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Greetings,
An old thread, but something I had been looking into recently regarding
prisons bans against RPG.

I just received an email today from someone claiming to be working in the
Georgia penal system, and apparently they allow the population to play RPGs.
He contacted me because he wants to try to implement RPGs as a group therapy
activity and wanted my insights, so I sent him what I could.

Just thought it would be of interest that at least one system is allowing the
inmates to play RPGs.



On Sunday, February 27, 2011 12:31:23 AM M. Alan Thomas II wrote:
> My comment to Mike Stackpole and Mike's reply regarding game defense
> are both visible on his website now. Here's the link for those who
> have lost track: http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=2220 I'm going to
> try to continue the conversation in a more conciliatory tone--I was
> feeling rather frustrated when I wrote my original comment--and
> suggest we try to work together better in the future.
>
> On a side note, the Tucson - gaming connection he refers to appears to
> be this article:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791904576075851892478080.h
> tml It's mainly focused on what he wrote on an online game's forums and how
> others read them at the time, but it does refer to his online
> gaming experience as including "Starcraft and Diablo, which featured
> complex virtual worlds where players assume roles and play against
> other people around the globe" &c. It makes no attempt to portray the
> games as anything other than a symptom of his social isolation, if
> that, but that doesn't mean that later references back to the article
> share the same view.
>
> --M. Alan Thomas II

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