[Grig]

And then there is the 'Get out of Jail' spell...

[The_Reader_David]

. . .promoted gang-related activity and was a threat to security ????!!

Okay, most folks think D&D players need to get a life (and for the most part they’re right). Some people think interactive fiction in a fictional setting with effective magic leads to involvement in the occult (and for the most part they’re wrong). But gang-related activity???!!! And they convinced an appeals court???!!!

Some people need to get a fantasy life. Sheesh!

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Prison officials instigated the Dungeons&Dragons ban among concerns that playing the game promoted gang-related activity and was a threat to security.

Seriously? What, the Latin Kings refuse to adjust morale checks due to surprise modifiers? The Crips are 2nd Edition all the way and will cut you for having a 3.5 edition rulebook?

Dungeons and Dragons is the geekiest game around. Heck, some inmates might discover their inner geek. Can't have that, can we?

[Colonel Kangaroo]

At least he gets to play dungeon at taxpayer expense.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Singer was sentenced to life in prison in 2002 after being found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of his sister’s boyfriend. The man was bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer.

*ahem* I believe if they check, it was a +3 Warhammer of Smiting. And as Singer was Chaotic Neutral, he was only playing to his alignment.

Yes, he deserves to be in jail for the rest of his life. Yes, they can take away his favorite game as punishment.

But still! Gang related activities?

[Snickering Hound]

[RC one]

Why can’t he just butt smugglle smokes and blow his cell mates like a normal inmate? what a freak.

[OneWingedShark]

....is it because D&D is the analog to a “gateway drug” for gangs? Some sort of gateway gang formation?

...some bureaucrats MUST have rolled low for Int on their character sheets.

[VRWC For Truth]

[Grizzled Bear]

D&D Prison Gang Ping!

[sig226]

This is hilarious, absolutely hilarious. The best part of it isn’t the silly gang related aspect of the original complaint; the idea that three guys might form a gang because they were playing D&D. That’s just silly. When they start finding multiple murderers with tatoos of Gary Gygax, I might listen. The court said, “After all, punishment is a fundamental aspect of imprisonment, and prisons may choose to punish inmates by preventing them from participating in some of their favourite recreations.” In other words, it’s supposed to suck.

[paulycy]

promoted gang-related activity

I think it's the dice.

[CriticalJ]

I guess that rules Traveler out.

Pretty bizarre ruling though in terms of how it relates to initiating gang behavior. I would buy the he doesn’t deserve to play because he’s a murder argument more so than the gang angle.

[a fool in paradise]

Prison officials enacted the ban in 2004 after an inmate sent an anonymous letter expressing concern about Singer and three other inmates forming a “gang” focused around playing the game.

[a fool in paradise]

And the “nation” of Islam’s theocratic cult of bloodlust and power trips is tolerated in prison because...?