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<blockquote data-quote="Werebat" data-source="post: 5321649" data-attributes="member: 40158">I was born in '73 and started getting interested in D&amp;D around the age of 5, so I feel I can weigh in here...My father thought the whole religious scaremongering thing was hilarious, but that's more a function of him and his family than D&amp;D specifically.&nbsp; His best friend (my godfather) was into D&amp;D and was our first exposure to it.&nbsp; When I turned 12, he invited me to play at his place every other weekend with their group (all grown men), and of course those nights became the highlights of my month.&nbsp; When my godfather died, my father mentioned those nights he sent me off with him in his eulogy, claiming that if everyone had a good friend who they could trust their children with for regular nights of entertainment with, the world would be a better place.&nbsp; My oldest son is named after him.&nbsp; Today, decades later, his nephew still games with us.One of my Dad's brothers, who would later grow to be pretty seriously Christian, played D&amp;D once and said it was an &quot;imagination game&quot; because &quot;you have to imagine you're having fun.&quot;&nbsp; I still think that line was pretty funny.&nbsp; It's also the worst thing anyone in our family ever said about D&amp;D.One time my father was in a discussion with the extended family at a New Year's party about one religious figure or other ranting about the evils of D&amp;D on television, and how when kids &quot;summon demons&quot; in the game they are actually summoning REAL demons in real life.&nbsp; He said that a fun thing to do, if they really believed that, would be to send them a letter claiming that &quot;I play D&amp;D, I know who you are, and I know where you live -- expect a major demon soon!&quot;He didn't actually DO that, of course.&nbsp; He was only joking.&nbsp; A good man, my father.&nbsp;&nbsp; - Ron&nbsp;&nbsp; ^*^</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Werebat, post: 5321649, member: 40158"] I was born in '73 and started getting interested in D&D around the age of 5, so I feel I can weigh in here... My father thought the whole religious scaremongering thing was hilarious, but that's more a function of him and his family than D&D specifically. His best friend (my godfather) was into D&D and was our first exposure to it. When I turned 12, he invited me to play at his place every other weekend with their group (all grown men), and of course those nights became the highlights of my month. When my godfather died, my father mentioned those nights he sent me off with him in his eulogy, claiming that if everyone had a good friend who they could trust their children with for regular nights of entertainment with, the world would be a better place. My oldest son is named after him. Today, decades later, his nephew still games with us. One of my Dad's brothers, who would later grow to be pretty seriously Christian, played D&D once and said it was an "imagination game" because "you have to imagine you're having fun." I still think that line was pretty funny. It's also the worst thing anyone in our family ever said about D&D. One time my father was in a discussion with the extended family at a New Year's party about one religious figure or other ranting about the evils of D&D on television, and how when kids "summon demons" in the game they are actually summoning REAL demons in real life. He said that a fun thing to do, if they really believed that, would be to send them a letter claiming that "I play D&D, I know who you are, and I know where you live -- expect a major demon soon!" He didn't actually DO that, of course. He was only joking. A good man, my father. - Ron ^*^ [/QUOTE]

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