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Last Updated: 2016-05-03

"A 'monster' can be a kindly wizard or a crazed dwarf, a friendly brass dragon, or a malicious manticore."

—Page 103, Player's Handbook, 1st Edition aka Advanced Dungeons & Dragons PHB - Mine is a 6th Printing (Jan 1980))

Huzzah!

For me, "gaming" has nothing to do with gambling, and I resent the Gambling Industry's co-opting of the term.

Rather, "gaming" is sitting down with your friends, telling stories, enjoying food and drink, and in a (usually) fantasy or science-fiction environment (really: anywhere or anywhen) conjured by the hard labors of the referee, working towards common goals. It is an inherently creative, imaginative, cooperative, and FUN endeavor!