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<blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 5310242" data-attributes="member: 11300"><p>Yes it would!</p><p></p><p>I think something promoting D&D and pen & paper (and game bits) gaming is only a good thing; cannot ever be bad. One thing that always seems to surprise me when MtG and RPGs are mentioned in the same sentence is the elitism that bleeds out regarding the trading card game. Criticize MtG for being a money/time sink conconcted by pure evil? Sure, why not. Criticize it as being a different experience not wanted in one's RPGing? Of course. Criticize it for being dumb/mindless and a dumb/mindless influence that should go nowhere near D&D? Hold on a second. Playing MtG at an elite level intellectually (and even in some cases creatively!) leaves RPGs for dead.</p><p></p><p>So when good points are made (such as by the original poster here) linking the two, please take a second to chill and not automatically react as if the D&D/RPGing sky is falling. The thing I'm trying to do is imagine if in 1983 when I opened my red box in complete joy and amazement, what would have been my reaction if it had have contained the 2010 box contents? [Surely even more joy and amazement] For me, the stepping stone was Fighting Fantasy gamebooks into the red box into AD&D. If MtG to Essentials to D&D [to Pathfinder<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />] works (even if only in a handful of cases), then why complain?</p><p></p><p>Best Regards</p><p>Herremann the Wise</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herremann the Wise, post: 5310242, member: 11300"] Yes it would! I think something promoting D&D and pen & paper (and game bits) gaming is only a good thing; cannot ever be bad. One thing that always seems to surprise me when MtG and RPGs are mentioned in the same sentence is the elitism that bleeds out regarding the trading card game. Criticize MtG for being a money/time sink conconcted by pure evil? Sure, why not. Criticize it as being a different experience not wanted in one's RPGing? Of course. Criticize it for being dumb/mindless and a dumb/mindless influence that should go nowhere near D&D? Hold on a second. Playing MtG at an elite level intellectually (and even in some cases creatively!) leaves RPGs for dead. So when good points are made (such as by the original poster here) linking the two, please take a second to chill and not automatically react as if the D&D/RPGing sky is falling. The thing I'm trying to do is imagine if in 1983 when I opened my red box in complete joy and amazement, what would have been my reaction if it had have contained the 2010 box contents? [Surely even more joy and amazement] For me, the stepping stone was Fighting Fantasy gamebooks into the red box into AD&D. If MtG to Essentials to D&D [to Pathfinder;)] works (even if only in a handful of cases), then why complain? Best Regards Herremann the Wise [/QUOTE]
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