I don't see why not.. But I'm not Christian, so I don't know what Christians think about it.

I'm a Christian, & I did. Everyone has different comfort levels with different things. We didn't include the use of demons & some other elements when we played.

No your going to burn in the fiery pits of hell because you had engaged in a non-fictional exportation of Paganism... oh wait weren't Christian's Pagan before Christianity existed? Do you have fun and enjoy playing D&D...does it harm you or other people when you play? No!Then realize how your religion bound you sometimes,while it does have some good points some time people can get so caught up in the rights and wrongs of there own values that forget the true meanings. I hope this helped.

Why not? The only acceptable answers have to do with wasting time on things that are not directly related to glorifying God. At which point we have successfully condemned every possible leisure activity. As for the Chick tracts, not only does he get a laughable number of facts wrong, but nobody has ever successfully demonstrated a link between D&D and suicide. In fact, one study concluded that given the number of supposedly D&D influenced suicides compared to the number of D&D players while comparing all suicides to the number of people, one could reasonably conclude that D&D reduced that likelihood of suicide.

No. Try Russian roulette instead.

It's just a game. People need to realize it's a fantasy game. As long as you're not running around burning babies, hurting people in real life or doing unspeakable acts in real life, what's the harm? I'm baffled why people get so wound up over A GAME. When you cannot distinguish reality from fantasy you have some much bigger issues than any possible issues of morality in a game.

why not? im a strong follower and i play.

No I think God might get pissed off.

I guess if "Monopoly" wasn't available?! ;-)

Only if you can tell the difference between fiction and reality. Some people, it seems, can not.

Art is just art. Games are just games. As long as you know that, as long as something isn't inherently sinful, it's fine.

There isn't a problem as long as you know it's a game. Some people lose that concept.

Too bad the internet's prevalent and widespread use did not come about until the mid-90s, because around 1991 I wrote an excellent research article on this topic, and now I cannot find it anywhere. The roots of this question are buried in a number of infamous news articles and a general uprising against the Dungeons and Dragons game that still, somehow, carry a stigma of evil from a small vocal minority of the religious right. They argued that playing any game that has devils or demons must certainly be spawned from the devil, and those players, who may play the role of a spell caster (which by their definition is immediately heresy), means that "D&D is the devil's work." (That is an actual quote from a woman that I know). Negative footage about Dungeons and Dragons spread around 1980 when a college student supposedly killed himself playing a live version of Dungeons and Dragons. The news media hyped this up so much that not soon after, a book by Rona Jaffe, "Mazes and Monsters," became a hit in 1981 and spawned a movie by the same name (if memory serves me correctly that is Tom Hanks' first feature film) the next year. At this point, "Mazes and Monsters" (i.e. "Dungeons and Dragons") had become almost permanently vilified as the game of nerds, geeks, and those with a penchant for Wicca and weirdness in general. The truth could not be further from this depiction. So much, in fact, that for a while, the use of devils and demons were banned, even though the classic implementation of the game was for a group of good HEROES to get together and battle the forces of EVIL. Early prints of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game even had the greater devils and Satan himself in the monster rosters, ready to fight the good, wholesome party of adventurers. Satan, of course, had 666 hit points. The game was originally the work of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, both recently deceased, and was the product of TSR (Tactical Studies Rules) that was eventually sold to Magic the Gathering company Wizards of the Coast. Wizards retooled the game in 1999 and retooled the game Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition (and released 4th edition in 2007) and included angels and demons as much as orcs and dragons. The reason that I bring up all of this information in a circuitous fashion is that this very question is derived directly from the attacks from the early 80s by conservative Christians and the media. More specifically, these questions are directed straight at Dungeons and Dragons even though there are other game systems that deal more prominently with evil (Vampire, White Wolf games) or are far more popular (such as World of Warcraft). The argument typically follows that either the prominence of evil, or the acting, or the spell casting confuses the youth of America leading them down a dark road to failure. Some of these questions have been levied at Harry Potter followers over the last 5 years or so with varied affect.

Sure why not. this is a fictional "environment" and for entertaining. I have some friends that are Gamers and they are of the baptist religion of Christianity

no one should play d&d

http://www.fansforchrist.org/phpBB2/articles/article03a.htm#Chick . I read this the other day and I thought it might be the kind of thing that can help with this question.

I was a buddist, kinda, when I played a lot, I got a "Evil" reputation , because I would not kill opponent survivors, I would just hamstring them and leave them after I looted them. Which meant that most of them either bled out or were eaten alive by the "wandering monsters" in the play field. Every one else I played with killed every one after they looted them. I didn't want their direct death on my char's Karma. I was always up for torture, I had an endless bottle of regeneration and I would pour some down a target and the mutilate them and watch as whatever I cut off grew back. When faced with demons we would summon devils to fight them and loot the human high priests crushed in the middle. did we do rituals to do so, hell no we just showed the DM which char had the ability and proclaimed it done. My bag of holding always had 2 or 3 casks of 151 proof rum, as real fire didn't get a saving throw against magic, and I fire bombed every thing. Or bought drinks for many that didn't automatically fight with us. Good for reparty exp points.

Its just a game, if know the difference between real, and not real, your good to go.+5

ploys , scheams , trickery , cheats , fighting ,deception , lies , in a made up fantasy ? .... they would fit right in. ;-)

Sure. If you are already grounded in your faith and know the difference between the truth in God's Word and the fiction in the DnD player's handbook, monster manual etc, then you are fine. If you start worshiping one of the gods in the DnD lore for real, then that's not a good thing. But someone strong in their faith won't do that. You can read Homer's Illiad without worshiping Zeus, so you can play DnD without worshiping Pelor. I'm reading the Dungeons and Dragons for Dummies book, written by two of the current Wizards of the Coast developers of the 4th Edition of DnD and even they say to remember to keep your character and your real self separate in your own mind. Even they don't advocate treating DnD as anything other than a fun game. Playing DnD is no different than acting a part in a play. Just because you are Christian doesn't mean that as an actor, you can only play the parts of apostles or saints. I'm playing DnD as a good aligned (when you read the descriptions in the official manuals, the standards of what is "good" and what is "evil" in DnD are really straight out of the Bible whether all DnD players are Christians or not)fighter. He defends the rest of his adventuring party and innocent NPCs by fighting evil NPCs and monsters. He doesn't use any spells and doesn't worship any of the DnD gods, he just does what he knows is right. Two other good classes to play if you are worried about messing around with the make-believe "religions" of DnD but still want to play are the Barbarian and the Ranger. Both can be good characters who don't put any trust in the pagan gods. I just prefer the fighter as he can use more weapons and armour than other classes (cool looking weapons and armour are among my favorite things about medieval fantasy.) For that matter, C.S. Lewis wrote a lot of medieval fantasy books (best known being his Narnia series) and he was a Christian who also wrote some very insightful books about his faith.

If I was a christian I would be lame and no one would like me. Christians are lame and god believers.

Nope. You need to understand what is fantasy nd what is real. A christian obviously can't, and would be rubbish at it.

I played that some when i was young, honestly it was very fun, i see nothing wrong with anyone playing it, it makes you use your mind.

no...if you believe in christianity,then you should stay away from violence,spiritism,the worship of other deities and such,if you feel comfortable not partaking in such things for the sake of your beliefs,that is...before you do something or choose to believe in something,know why it is that youre doing it or believe in that,otherwise youll just be wasting time,and not be true to yourself by living according to how others think you should...and not how you really feel...do what feel you must,but,if you choose to adhere to christianity,then by reading the bible you will know what it says you should stay away from,and how you should behave,according to it...farewell

Sure, it's a game.

nobody should play dungeons and dragons

If you can't even read Harry Potter.. I don't think you should be playing Dungeons & Dragons. Unless you don't have a stick up your ass... then go for it.

God should forgive you for playing a GAME. Its not any differnt than playing video games or anything. I think its kind of silly for people to be worried about playing a game using paer and dice and an imagination. Didnt God create us, therefore creating our imagination? therefore in a way didnt god create D&D in that sense. by not playing D&D you are betraying a tool that God gave us to get through are daily lives!!

basically basically there's no should and should not attached to it you can if you want to the freedom to choose and make your own opinion up based on what you believe is in your own hands not mine myself i was raised as a Christian and i play DnD and cant see anything within it that should be persecuted by the church

If you enjoy it. Asking if a Christian should play DnD is like asking if a Christian should play tetris, it's just a game.

its hell a gay, for sure, get it all out.

Why should they not? It's just a game, for crying out loud!