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The "Church" of D&D

Started by cranebump, June 08, 2016, 09:21:35 AM

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David Johansen

#30
June 08, 2016, 07:45:07 PM
Re D&D 4e as Mormonism: ouch, I may have to leave the church over that one.

Re trenchiron: I'm blushing :D

Re GURPS as Islam: that would make me a radical with an explosive vest right? (not so much a shot at Islam as a confession of my own radical bent)

But now I must ask: If GURPS is Islam then what is the Islamic equivalent of GURPS Vehicles?
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crkrueger

#31
June 08, 2016, 07:47:10 PM
Quote from: David Johansen;902684But now I must ask: If GURPS is Islam then what is the Islamic equivalent of GURPS Vehicles?

Yeah but you have to make it first with GURPS Vehicles, which is a form of terrorism if ever I've seen one. :D
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Omega

#32
June 08, 2016, 08:00:25 PM
Quote from: dragoner;902578More importantly, who is Satan, and the pagans?

Synnibar(sp?)? FATAL?

dragoner

#33
June 08, 2016, 08:08:12 PM
Quote from: Omega;902687Synnibar(sp?)? FATAL?

FATAL isn't a cool Satan though. Now I can see Synnibar, Rifts, and Shadowrun being the pagans, but maybe more like the biker gang.
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Armchair Gamer

#34
June 08, 2016, 08:09:21 PM Last Edit: June 08, 2016, 10:10:23 PM by Armchair Gamer
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;902637:D

Also, OD&D isn't Coptic Christianity, it's the unedited letters of Paul.

Would that make the Gospel equivalent Chainmail, or the oral tradition of Gygax and Arneson, then?

I actually have noted this difference between older and newer forms of D&D--the emphasis on the tradition vs. that on the written word. :)

dragoner

#35
June 08, 2016, 08:10:10 PM
Quote from: JesterRaiin;902633I cracked a smile. It doesn't happen... No wait, I happen to smile pretty often these days. WTF is wrong with this site, it's supposed to be no-jokin' allowed zone & shit...

*Blows up thread with Islamo-GURPS car bomb.*

:D
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
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Omega

#36
June 08, 2016, 09:07:52 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;902637:D

Also, OD&D isn't Coptic Christianity, it's the unedited letters of Paul.

I thought OD&D was the Stone Age shamanism? :cool:

dragoner

#37
June 08, 2016, 09:19:47 PM
Quote from: Omega;902702I thought OD&D was the Stone Age shamanism? :cool:

Bronte's story-game ... :p that's the Neolithic shamanism like at Göbekli Tepe.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#38
June 09, 2016, 12:13:40 AM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer;902689Would that make the Gospel equivalent Chainmail, or the oral tradition of Gygax and Arneson, then?

I actually have noted this difference between older and newer forms of D&D--the emphasis on the tradition vs. that on the written word. :)

CHAINMAIL is second temple Judaism.

Don't forget, the epistles of Paul were written before the Gospels were written... or at least before the earliest versions we've discovered so far...
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JesterRaiin

#39
June 09, 2016, 02:37:14 AM
Quote from: dragoner;902688FATAL isn't a cool Satan though.

Ok, I'll bite.

Satan is Mark Rein.Hagen.

- He infected the hobby with women (long and slow: womeeeeeeeeeeen)
- He remade vampires from feral beasts into skinny goth homos
- He [plenty of stuff]...
- ...and then he took backers' money and convinced everyone he doesn't exist

Satan.

;)
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trechriron

#40
June 09, 2016, 05:42:53 AM
Quote from: JesterRaiin;902736Ok, I'll bite.

Satan is Mark Rein.Hagen.

- He infected the hobby with women (long and slow: womeeeeeeeeeeen)
- He remade vampires from feral beasts into skinny goth homos
- He [plenty of stuff]...
- ...and then he took backers' money and convinced everyone he doesn't exist

Satan.

;)

I agree completely. I still liked the first Vampire game, played the hell out of it...
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JesterRaiin

#41
June 09, 2016, 06:01:47 AM
Quote from: trechriron;902745I still liked the first Vampire game, played the hell out of it...

Me too. I miss those long discussions concerning various aspects of oWoD:Vampire's lore. It was fun to argue who and which gen the progenitor of Assamites was, whether Caine lives, and what's the correct pronunciation of "Tzimisce" (in local language it sounds damn similar to "Three Teddy-bears").

...

I miss those times a lot.
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Armchair Gamer

#42
June 09, 2016, 09:03:34 AM Last Edit: June 09, 2016, 09:06:43 AM by Armchair Gamer
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;902720CHAINMAIL is second temple Judaism.

Don't forget, the epistles of Paul were written before the Gospels were written... or at least before the earliest versions we've discovered so far...

Good point. That would imply the AD&D books as the equivalent ... and one of the reasons this comparison is very silly. :D

That said, I will admit to occasionally comparing my Hero System 6E set to my three-volume copy of the Summa Theologiae. :)

dragoner

#43
June 09, 2016, 09:36:41 AM
Quote from: JesterRaiin;902748I miss those times a lot.

As long as it isn't me being called Satan. I never was into Vampire, my gaming group tried 2300, wanted to like it more than we did, then settled into a T2K game for a while. Played in another group where we played Deadlands, CoC, and then Rifts. Then back war games for a while. Funny thing about D&D, my sister introduced me to it, and in the beginning, me and my friends considered it a "girl game" in the late 70's.
The most beautiful peonies I ever saw ... were grown in almost pure cat excrement.
-Vonnegut

Nerzenjäger

#44
June 09, 2016, 09:56:15 AM
Quote from: Matt;902609Of course the Holy Trinity would be the original, insuperable 3-volume set.

But the original Traveller is still about 10000% better in every possible way, so I assume it is atheism.

Pretty great analogy. And like any rational Atheist, one can acknowledge the immense contributions the 3LBBs made to the gaming world.
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