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The Gamer's Purity Test

See how many you can answer with yes!


Do you:

  1. Own more than 20 dice?
  2. Own more than 100 dice?
  3. Have dice that are so used that their corners are completely worn away?
  4. Remember when there were no D10s, only D20s?
  5. Remember when the only d20s you could get were numbered 0-9 twice?
  6. Know what "THAC0" stands for, without checking?
  7. Know what "GURPS" stands for, without checking?
  8. Know what "TSR" stands for, without checking?
  9. Know what "FUDGE" stands for, without checking?
  10. Know what "EPT" stands for, without checking?
  11. Know where you'd find the starship "Beowolf"?
  12. Know where you'd find the starship "Warden"?
  13. Know what "The Owl and Weasel" was?
  14. Own more than 5 RPG rulebooks?
  15. Own more than 20 RPG rulebooks?
  16. Have no idea how many RPG rulebooks you own, but it's still not enough?
  17. Know the Gazebo story? (For those who answered no, click here.)
  18. Had the Gazebo story happen to someone in your group?
  19. What's the actual printing date on the oldest RPG book or boxed set you own? 1990 or before?
  20. 1984 or before?
  21. 1980 or before?
  22. 1976 or before?
  23. Did you buy it the year it was published?
  24. Is it signed by the designer?
  25. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the RPGA?
  26. Have you ever: Played a live-action ('freeform') gave out of costume?
  27. Played a live-action game in costume, with padded weapons for combat?
  28. Played a MUD?
  29. Played a solo adventure?
  30. Been in more than two on-going campaigns at the same time?
  31. Been in more than five on-going campaigns at the same time?
  32. Used a rulebook so much that its pages fell out? (No points for the following: 'Feng Shui", "SLA Industries", "Mercenaries, Spies, and Private Eyes", or first-edition "Vampire: The Masquerade")
  33. Totalled a character sheet by spilling a drink or dropping fast food on it?
  34. Stood on a D4 while wearing no shoes?
  35. Swallowed a dice?
  36. Been physically injured or scarred by something that happened during a gaming (not live-action) session?
  37. Been in a campaign that has been running more than two years?
  38. Five years?
  39. Ten years?
  40. Been in a campaign that has been running more than 20 years, has some of its original players and some of its original characters, and is still going?
  41. Attended a games convention?
  42. Worked a booth at a games convention?
  43. Gophered for or organized a games convention?
  44. Attended a games convention in another country?
  45. Gone to another country just to attend a games convention?
  46. Spoken to a "name" games designer or artist?
  47. Shaken hands with or kissed a "name" games designer or artist?
  48. Had sex with a "name" games designer or artist? (Note to games designers and artists: this has to be another person, not yourself.)
  49. Role-played past midnight?
  50. Role-played past dawn?
  51. Role-played solidly for more than 24 hours?
  52. Role-played solidly for more than 48 hours?
  53. Missed your favorite TV show because you were role-playing?
  54. Missed an important deadline because you were role-playing?
  55. Missed a date because you were role-playing?
  56. Missed a gauranteed 100% dead-certain chance for sex because you were role-playing?
  57. Been on first names with the owner of your local RPG store?
  58. Worked for a RPG store?
  59. Owned or managed a RPG store?
  60. Creeated a web site which featured role-playing?
  61. Written your own RPG system?
  62. Edited a fanzine or APA?
  63. Been paid for writing or drawing RPG stuff?
  64. Written an RPG book and had it published?
  65. Run an RPG company?
  66. Run an RPG company that didn't go bankrupt?
  67. Role-played in a moving vehicle?
  68. Role-played while at work/in class?
  69. Fallen asleep when role-playing?
  70. Gotten drunk while role-playing?
  71. Gotten stoned while role-playing?
  72. Got laid while role-playing?
  73. Been stopped by the police while in character?
  74. Been arrested while in character?
  75. Been arrested while in costume?
  76. Had a relative think you're into amatuer dramatics because you couldn't explain role-playing to them?
  77. Heard, "My kid brother used to do that D&D stuff till he grew out of it."?
  78. Heard, "Isn't that the game that the kid in Michigan died playing in those steam tunnels?"
  79. Watched the movie "Mazes and Monsters"?
  80. Read the book "Mazes and Monsters"?
  81. Read the book "Shared Fantasy"?
  82. Been told that you'll go to hell because you play RPG's?
  83. Dissed a game you've never read or played?
  84. Got into an arguement about a game you don't know anything about?
  85. Won an arguement about a game you don't know anything about?
  86. Cried when your character died?
  87. Argued so much with a GM that they brought your dead character back to life?
  88. Argued so much with a GM that they killed your character out of spite?
  89. Actually thought you could do something because your character did it in game?
  90. Had a girl/boy-friend that was a gamer?
  91. Met a girl/boy-friend at a gaming session?
  92. Met a person you married at a gaming session?
  93. Lost a girl/boy-friend because you role-played too much?
  94. Lost your job/been suspended from school because you role-played too much?
  95. Has a character you were playing or a group you were GMing ever: Accidentally killed the guy who was going to give you/them the information they needed?
  96. Really, really needed to roll one particular number on a percentile dice, and then hit that number exactly?
  97. Met a god?
  98. Become a god?
  99. Met Cthulu?
  100. Beaten Cthulu?


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