Did you used to play Dungeons and Dragons?

[Honza]

I certainly used to and I read somewhere here at Narnia Fans that Copperfox used as well. I used to play 1st Edition AD&D which had devils and demons as monsters. If I am not mistaken it was some Christian factions which objected to that and D&D complied and removed the devils in subsequent editions. Talk about over reacting. D&D is a game and there is nothing quite so satisfying as having your Paladin fight some devils!

 

[EveningStar]

I am so old, I remember when actual dragons were still prototypes. Knights were waiting around for something to do.

 

[Mister Eclectic]

Honza, you are on target. \\ In case you're not caught up on the news, I who bear the name of Mister Eclectic AM THE SAME PERSON as Copperfox. I conceived the dual identity so that the new identity could take on a special aspect of writing. As Mister Eclectic, I've begun writing stories narrated in first person; not all Eclectic stories will necessarily be first person, but NO story by C'fox will be first person.

In my true identity-from-birth as Joseph Richard Ravitts (long A in surname), I took up D&D as a young man, starting at a bookshop, and swordsman Copperfox was my principal player-character name. All of us understood that there had to BE villains or there'd be no story for us; but DEPICTING evil beings didn't mean WORSHIPING them.