Stop the 'Violence'?

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Because I'm an Old, I remember when Dungeons & Dragons was clearly, obviously, driving kids to suicide and Satanism. 60 Minutes even did a piece on it, and, because it was the 1980s, that piece was not 20 minutes of Ed Bradley laughing his head off. Because back then it was understood that there is nothing like a 20-sided die to drive a child to the DARK SIDE. Really, they should have been banned.

If I ever own a race horse I'll name him Twenty Sided Die. I'm sure he'll inspire mass mayhem and eeeeeeevil.

I made a football league and a horse racing league/circuit out of a 20-sided die.

If you could get "ISS" or In-School suspension. You'd get locked in a room with Mr. North all day ... and he was so oblivious he'd let you have all the fun you can manage with a notebook and 20-sided die...in between a lunch break, of course.

Unlike with Julius Caesar, the die was never cast, it was rolled as quietly as possible on top of padding.

As I recall, a certain number would sideline a horse with an injury in between races. A second roll would occur to determine how severe the injury was.

Nothing is more tragic than witnessing the demise of a promising horse in your paper and dice horse racing game.