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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 7048516" data-attributes="member: 518">I just do not find your argument compelling and as regards to the time period, I never experienced anyone who felt the way you (and others) do here. Nobody got mad at their DM or punched them, or lost friendships over something as stupid as their make-believe people getting &quot;killed&quot;. And I'd have to believe people have deeper rooted issues if they do/did. Did this also happen to people when they lost at Monopoly or tag on the playground?.Sure. maybe when you are 5. Not as young adults. I ran it twice and played in it 3 or 4 times during the late 70s/early 1980s&nbsp; both in&nbsp; home games as well as at school D&amp;D clubs with people who were not in my normal gaming group. Everyone I ever played with understood exactly what it was (a tournament to challenge players who were too big for their britches), looked at it as a &quot;badge of honor&quot; and we all laughed at our character's gruesome deaths. We never felt it was a horrible design or Gary was &quot;mean&quot;., or that it needed to be &quot;fair and logical&quot; (it's a game of make-believe).If it was so horrible, it would not have survived in conversions, re-prints, or expanded versions through every single edition of the game, and spawned dozens of imitators over the last 40 years. Sales and interest continue to stand the test of time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 7048516, member: 518"] I just do not find your argument compelling and as regards to the time period, I never experienced anyone who felt the way you (and others) do here. Nobody got mad at their DM or punched them, or lost friendships over something as stupid as their make-believe people getting "killed". And I'd have to believe people have deeper rooted issues if they do/did. Did this also happen to people when they lost at Monopoly or tag on the playground?.Sure. maybe when you are 5. Not as young adults. I ran it twice and played in it 3 or 4 times during the late 70s/early 1980s both in home games as well as at school D&D clubs with people who were not in my normal gaming group. Everyone I ever played with understood exactly what it was (a tournament to challenge players who were too big for their britches), looked at it as a "badge of honor" and we all laughed at our character's gruesome deaths. We never felt it was a horrible design or Gary was "mean"., or that it needed to be "fair and logical" (it's a game of make-believe). If it was so horrible, it would not have survived in conversions, re-prints, or expanded versions through every single edition of the game, and spawned dozens of imitators over the last 40 years. Sales and interest continue to stand the test of time. [/QUOTE]

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