the story is that every opinion is based on the information available to that person. If you have been told something is bad, you will need a lot of proof before even considering the alternative. Rather than try to redeem D&amp;D my advice would be to go for a modern day game, or a game based on a video game (Warhammer FRP), or something silly like toon or paranoia. Dont sell it as 'like D&amp;D', but after it gets accepted you can move onto D&amp;D as a fantasy, LOTR version of whatever you were playing before.However arguing that the person is wrong, when their belief is genuine (if misguided) will not work and be counter productive.Above all don't make my mistake and hand over a monster manual as 'proof' its just a game because murphy's law says the book will immediately open on the page marked 'devil' and next thing you know theres a prayer meeting blessing your house to remove evil influences (True story from my time at university.......)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Phlebas, post: 3853512, member: 23810"] While on holiday a few years back, the couple sitting at the same table for dinner got talking to my partner and I. somehow we started talking about films and mentioned the new Harry Potter film as something we had just seen. there was a brief silence and the lady asked politely if we were worried about the satanic aspect. My partner and I did a goldfish impression for a few seconds, and asked if they were serious. Apparently it was a big thing where they came from with demonstrations outside the theatre. We got on well enough the rest of the evening (avoiding films) so no big deal. anyhow, the point of the story is that every opinion is based on the information available to that person. If you have been told something is bad, you will need a lot of proof before even considering the alternative. Rather than try to redeem D&D my advice would be to go for a modern day game, or a game based on a video game (Warhammer FRP), or something silly like toon or paranoia. Dont sell it as 'like D&D', but after it gets accepted you can move onto D&D as a fantasy, LOTR version of whatever you were playing before. However arguing that the person is wrong, when their belief is genuine (if misguided) will not work and be counter productive. Above all don't make my mistake and hand over a monster manual as 'proof' its just a game because murphy's law says the book will immediately open on the page marked 'devil' and next thing you know theres a prayer meeting blessing your house to remove evil influences (True story from my time at university.......) [/QUOTE]

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