Faith Filled Family Magazine October 2016 | Page 33

Role
Playing
Games
Demonic or Child’s Play
By Michelle C. Danko

Often, encounters take place in
battles with monsters which are
antasy Role playing games potentially harmful beings, anior reality games can be a mals, aberrant beings, or mythifun, interactive way of en- cal creatures. Social interactions
tertainment. As with anything, include magic, and combat.
there are good and bad forms of
it, and when examining whether It is the fantasy aspect that is the
they are good or not for our chil- most dangerous of games like
dren (or for ourselves), we need D&D. While sometimes changto examine the extent of our per- es in behavior can be possitive,
sonal involvement, and the type medieval themes such as this
are not because of the incorpoof game we are playing.
ration of magic, and magical inDungeons and Dragons (D&D) fluences. Players are either on
has been the most common the giving or receiving end of
type of open-ended role-playing that equation, which is not good
game throughout the decades. for our children’s spirits.
Most times, it is played indoors
with participants being seated The danger in this game is the
around a tabletop. Each player introduction of characters such
controls a single character in a as wizards, sorcerers, and a
fictional setting. When working eastern religion monk (high levcollaboratively, the player char- els of martial arts and occult exacters are described as a party of pertise). Already at the onset,
adventurers with their own area there is a list of characters that
of specialty which contributes to goes against biblical principles.
the group’s success. Activity is
performed through verbal imper- Yet, it gets worse.
sonation of the characters by the
players, and utilizes the skills of Players can select between being good or evil, law-abiding, or
logic, math, and imagination.

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