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Post by simrion on May 22, 2009 18:05:40 GMT -6
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Post by Zulgyan on May 22, 2009 18:30:48 GMT -6
The observations are more about B/X, but most are applicable to OD&D anyway. They also teach you how "to think" about the game. They are indeed very good.
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Post by Matthew on May 24, 2009 8:43:56 GMT -6
Robert Fisher's musings were my first introduction to alternative thinking about D&D. Definitely worth a read.
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Post by machfront on May 24, 2009 16:23:13 GMT -6
Robert Fisher's musings were my first introduction to alternative thinking about D&D. Definitely worth a read. Same here. And yes! I was just starting to come back to the older, simpler games (such as B/X, for example) and had discovered a link to his writings on Grognard's Tavern if I recall correctly. Until then, the only reason I was coming back to the lighter and simpler games was exactly for that reason: lighter and simpler. Nothing more. Reading his thoughts really opened up my mind and put everything in a better perspective for me. I was able to see beyond the merit of the rules being easier mechanically. On the other hand, I felt like a real dope for not having realized most of what he wrote on.  |
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Post by Finarvyn on May 24, 2009 18:42:02 GMT -6
Robert has some great thoughts and observations, and yes they work as well for OD&D as they do for B/X.
I don't agree with anyone 100% of the time, but he comes pretty close.
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Post by parmstrong on May 24, 2009 20:57:57 GMT -6
When I want to clear my head of gaming clutter I read Robert's reflections on B/X and Philotomy's OD&D Musings.
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Post by agcias on May 25, 2009 9:23:10 GMT -6
OHMIGD! (In a little, squealy valleygirl voice)
Okay, I recognized Robert Fishers name as I do a few others as being related to the game (mainly jealous that he was there instead of me -- what was he, five?) but nothing more.
I just finished a marathon session on his musings. Just about everything he said, I have said, often in the same words and where that isn't true, he has crystallized things I've thought but couldn't put into words.
All this, of course, means the man's a certifiable ... I'll go with genius.
Thanks for putting me onto his writings.
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Post by calithena on May 25, 2009 20:29:57 GMT -6
Robert Fisher, Jason Cone, and Trent Foster, among others, were all keeping the light burning in much darker times. They all deserve our profound gratitude, methinks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2009 18:30:37 GMT -6
Thanks Simrion - this is good stuff.
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Post by Zulgyan on Jun 6, 2009 7:58:41 GMT -6
Robert Fisher, Jason Cone, and Trent Foster, among others, were all keeping the light burning in much darker times. They all deserve our profound gratitude, methinks. I heartily agree. |
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