Showing posts with label Dungeons and Dragons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dungeons and Dragons. Show all posts
2018-09-09
2018-07-06
Wild Wild Country and D&D
There is a Netflix documentary called Wild Wild Country about the conflict of an Indian Guru coming to Oregon. IMDB describes it with:
In any event, to demonstrate this "dangerous cult" point the filmmakers used images from the 1st Edition Dungeon Master's Guide:
Both books were written by Gary Gygax and are considered classics. They have nothing to do with cults & everything to do with the creative gameplay--in fact, the DMG is still often cited as the greatest RPG book ever written.
There is absolutely no reason to include these images in a discussion of cults--in fact, it perpetuates a Satanic Panic response which still affects RPG's.
When the world's most controversial guru builds a utopian city deep in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true story.During Episode Two there is discussion around how this relates to the Jim Jones' Massacre in South America--mostly about how there was a strong anti-cult sentiment in the media. Here is a clip (I removed the sound & went with subtitles):
In any event, to demonstrate this "dangerous cult" point the filmmakers used images from the 1st Edition Dungeon Master's Guide:
And Players Handbook (one of D&D's Most ICONIC images):
There is absolutely no reason to include these images in a discussion of cults--in fact, it perpetuates a Satanic Panic response which still affects RPG's.
2018-05-12
2018-05-03
Lost Mine of Phandelver
Lost Mine of Phandelver!
DM Bill drew some amazing maps
Played some Lost Mine of Phandelver
It was a good night and nice to be back in the shop with Cody
DM Bill drew some amazing maps
Played some Lost Mine of Phandelver
It was a good night and nice to be back in the shop with Cody
2018-03-15
2018-03-04
2018-02-05
Tomb of Annihilation - D&D Encounters - S24 S06
Another great week of D&D at Alakazam Comics.
I am running Tomb of Annihilation at the kid's table and we had a blast this week--exploring Camp Righteous.
Kids are not good at Exploration--a trap almost killed all of them!
The episode ended with a fantastic Cliff Hanger that the kids really seemed to enjoy--things are getting better!
2018-02-02
2018-01-25
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