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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 5321030" data-attributes="member: 55006">I recall during my rugrat years in the early 80s, my grandmother (on dad's side) who is a christian that happens to be a nutjob (christian and nutjob are independant terms, she'd be a nutjob regardless what religion) making a big deal about DnD in the 80s. The discussion was slightly over my head at that age (somewhere between 4-7), but i didn't care about fantasy at all back in those days. My thinking at that age was dragons, elves and unicorns were sissy things in books made for girls. Boys shot and stabbed things in videos games and threw thier bodies at each other in the name of sports. At least until i addicted to JRPGs. Then i could shoot fireballs and stab something besides commies in the face, but with a SWORD!  (getting all nostalgic for shooting/stabbing commies in the face games...) mmm, I need to play Paranoia... Anywho, back on subject...She was always a sheep of a human being, and believed whatever she was told, never looking into things for herself. She remains today ignorant on all sorts of things. Meanwhile, later in life, I learned my dad played back when i was in diapers. He drew chits out of a hat. I'm still trying to get him to sit down and game with me, but distance and work makes it hard for us both. It is really a shame that there were a bunch of morons in the 80s that gave religion an ignorant slant towards a game.</blockquote>