In 1988, three young men in British Columbia were convicted of the murder of the mother of one of them and the attempted murder of the father and sister. The majority were murders with suicide being the next most common cases. The Christian should take note of the fact that this supposedly innocent game is heavily involved with elements of witchcraft, demonology, gods and demigods. The players assume roles of thieves, assassins, magic users, fighters, paladins, clerics and illusionists. In the fantasy of the game players are killed, maimed, raped, murdered and offered as human sacrifices to appease the particular god to which the murderer had pledged allegiance.
Many players begin playing the game ignorant of the spiritual overtones involved.
Many later proceed to become more serious and become heavily involved. Concerned Christians made a brief and presented a petition to the Library Board. For the Christian the bottom line should be that not only should we avoid overt involvement with witchcraft, casting of spells, making an allegiance to other so-called gods, etc., but that we should not play at or pretend to do such things. For further information one of the following books can likely be obtained in your local Christian bookstore.