Samuel Wright's page

Inclusion in arts and entertainment is important, it can alter how we are viewed and how we view ourselves. I am a fan of historical role-playing games, but there is not a lot of good content from a Jewish point of view. So I have started a group for sharing and collaborating on Jewish oriented content in RPGs, both D&D and other systems. Check it out:
The Jewish RPG Workshop

Okay, yes, I may be crazy, but that does not mean I'm wrong, and I think a Celebrity D&D tv show would be a major hit. Also, I am not alone, as a quick search on Yahoo reveals:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22Celebrity+D%26D%22&toggle=1&ei= UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&b=1

Unbeknownst to me, Wil Wheaton had actually pitched this idea to Comedy Central when I thought of it on my own. Recently, other celebrities ranging from Vin Diesel and P. Diddy to Lindsey Lohan and Lexa Doig have admitted being fans of D&D. Celebrity Poker has had high ratings and spawned a renewed interest in card games. But seriously, is watching people play poker anywhere near as exciting as watching people role-play? I think not! Role-playing is improvisational acting and storytelling with dice, an opportunity for a skilled actor to create any character he wishes, a chance for an entertainer to have fun doing what he does best. With a good DM to run the game and a good editor to make the best parts of the game shine on tv, Celebrity D&D could show the viewing audience what RPGs are really about and how fun it can be to role-play a character in an adventure. And any chance to see Lexa Doig can't all bad either... :-)

...Specifically, I'd like to see a monthly or at least regular column devoted to updating and expanding campaign settings that have been left on the wayside, like Spelljammer, Dark Sun, and Al-Qadim. I know many fans of these and other settings that have simply resigned themselves to searching for material on the net and have given up trying to get new official material on their favourite campaign worlds. But trust me, if something was put out there every other month on a different out of print setting, those issues would sell like the proverbial heated flat flour-based food item...