Playing with Fire: Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels and Trolls, Chivalry and Sorcery, and other Fantasy Games [Paperback]

John Weldon (Author), James Bjornstad (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 91 pages
• Publisher: Moody Press (1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802404251
• ISBN-13: 978-0802404251
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,561,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Foolish material by foolish people, December 10, 2005

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Bruce Carter "Omnireader" (South Bend, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing with Fire: Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels and Trolls, Chivalry and Sorcery, and other Fantasy Games (Paperback)

Quite simply, just reactionary foolishness from people who ought to know better but are hopelessly lost in religion. As an earlier reviewer mentioned, at least they have read through the material, but they don't understand the games. Very dated. Pretty much useless. The only reason I even saw the book was a local library had a copy. I certainly would never buy it.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars At least they read the material., May 29, 2005

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Michael T. Monson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing with Fire: Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels and Trolls, Chivalry and Sorcery, and other Fantasy Games (Paperback)

I am a life time gamer (over 20 years), and believe it or not a committed Christian. However, unlike many Christians I seem to be able to separate reality from fantasy. I came across this book when I was doing a research paper at ORU (a major Christian university) defending RPGs. Most of the anti-gaming material I found, like "A READER" says are silly and seem to use each other as "sources." However, in defense of this text it has the advantage that the authors actually read the material that they are commenting on, and list more specific problems with D&D then just "it has magic in it!" or "it mentions demons!" A refreshing change. However, the book does have one glaring problem when facing the current RPG market: it is dated. The only game it talks about is D&D, but fails to mention newer games such as Rifts, GURPS, or Vampire: the Masquerade. They also fail to touch on the growing market in computerized RPGs. But as Christian books on D&D go, this is one of the better quality, academically speaking, books on the market.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Closed-minded, medieval-minded drivel!, September 3, 2006

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Anthony Simeone (Philly) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playing with Fire: Dungeons and Dragons, Tunnels and Trolls, Chivalry and Sorcery, and other Fantasy Games (Paperback)

I am a Christian and have been an avid RPG gamer for years. I have not converted to Satanism, have never once tried to cast a "real" spell, and I am a well-adjusted husband and father. I don't think that God will send anyone to Hell for using their imagination. This is the work of fundamentalists that live in a century where we can no longer burn "witches," so they try to burn books instead. Can we please focus on more important things in this world, and leave games alone? Sooo glad this garbage is out of print. I hope the silly Jack Chick pamphlets go out of print as well.