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<blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 4443579" data-attributes="member: 75712">Wow!&nbsp; And the memories come flooding back.... I recall when I was 10 (in '83) getting excited when I met a kid in my elementary school with a little pamphlet somehow labelled with &quot;D&amp;D&quot; in big dragony letters, and talking to him about how great the game was - until he handed one to me and promised to pray for my soul.&nbsp; Boy was I confused!&nbsp; Turns out it was a religious tirade against fantasy RPGs in general, although it didn't actually have any quotes from D&amp;D, only other games with graphic details of summonings, damage, etc (sorry I don't recall which games).&nbsp; I really wish I still had that pamphlet.I had been introduced to D&amp;D a year or two earlier, by a much older cousin who let me peruse his monster manuals and all that.&nbsp; His father was a Lutheran minister, so that kind of settled the whole &quot;is it satanic&quot; thing for my parents, who soon thereafter bought me a Basic set.&nbsp; Best part is, in the end, that same cousin grew up to become a minister himself, completely unsullied by the evils of D&amp;D!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theo R Cwithin, post: 4443579, member: 75712"] Wow! And the memories come flooding back.... I recall when I was 10 (in '83) getting excited when I met a kid in my elementary school with a little pamphlet somehow labelled with "D&D" in big dragony letters, and talking to him about how great the game was - until he handed one to me and promised to pray for my soul. Boy was I confused! Turns out it was a religious tirade against fantasy RPGs in general, although it didn't actually have any quotes from D&D, only other games with graphic details of summonings, damage, etc (sorry I don't recall which games). I [I]really[/I] wish I still had that pamphlet. I had been introduced to D&D a year or two earlier, by a much older cousin who let me peruse his monster manuals and all that. His father was a Lutheran minister, so that kind of settled the whole "is it satanic" thing for my parents, who soon thereafter bought me a Basic set. Best part is, in the end, that same cousin grew up to become a minister himself, completely unsullied by the evils of D&D! [/QUOTE]

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