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<blockquote data-quote="Highmoon" data-source="post: 570278" data-attributes="member: 9578">Thanks to all for your replies. Now to some replies of my own.While it is certain that there are a lot of technical rules as to what you can and cannot do on Shabbat (or for anything else, really, when you are Orthodox), most of them are incredibly technical and known to only but the most learned rabbis. I am not one of them. But I do know what I can and cannot do--for the most part--according to my teachings, and hey, I learn something new every day. The reason I don't game is not so much because I cannot move a mini, or throw a dice or write (though those are all things you shouldn't be doing on Shabbat for one reason or another), but basically because to me Shabbat is a state of mind as much as a actual day. I'm sure that if I hit my Talmud books I can find enough support to game on Shabbat after prayers, but that would be looking for loopholes and becoming a rules-lawyer.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />So far I've simply had to miss games or attend the rare Sunday session at one of the local stores. Of course, most of the local gamers do not know I am Jewish, so they haven't quite gotten yet why is it they never see me on the Saturday game days.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Like I said, thanks for the replies. I guess I will be the one gamer at Gen Con with a kippah. Perhaps I can have one embroidered with the d20 logo.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Highmoon, post: 570278, member: 9578"] Thanks to all for your replies. Now to some replies of my own. While it is certain that there are [b]a lot[/b] of technical rules as to what you can and cannot do on Shabbat (or for anything else, really, when you are Orthodox), most of them are incredibly technical and known to only but the most learned rabbis. I am not one of them. But I do know what I can and cannot do--for the most part--according to my teachings, and hey, I learn something new every day. The reason I don't game is not so much because I cannot move a mini, or throw a dice or write (though those are all things you shouldn't be doing on Shabbat for one reason or another), but basically because to me Shabbat is a state of mind as much as a actual day. I'm sure that if I hit my Talmud books I can find enough support to game on Shabbat after prayers, but that would be looking for loopholes and becoming a rules-lawyer. ;) So far I've simply had to miss games or attend the rare Sunday session at one of the local stores. Of course, most of the local gamers do not know I am Jewish, so they haven't quite gotten yet why is it they never see me on the Saturday game days. :) Like I said, thanks for the replies. I guess I [b]will[/b] be the one gamer at Gen Con with a kippah. Perhaps I can have one embroidered with the d20 logo. :D [/QUOTE]

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