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  Gaming down the tubes?

   • m*******e@a****.***u.edu
     19/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     In this area (New Jersey), a number of gaming stores have vanished and,
     in

     those which are still around, the selection of gaming supplies has
     diminished

     significantly. One store now has more space allocated to pool tables and
     such

     than to role-playing supplies. The only gaming supplies which seem to be

     appearing in increasing numbers are card games.

     Is this just a local phenomenon, or is role-playing degenerating into
     card

     gaming everywhere? Since the great strength of role playing is its
     flexibility

     and the fact that it lets the players be far more creative and
     imaginative

     than other types of games, it would be sad if it were abandoned in favor
     of

     the more structured card games where everything is pregenerated.

     Heck, who wants TV Magic Cards (or whatever) when you can have -- ta
     daa! --

     TWENty FIRst CENtury (ask Gorno) or Macho Women With Guns?

     --- Brian

     "Your mission is to seek out the mighty Rod of Plunging and free the
     Crystal

     Vortex to flow once again."