Letter from America
We got our first piece of prison mail today. A chap wrote to us to say thanks for the new edition and request a catalogue of what’s coming out next.
You might be thinking ‘Jail mail? what the hell?’ but stop and think about it for a moment.
If you’re banged up, and you’ve got time on your hands, what better to do that spend it roleplaying? We roleplay for different reasons- fun, social enjoyment, habit, achievement, boredom- to name but a few- but primarily it’s a great form of escapism. It’s a chance to get away from the everyday, the ordinary, the boring and persue a different life for a couple of hours. Whether we’re at school ignoring essay deadlines, or hanging out in the garage with our collegemates (or even escaping the kids and the ironing for a few hours at the local gaming club) we use games to have a mental holiday, a laugh, a break from the norm.
It’s certainly not uncommon for games companies to get letters from prison- pretty much any RPG you can think of has a jail fan base. If you consider roleplaying as a past time its not a bad fit for anywhere there’s limited space and plenty of spare time- from prison, to oil rigs to the military to university dorms. It’s pretty cheap, only requires a few books (which can easily be mailed to you) a couple of dice and some pencils.
Yep, RPG’s certainly get further than the back rooms of hobby stores and the sticky corners of University bars.
We’ve yet to get a letter from someone who’s played Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in space…but it can only be a matter of time.
-The BI Dev Team
Btw: Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever roleplayed?
You might be thinking ‘Jail mail? what the hell?’ but stop and think about it for a moment.
If you’re banged up, and you’ve got time on your hands, what better to do that spend it roleplaying? We roleplay for different reasons- fun, social enjoyment, habit, achievement, boredom- to name but a few- but primarily it’s a great form of escapism. It’s a chance to get away from the everyday, the ordinary, the boring and persue a different life for a couple of hours. Whether we’re at school ignoring essay deadlines, or hanging out in the garage with our collegemates (or even escaping the kids and the ironing for a few hours at the local gaming club) we use games to have a mental holiday, a laugh, a break from the norm.
It’s certainly not uncommon for games companies to get letters from prison- pretty much any RPG you can think of has a jail fan base. If you consider roleplaying as a past time its not a bad fit for anywhere there’s limited space and plenty of spare time- from prison, to oil rigs to the military to university dorms. It’s pretty cheap, only requires a few books (which can easily be mailed to you) a couple of dice and some pencils.
Yep, RPG’s certainly get further than the back rooms of hobby stores and the sticky corners of University bars.
We’ve yet to get a letter from someone who’s played Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay in space…but it can only be a matter of time.
-The BI Dev Team
Btw: Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever roleplayed?
posted by BI Dev Team at 12:23 pm
3 Comments:
The strangest place I've ever played Warhammer? Afghanistan. Hey, when you're not on a mission, there ain't much else to do.
Strangest place? On a bus to Gamesday. :)
As to playing in space...dice rolling *could* be an issue...
VB
The strangest place i've ever gamed is outside a hospital by text. My mates were involved in a game when I was ill, so I snuck passed the "switch off phones here" sign. And gamed. Had to get the gm to roll the dice on my behalf
Post a Comment
<< Home