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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasper" data-source="post: 1410682" data-attributes="member: 277">…. For years, roleplaying games have been maligned and treated as a cult activity. …Why is this here? Does not support your viewpt.… However, there is a tool for teaching the lessons of mythology that is quite untapped. Maybe its because it is not politically correct to use it, but it is there nonetheless. This tool is the roleplaying game….. Politically correct?? Um drop it has nothing to do with your argument.So, what is a roleplaying game? …Explain what rp game is not the problems. A game like a roleplaying game needs rules. Drop sentence 2. The rules in a roleplaying game govern the creation of your characters, how they adventure, and how combat, if any in the game, is resolved.  Rethink this sentence. Have no major problem with rest of paragraph.So effective is this style of play that the player troupe are effective in teaching each other lessons of ethical and moral value.  You will have to support this argument Many players of Dungeons and Dragons and the host of other games like it often use the pronoun “I” when talking about their characters. “I ran down the corridor and I took my sword and killed the gorgon,” may be typical when a player is talking about his play. It’s as if he was actually there. This is just like Malcolm McDowell saying, “I kill Kirk” when he was talking about his role in Star Trek: Generations.  Nice sentence does not match the first sentence. Need to support the rest of paragraph too. The appreciation of mythology is also a factor. The player troupe who acts through their story arew playing archetypes of the heroes that are ingrained into our consciousness. Our world’s mythology is chock full of stories that have these archetypical characters.  … Give examples here …Acting out these parts teaches a vital appreciation of the stories of our mythology. ..Ok but next two sentences don’t seem to belong in this paragraph.… And, in this day and age when Hollywood is outputting poisoned fantasies, a roleplaying game is a form of entertainment that can be controlled by the players themselves. … What does Hollywood have to do with your argument? Poisoned fantasies where did that come from?So, roleplaying games are unfairly looked over as an effective teaching tool by Educators. Give examples. Ex. A teacher could create a plot recreating the Alamo and have the students play both sides of the conflict.….Maybe it is not politically correct but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for the roleplaying game …. Again drop the politically correct wording does not support your argument and you have not given the politically correct argument.. .. As a writer of published adventures and sourcebooks for these games, I will be very happy if a teacher said that playing Dungeons and Dragons would give a child extra credit. … what does you job have to do with your argument.</blockquote>

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