Haha wow. Interesting Xmas gift.

[No Such Agency]

I just received the board game "Playing Gods" for Christmas. It's a game where you battle it out between religions to conquer territory and convert followers.

And it came with these game pieces:

Kali, Moses, Jesus, Buddha, and (presumably) Mohammed. Scandalous. Now... how long would it take me to paint them all up?

 

[PegaZus]

To add to the blasphemy, you should paint them only on Sunday.

While cursing, drinking alcohol, thinking nasty thoughts about people, and your personal sin of choice.

 

[squig hunter]

And sodomy of course, you mustn't forget the sodomy.

I find it somewhat amusing, given the subject matter, how careful the sculptor has been to cover up Kali's nipples with the skull necklace..

Squig

 

[funnymouth]

wow. the laughing buddha with the chain-gun... wow.
id like to see 'em painted.

 

[Chrome]

LOVE them! this is a bookmark! XD

 

[DXM]

Saw Buddha witha chain gun and I remembered this song by Shriekback
GUNNING FOR THE BUDDHA and their other hit NEMESIS
Ah my clubbing days.

 

[Razakel]

Haha, that's so cool
Looking forward to seeing those painted ^^

 

[Tercha]

It's a game where you battle it out between religions to conquer territory and convert followers.

just like real life then...

 

[mickc22]

Some pretty good sculpts there, I'd have thought that the Kali mini would have had a more feminine face tho

 

[freakinacage]

thats pretty cool. how does it work? like risk?

 

[No Such Agency]

thats pretty cool. how does it work? like risk?

Not sure... We probably won't have a chance to play it until next week at least. But it's a little like Risk except you don't move the same - there's a circular track around the board your pawns move on, and when you land on certain squares you can "attack" certain territories.

 

[mickc22]

here's their website
http://www.playinggods.com/

 

[A Luna]

hahahah great! The jesus and buddha are epic

 

[supervike]

We are all going straight to hell!

But at least we'll have a game and gamers to play with!

 

[Amazon warrior]

We are all going straight to hell!

Speak for yourself! I plan on taking the scenic route.

 

[gohkm]

Those figs are quite cool. I just bought a set of the figs alone - now to display them on the work shelf and really annoy all these religious types in the office for trying to convert me all these years!

 

[WarmSoda]

I don't get it... Moses was a Ex-Jew following the word of God and belived that Jesus died for our sins; that would make him a Christian. There are two Christianity pieces?

And to PegaZus: Consuming alachol is not a sin! Otherwise I would be in some big trouble.
To Gohkm: I'm sorry people force their religion upon you, it's very sad to hear. For example, Forcing Christianity on some one is, ironically, not a Christian thing to do. The love of Jesus is not something you can shove down some ones throat.

 

[NGArtStudios]

Woah! Those are great! Also just grabbed a set of just the Idols. Hoping they get here by Christmas, I'll have something to paint to get me in the proper holiday spirit.

I don't get it... Moses was a Ex-Jew following the word of God and belived that Jesus died for our sins; that would make him a Christian. There are two Christianity pieces?

Huh? Moses was dead for about 2000 years when Jesus was born.

 

[PegaZus]

I don't get it... Moses was a Ex-Jew following the word of God and belived that Jesus died for our sins; that would make him a Christian. There are two Christianity pieces?

Stop me if I'm wrong, but Moses is supposed to have been around 15 centuries before Jesus. And wrote the Torah, so that really makes him a founding Jew, rather than an ex-. Unless South Park has expounded on something that I missed?

And to PegaZus: Consuming alachol is not a sin! Otherwise I would be in some big trouble.

Well, to at least one of those figures, I do believe alcohol is halal. Games of chance, too, which makes including it doubly ironic to me.

 

[Chrome]

@warmsoda: You do know that Jesus was a Jew right? Jesus was the one bringing Christianity. Moses was the bringer of the word of God, giving the Jews a set of laws to follow so that they could be one as a people. Moses was also the dude who freed the Hebrew(The Jew) people from their Egyptian slavers. A.k.a. THE most important character in Judaism, In Christianity he is just revered as the first prophet.

Those stone tablets are the basis in all three Monotheistic main religions(Judaism, Christianity and Islam)

Pick up a bible, It's a good read. Preferably one with both the old and the new testament. I'm not a believer myself but it is my solid opinion that one should read up on the texts, especially if one actually is a believer himself.

And this text is not meant to criticize, if it felt like that I apologize.

Cheers!