Comments on: Role Playing Games and Personal Finance http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/ Investing and Personal Finance Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:13:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ding http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4167 ding Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:28:26 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4167 Not familiar with the paper and dice games, but there's this flash game called "Tradewinds Legends" on MSN Games and some similar sites that includes a simple financial management system with unsecured loans, debt, and interest. The banker or lender characters in the game amusingly warn you against the perils of not paying down loans aggressively, wonder if this stuff is retained by kids... Not familiar with the paper and dice games, but there’s this flash game called “Tradewinds Legends” on MSN Games and some similar sites that includes a simple financial management system with unsecured loans, debt, and interest. The banker or lender characters in the game amusingly warn you against the perils of not paying down loans aggressively, wonder if this stuff is retained by kids…

]]> By: Sunday Morning Link Love ~ Voting Edition | I've Paid For This Twice Already... http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4164 Sunday Morning Link Love ~ Voting Edition | I've Paid For This Twice Already... Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4164 [...] Four Pillars: Role Playing Games and Personal Finance. [...] [...] Four Pillars: Role Playing Games and Personal Finance. [...]

]]> By: The Friday Gathering for 2/29/2008 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4125 The Friday Gathering for 2/29/2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:29:40 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4125 [...] Role Playing Games and Personal Finance - I SO love playing role playing games. Even play D&D with my kids every Sunday night. [...] [...] Role Playing Games and Personal Finance – I SO love playing role playing games. Even play D&D with my kids every Sunday night. [...]

]]> By: Slim http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4019 Slim Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:38:28 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4019 er, it should say "NOT care about their future" (above) er, it should say “NOT care about their future” (above)

]]> By: Slim http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4018 Slim Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:37:51 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4018 You blew my head apart comparing RPG's and investing. GREAT post (maybe because of the ah ha moment you just gave me). Finally I can easily relate something easy to understand (games) to people who care (seemingly) about their future. Great analogy to help younger people understand their futures! Wow again. You blew my head apart comparing RPG’s and investing.

GREAT post (maybe because of the ah ha moment you just gave me).

Finally I can easily relate something easy to understand (games) to people who care (seemingly) about their future. Great analogy to help younger people understand their futures!

Wow again.

]]> By: WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4017 WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:30:07 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4017 I was always a big fan of games like Railroad Tycoon. I even felt nostalgic last Christmas and bought the latest version and still found it mesmerizing! Civilizations, the Sim games, etc. - Awesome stuff. I don't know if it was the games that made me more finance oriented, or the fact that I was finance-oriented that made me enjoy those games... Preet I was always a big fan of games like Railroad Tycoon. I even felt nostalgic last Christmas and bought the latest version and still found it mesmerizing! Civilizations, the Sim games, etc. – Awesome stuff.

I don’t know if it was the games that made me more finance oriented, or the fact that I was finance-oriented that made me enjoy those games…

Preet

]]> By: Canadian Dream http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4016 Canadian Dream Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:20:54 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4016 Ah, so D&D geeks and PF geeks are really the same. I feel so much more at home now! I agree there is a bit of lesson there from RPG's. Creative thinking is your best friend and the same with money (at least when I was DM it got you a hell of a lot further). If you are more creative you can save it or make more (depending on what you have to work with). So anyone want to buy my old box of AD&D 2nd Edition materials I got in the basement? *grin* Tim Ah, so D&D geeks and PF geeks are really the same. I feel so much more at home now!

I agree there is a bit of lesson there from RPG’s. Creative thinking is your best friend and the same with money (at least when I was DM it got you a hell of a lot further). If you are more creative you can save it or make more (depending on what you have to work with).

So anyone want to buy my old box of AD&D 2nd Edition materials I got in the basement? *grin*

Tim

]]> By: Cheap Canuck http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4015 Cheap Canuck Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:19:07 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4015 Love that X-Files quote. Thanks for the read. Definitely a different take on the usual financial advice fare. Used to play D&D when I was a kid, and despite the prevailing sentiment at the time that it was something of an "evil" game I've always maintained it is a great tool for any kid to expand their imagination and creativity. I'll bet the majority of today's great fantasy writers all played D&D or some other similar RPG in their youth... Love that X-Files quote. Thanks for the read. Definitely a different take on the usual financial advice fare. Used to play D&D when I was a kid, and despite the prevailing sentiment at the time that it was something of an “evil” game I’ve always maintained it is a great tool for any kid to expand their imagination and creativity. I’ll bet the majority of today’s great fantasy writers all played D&D or some other similar RPG in their youth…

]]> By: Nicolas http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4013 Nicolas Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:57:44 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4013 Wow, tons of memories... Back then, I was deemed to be the lucky one all the time or, as the DM would sometimes say (still does for other things), I got 4 horseshoes up my a**. This being said, I agree with this nice parallel but I won't invest based on luck. Knowledge of the rules will always be you best friend. Nicolas Wow, tons of memories…

Back then, I was deemed to be the lucky one all the time or, as the DM would sometimes say (still does for other things), I got 4 horseshoes up my a**.

This being said, I agree with this nice parallel but I won’t invest based on luck.

Knowledge of the rules will always be you best friend.

Nicolas

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/comment-page-1/#comment-4008 Four Pillars Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:00:29 +0000 http://www.four-pillars.ca/2008/02/25/role-playing-games-and-personal-finanance/#comment-4008 That quote is my all-time favourite line from the X-Files.... Great post... Mike That quote is my all-time favourite line from the X-Files….

Great post…

Mike

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