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Board gaming in prison
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Anyhow I thought I should share this as it's likely some F:ATty may need this information to get through some future incarceration. I do not want to trivialize the documentary by sharing the boardgames stuff. James Foley was a courageous and inspirational man and it was truly a compelling documentary worth watching. Check it out.
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Dice are an issue and are not allowed because of gambling concerns, but I know that the hard-core RPGers have brought polyhedral dice in as 'divination cubes' and count them as a religious item (they are allowed 5 religious items), I've also seen Toilet paper dice and the use of random drawn playing cards as dice.
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On a lighter note, back when I was reading KODT my favorite storyline was when they were playing in a bar and this ex-convict, Crutch...I think, joined their rpg session because from what he overheard he thought they were planning some sort of bank heist. I think the KODT crew were playing western rpg at the time. Anyway, Crutch's ex-con 'mate' calls the cops on them and the KODT crew get sent to jail til the authorities can sort out what they were planning. While in jail, the Knights (or was it the Blakhand group now that I think about it...) comment about how this jail/prison situation is great as they can game all day because they in the slammer they have no responsibilities, food is prepped for them, etc. They whittle dice out of soap. I have no idea what issues this was in, but it was the only storyline I reread over and over.
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edulis wrote: I actually work as a prison librarian. I have two shelves of RPGs and recently added a chess board, a shogi board and a Duke set to for use in the library. And there are boardgames in the living units (scrabble, chess, checkers and stratego).
Dice are an issue and are not allowed because of gambling concerns, but I know that the hard-core RPGers have brought polyhedral dice in as 'divination cubes' and count them as a religious item (they are allowed 5 religious items), I've also seen Toilet paper dice and the use of random drawn playing cards as dice.
So playing cards are fine re gambling but dice are not? That's fucking mental.
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Hex Sinister wrote: Edulis, are RPG's popular in prison? Is there a favorite?
They are really popular with a smallish crowd. It is a little surprising, the CSC guys tend to be nerdy and like to game (not surprising), but there is a crowd that is exposed to RPGs while in prison or re-find them from their youth and use them as an escape or time-filler. Yup - Big black guy with gold teeth, saggy pants and prison tattoos telling you about his 7th level halfling cleric is a bit stereo-type crushing. They are also popular for inspiring art works.
Pathfinder/ D&D 3.5 is by far the most popular. We have a small following for Shadowrun. I also have 5 Call of Cthulhu RPG books (because that's what I would want to play, but inmates apparently do not care for the mythos), some Palladium stuff, Song of Ice and Fire RPG, GURPS, FFG's Star Wars, I used to have Dark Heresy but it was stolen. So maybe its popular and being played in secret somewhere.
Also have D&D 4.0 and Legend of the Five Rings but they gets no love.
The theft rate for the role-playing books is so high I keep them behind the circulation desk, and they still get stolen! I also have my clerks count the pages each time they are return to make sure there is nothing has been ripped out.
Thirstyman- prison rules frequently fail to make sense. I guess craps is worse than poker??? They actually provide free decks of cards with cold cases on them.
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Anyway, very interesting, thank you.
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ThirstyMan wrote: What's CSC?
Carrying Secret Candy
Can't Stop Crying
Couldn't See the Cops
Canadians Sometimes Cackle
update (I finally was able to Google it): Criminal Sexual Conduct
"They actually provide free decks of cards with cold cases on them. " <---that is really interesting.
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ThirstyMan wrote: Christ, I feel like everyone is talking a fucking different language here. What the shit is a cold case?
An open case that has absolutely no leads. They put them on playing cards in the hopes that a prisoner might know something.
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