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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 26, 2024 17:00:13 GMT -5
Here is the Different Worlds Interview with Dave Arneson. pages 005-
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 26, 2024 17:05:59 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 26, 2024 17:06:16 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 26, 2024 17:06:32 GMT -5
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Post by Morose on Mar 11, 2024 11:57:37 GMT -5
In this interview from 1979
Note the statement
Back then this would have been the company phone since cell phones did not yet exist. The first cell phone was sold in 1983 and the cost per minute was way too high for anyone to have been able to be on it for hours.
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Post by Morose on Mar 11, 2024 12:06:07 GMT -5
He also says a space campaign had begun, one wonders what ruleset was used for that.
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Post by Morose on Mar 11, 2024 12:06:19 GMT -5
He also notes that even before the Braunsteins by David Wesely, that in the mid 60s a Medieval Battle with each person represented an heir to the throne faced with a barbarian attack.
Sounds like a lot of mostly unknown history dating back earlier than we ever knew.
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Post by Morose on Mar 11, 2024 12:07:50 GMT -5
Sounds like the things that made OD&D explode in the beginning are the same things, the game "designers" and companies have been trying to strip out of the game ever since then.
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