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FORGET DRAGONS! TIME FOR PONIES!!!1!

Posted by Zonk on Sat Apr 01, 2006 02:05 PM
from the ponies-and-polyhedrals dept.

.yosh, who's totally cool I know him textd me to say that Wizards of the Coast is totally making a My Little Pony Roleplaying Game!! OMG! Now I don't have to play with that stupid dungeons and dragons book with all the impossibly clothed women characters. Ponies 4EVA! From the site: "If it's on Butterfly Island, it's in the My Little Pony RPG core rulebook, and we expect the book to be an invaluable tool for RPG fans and game developers alike,' said Jonathan Tweet, senior game designer with Wizards of the Coast. 'Not only will this RPG appeal to current fans of My Little Pony, but it will also help core roleplayers come to appreciate the depth and possibilities in this unique fantasy world. I know I did.'"

[+] ponies, aprilfools, rpg, omg, tacosucks (tagging beta)

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Sure (Score:4, Funny)

by MeanMF (631837) * on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:09PM (#15042596)
(http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/)

As long as there is no "hot coffee" mod....
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I knew it! (Score:1)

by AWhiteFlame (928642) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:11PM (#15042609)
(http://www.awhiteflame.net/)

Well I, for one, welcome our pink and cute overlords.
- Re:I knew it! by odourpreventer (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @04:22PM
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c'mon (Score:2, Troll)

by dogbowl (75870) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:12PM (#15042618)
(http://www.notrocket.com/)

The ponies joke was funny the first 30 times. Now its reminds me of that kid in school who got way too excited about something and couldn't stop talking about it.
- Re:c'mon by MK_CSGuy (Score:3) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:15PM
- Re:c'mon by artifex2004 (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:15PM
- Re:c'mon by Delphix (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:19PM
  - Re:c'mon by Liam Slider (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @06:15PM
- Re:c'mon by Kelson (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:20PM
- I'm Shaking My Little Pony In Anger ... by rewinn (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:22PM
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Butterfly Island (Score:5, Funny)

by Delphix (571159) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:13PM (#15042621)

The fact that a slashdot editor knows that the ponies from My Little Pony are from Butterfly Island scares the shit out of me.

Or rather, I'm assuming knows, as no self-respecting geek like myself would dare look up.
- Re:Butterfly Island by general_re (Score:3) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:18PM
  - Re:Butterfly Island by kfg (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:57PM
    - Re:Butterfly Island by KDR_11k (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:08PM
      - Re:Butterfly Island by kfg (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:34PM
    - Re:Butterfly Island by general_re (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:57PM
      - Re:Butterfly Island by melikamp (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @07:01AM
- Re:Butterfly Island by artifex2004 (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:18PM
- Re:Butterfly Island by mh101 (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:19PM
  - Re:Butterfly Island by cammoblammo (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @04:28AM
- Re:Butterfly Island by temojen (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:40PM
  - Re:Butterfly Island by toriver (Score:3) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:49PM
- Re:Butterfly Island by turgid (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:03PM
Pony Trouble (Score:2)

by cgenman (325138) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:14PM (#15042627)
(http://www.chriscanfield.net/)

This would be the perfect time to point out Pony Trouble [ponytrouble.com], the movie for players of The Pony Game, and innocent children at heart.
IS IT JUST ME... (Score:2, Informative)

by GerbilSocks (713781) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:15PM (#15042629)

OR IS THIS IS GETTING LAMER.
- Re:IS IT JUST ME... by seanmcelroy (Score:2) Sunday April 02 2006, @10:11AM
Ouch (Score:3, Insightful)

by kbolino (920292) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:16PM (#15042639)

The pink color burns my eyes. It's like a white-hot searing rod of pre-adolescent girlyness being thrust through my optic nerve.
- Re:Ouch by gorckat (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @02:28PM
- Re:Ouch by KDR_11k (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:13PM
  - Re:Ouch by kbolino (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @08:05PM
    - Re:Ouch by KDR_11k (Score:1) Sunday April 02 2006, @03:44AM
The Shark (Score:1, Flamebait)

by fm6 (162816) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:19PM (#15042651)
(http://picknit.com/ | Last Journal: Saturday July 29 2006, @03:58PM)

As in "jumped". That's what the Phony News on April 1 idea has done.
GET YOUR MY LITTLE PONIE CAKE TODAY!@!!!11!1! (Score:3, Insightful)

by 834r9394557r011 (878286) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:19PM (#15042654)
(http://www.haloaskew.net/runflyshoot/ | Last Journal: Saturday August 13 2005, @01:00PM)

The perfect accompaniment to your My Little Pony RPG!!MY Little Pony Cake [decopac.com](DecoPac.com)
Sounds like Bunnies and Burrows (Score:2)

by Kelson (129150) * on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:26PM (#15042673)
(http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/ | Last Journal: Tuesday September 11, @05:30PM)

From Steve Jackson Games, it's GURPS Bunnies and Burrows [sjgames.com].

No, really!
- Re:Sounds like Bunnies and Burrows by Infonaut (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @07:07PM
Scariest April fools joke ever (Score:1)

by scwizard (941758) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:29PM (#15042679)
(http://scwizard.livejournal.com/ | Last Journal: Friday January 13 2006, @08:59PM)

Look what this "joke" did to my friend here! [livejournal.com]
Pink Beholder? (Score:1)

by llyenn (873664) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:36PM (#15042711)

Did you guys see the pink beholder at the bottom of the article..?

Be careful though, it causes -3 Willpower and +5 Metrosexuality...

You have been warned.
- Re:Pink Beholder? by Pxtl (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @07:13AM
My Little Pony Roleplay game (Score:1)

by microbrewer (774971) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:38PM (#15042720)
(http://www.blowfly.com.au/)

The My Little Pony roleplay game already exists my 2 duaghters who are both under 10 years old hijack dads computer to play it on a regular basis .

http://extcmd.peerimpact.com/piactivex.html?piextc ommand=activate_noisemaker&affiliate-id=1124&produ ct-id=623469&media-type=games [peerimpact.com]
OMG FINALY! (Score:1)

by bmecoli (963615) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:44PM (#15042742)

POOOONIIIIEES! THNKUTHNKUTHNKUTHNKU zOnK OMG i wUv U SoOOoOoOOoOOOM UCH LOLMAO ROFLZ! XD
Disappointment (Score:1)

by araphwael (81229) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:47PM (#15042756)

My wife was very excited as I read this article to her. She thinks it would be great fun to play with the children she babysits, or our own children once we have them. She also thinks Care Bears et cetera would be good additions to the d20 universe. She was quite disappointed when I told her that it was an April fool's joke.
- You have my deepest sympathy. by Ivan Matveitch (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @10:02PM
- Try TOON by rjung2k (Score:2) Sunday April 02 2006, @02:08AM
The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... (Score:4, Informative)

by waferhead (557795) <waferheadNO@SPAMyahoo.com> on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:54PM (#15042777)

Is that it would probably be VERY popular.

The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
Change some graphics, change the music...

The Horror.

I know it's April 1, but some things SHOULD NOT even be spoken of jokingly.
- Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by Rachel Lucid (Score:1) Saturday April 01 2006, @03:02PM
- Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by gad_zuki! (Score:2) Saturday April 01 2006, @05:33PM
  - Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by waferhead (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @06:26PM
- Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by patio11 (Score:2) Sunday April 02 2006, @09:07PM
  - Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by waferhead (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @06:30PM
some one likes this (Score:1)

by se7en11 (833841) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:56PM (#15042789)

I was just reading the article and my 4 year old daughter walks in and says "DADDY, CAN I GET THAT!!"
How do you explain to her that this is a joke? You just don't joke about stuff like that. She'll be pissed!
Why is this a joke? (Score:4, Insightful)

by porcupine8 (816071) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:58PM (#15042798)
(Last Journal: Monday November 07 2005, @10:05AM)

Do they even realize what kind of a gold mine they could be sitting on if they could actually license the characters? How many little girls and their mothers and babysitters could be introduced to role-playing games this way? Talk about a gateway drug. Every study ever shows that girls are interested in narrative play more than boys. This is a no-brainer.
S'ok... (Score:2)

by grasshoppa (657393) <skennedy AT tpno-co DOT org> on Saturday April 01 2006, @03:10PM (#15042846)
(http://tpno-co.org/)

Anybody else thinking this is actually an improvement for Zonk?
After Noon (Score:2, Informative)

by glas_gow (961896) on Saturday April 01 2006, @03:32PM (#15042930)

In the UK, at least, the hoax part of April Fools Day is only effective until 12 noon. After that it's considered illegitimate.
I'd play it (Score:2, Interesting)

by SEGAhexbox (953678) <segahexbox.yahoo@com> on Saturday April 01 2006, @03:50PM (#15043009)
(http://www.segahexbox.com/)

As a fan of both My Little Pony and RPGs, I think this is a kickass idea and wish it was true. (And I'm not joking.)
Character Sheet: Princess Starfire (Score:4, Funny)

by Jerf (17166) on Saturday April 01 2006, @04:21PM (#15043121)
(Last Journal: Saturday August 18 2001, @11:04AM)

Character Background: they all hate me but ill show them LOLZERZ!

Race: OMG PONY!

Height: .5 hands

Weight: don't ask LOL

Age: 7

Gender: female

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

(I don't know... there's some potential here...)
- Re:Character Sheet: Princess Starfire by Cornflake917 (Score:2) Monday April 03 2006, @01:45PM
APRIL FOOLS! (Score:1)

by Eideteker (641508) on Saturday April 01 2006, @04:54PM (#15043251)
(http://likeicare.net/)

APRIL FOOLS!
This actually sounds like a fairly good idea. (Score:1)

by advance512 (730411) on Saturday April 01 2006, @05:04PM (#15043307)

Little girls have tons of imagination - they play "House", "Mom and Dad", "Doctor and Patient" and whatnot. Give them something to focus their creativity on.

A new generation of sparkle pony girl geeks just might emerge for the benefit of us all :)
I, for one... (Score:1)

by mlow82 (889294) on Saturday April 01 2006, @05:25PM (#15043377)

welcome our new neon pink equestrian overlords.
Somewhere on Butterfly Island... (Score:1)

by CjKing2k (309058) <CjKing2k@yaho o . com> on Tuesday April 04 2006, @02:30PM (#15060761)
(http://slashdot.org/~CjKing2k)

DM: Dragon breathes fire on you. Make a reflex save.
Player: 4
DM: 4? What did you roll?
Player: I rolled 15. My reflex is -11.
DM: Too bad. You did not make the save. Take 22 hit points.
Player: My pony died!
Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny (Score:1)

by behindthecamera (964294) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:40PM (#15042726)

That's great, because we won't have to suffer people like you using "retarded" as a pejorative!

[ Parent ]
Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny (Score:1)

by Winlin (42941) on Saturday April 01 2006, @02:43PM (#15042735)

And yet you not only opened the story, you are posting in it. So you are either : A. Seriously outraged at Slashdot's attempts at humor. OR
2. Really , REALLY disappointed when you found out the My Little Pony game was fake.

Which is it...inquiring minds want to know???

[ Parent ]
Re:As usual, Slashdot overdoes it (Score:2)

by jtev (133871) on Saturday April 01 2006, @05:45PM (#15043435)
(Last Journal: Wednesday June 16 2004, @06:27PM)

Log out, get drunk, lighten up. When the collective wants your opinion we will give it to you. Nothing to see here, move along, move along.

[ Parent ]
Re:frist!!! (Score:1)

by Columcille (88542) on Saturday April 01 2006, @06:53PM (#15043624)
(http://www.musterion.net/)

APRIL FOOLS! You didn't get it! Or would it be psyk... or syke. or however that is spelled.

[ Parent ]
Re:Not a bad idea (Score:1)

by Oracle of Bandwidth (528405) on Sunday April 02 2006, @02:33AM (#15044593)

I'm not sure about Care Bares, but I think my gaming group would have to try "Ponies D20" just once to say we did.

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FORGET DRAGONS! TIME FOR PONIES!!!1!

Sure (Score:4, Funny)

I knew it! (Score:1)

c'mon (Score:2, Troll)

Butterfly Island (Score:5, Funny)

Pony Trouble (Score:2)

IS IT JUST ME... (Score:2, Informative)

Ouch (Score:3, Insightful)

The Shark (Score:1, Flamebait)

GET YOUR MY LITTLE PONIE CAKE TODAY!@!!!11!1! (Score:3, Insightful)

Sounds like Bunnies and Burrows (Score:2)

Scariest April fools joke ever (Score:1)

Pink Beholder? (Score:1)

My Little Pony Roleplay game (Score:1)

OMG FINALY! (Score:1)

Disappointment (Score:1)

The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... (Score:4, Informative)

some one likes this (Score:1)

Why is this a joke? (Score:4, Insightful)

S'ok... (Score:2)

After Noon (Score:2, Informative)

I'd play it (Score:2, Interesting)

Character Sheet: Princess Starfire (Score:4, Funny)

APRIL FOOLS! (Score:1)

This actually sounds like a fairly good idea. (Score:1)

I, for one... (Score:1)

Somewhere on Butterfly Island... (Score:1)

Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny (Score:1)

Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny (Score:1)

Re:As usual, Slashdot overdoes it (Score:2)

Re:frist!!! (Score:1)

Re:Not a bad idea (Score:1)

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