Re: [piecepack] Re: Games with adult themes

[Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...>]

Amen, Brother Edward.

Ron

p.s. If only I had two cents and a stolen purse...

On 5/9/05, Edward <deucenine@...> wrote:
> While it is interesting to see what everyone here is thinking, I have to
> admit that I have a little difficulty taking this thread seriously.
>
> The piecepack is like a deck of cards.  It is just a set of tools with which
> to play pretty any type of game that pops into a persons head.  That said, I
> can't recall ever seeing a 'rating' system for playing cards.  Or for
> IceHouse.  Or any other type of game system.  I mean, there are people out
> there who would swear that Poker, as a wagering game, is clearly adult and
> children shouldn't be allowed anywhere near it (nor should good decent folk
> who understand the evils of wagers.)  But I am clearly not in that camp, nor
> was my family.
>
> These are games.  In and of themselves they are harmless.  More than
> harmless.  These are actually abstract games, where the theme is tacked on
> by the imagination.  You think the theme is not appropriate for your
> children (or for you, I guess), then don't use it.  But the game doesn't
> require a rating.  Each game just needs to be decided, on an individual
> basis, whether it is right for you.  Is it too long, too complicated,
> requires too many people, theme doesn't work for whatever reason, or maybe
> you just don't like it.
>
> That's just my two-cents worth.  That and the contents of a stolen purse
> would buy you a crack-whore.
>
> Edward
> (:8())

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