Thanks man. I appreciate your comments.

You know, it is much easier in my mind to justify AD&D. I played that for years and, as the GM, I would simply remove or 'sanctify' certain elements. I had control over it. But I wish I had similar control over something like Magic the Gathering. It would be nice to remove all doubt by making it higher technology or whatever.

Frankly, I like the fantasy stuff, but there is a kernal of doubt in my mind, and that bothers me. I wish I felt certain on the issue, because honestly, the strategy behind Magic the Gathering is brilliant, and I love it. The competetion is great too. I wish there was a substitute out there, but there isn't, so far as I know.

I'm not quite sure what to do with the whole slippery slope silliness that can come from taking a stand against Magic (like being a terrorist on Counter Strike, not utilizing just war theory in most combat games and yes, tearing down buildings in the old game Rampage, as a monster to boot.). Once one adopts a hard line on this, it's hard to avoid going down other paths that seem a bit extreme.

Uhg. I don't know. I'll keep thinking about it.

Thanks again,

Austin

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Austin Brown
Deacon in New Life Alliance Church (C&MA), Logansport, Indiana
Student: Whitefield Theological Seminary, M.Div program