I'd love to run or play a game where you get to play actual animals along the lines of Watership Down or The Animals of Farthing Wood.  I've got Into the Wood, which looks like it will capture this world beautifully.  I just love the sense of adventure hidden in those english meadows.

Furries are those people who seem hung up on sex with things that are part animal, part humanish. I don't care if it's not a formal definition; it works for me as a general grouping of "folk I don't like to be in the same room as".

Quote from: Jackalope;237561I have long wanted to buy the rights to this game (I know where to find the copyright holder, finally tracked him down a few months ago -- tough, since he published the game under a pseudonym!) and put it back in publication, but I worry about the sort of freaks it might attract.

I love Justifiers. It's one of my favorites. So one freak here.

You can't always publish for the worst, you just have to publish for the best. Albeit I'm sad that Jason Blair's version never got done (Justifiers Omega)

Quote from: Jackalope;237561Woo hoo!!!  Finally, someone else who has played this awesome game.  

It's always weird, I probably see at least one Justifiers thread a month (I have one going on RPGnet right now)...yet every time one is posted people say the same thing's, like "man, I forgot about that game, I loved it", or "I thought I was the only one who played".  Justifiers gets lots of love, not sure why people are always so shocked to see it mentioned.

Quote from: Jackalope;237561I have long wanted to buy the rights to this game (I know where to find the copyright holder, finally tracked him down a few months ago -- tough, since he published the game under a pseudonym!) and put it back in publication, but I worry about the sort of freaks it might attract.

Did you get a response?  I wrote a lengthy letter about buying the rights, but they didn't even respond.  I can only guess they have plans to turn it into a video game (as they don't seem to have anything to do with RPGs).

When I say "they", it's because I honestly can't actually remember who it was (other than a video game company).  I got the information from Jason and after sending off a few eMails with no response, I just sort of gave up.

Quote from: grubman;237629Did you get a response?

No, I haven't tried contacting them.  It never even occurred to me that other people might be trying to find the rights.

Looks like you guys have the definition covered, but here's a few examples of things that are NOT furries:

Intelligent animals.  Doesn't matter if they can talk or not. It has to be at least somewhat humanoid to be a furry.

Man-beasts. Like werewolves and other lycanthropes. This is a completely separate theme.

Beast-men. Gnolls and orcs from D&D would be good examples.  Once again a completely separate theme from the anthropomorphic animal.

Chimeric hybrids. Things like the centaur, minotaur or the sphinx.

Aspected mythic beings. Their animal parts are symbolic of some quality or aspect. Examples would be cherubs, 1st edition rakshasas or a deity like Ganesha.

Anthropomorphic animals shouldn't be excised from RPGs completely just because of the actions of few enthusiasts. There are places they could fit. Faerie worlds perhaps?

The dragonborn of 4e D&D are certainly furries.  A core race is not the right place for them.

Sam

Quote from: HinterWelt;237399So, your definition?

All you need to know is that God Hates Furries.