David Goldfarb on the ethos of AD&D 1st ed

thedungeondelver · July 18, 2014, 03:26:21 PM

it is hilarious to watch you guys tie yourselves in fucking knots over someone saying something powerfully pro-AD&D1.

cranebump · July 18, 2014, 08:45:53 PM

Wanna see knots, go to TBP. Second or third response I read was some asshole complaint about old devs and their nostalgia, and how WotC needs to fire those 40, 50 year olds and hire some 20 year olds (ostensibly to make a system more attuned to kissing his entitled, millennial ass).

Kyle Aaron · July 19, 2014, 12:22:36 AM

Quote from: cranebump;770465Wanna see knots, go to TBP. Second or third response I read was some asshole complaint about old devs and their nostalgia, and how WotC needs to fire those 40, 50 year olds and hire some 20 year olds (ostensibly to make a system more attuned to kissing his entitled, millennial ass).

Maybe they could hire some women, homosexuals or transgendered to help them write their games... rather than just putting in a token paragraph about their existence so they can Tangency things up.

S'mon · July 19, 2014, 02:45:17 AM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;770523Maybe they could hire some women, homosexuals or transgendered to help them write their games... rather than just putting in a token paragraph about their existence so they can Tangency things up.

Mearls could put on a dress, say he's now Michele Mearls, but she still likes girls. That'd be a threefer.

Phillip · July 19, 2014, 03:38:12 PM

Dani Bunten and Jenelle Jaquays probably do more for transgendered gamers by designing great games.

Zachary The First · July 19, 2014, 07:09:48 PM

Quote from: Phillip;770623Dani Bunten and Jenelle Jaquays probably do more for transgendered gamers by designing great games.

I'm not sure anyone who designed a level of WG7 Castle Greyhawk can ever blot out that stain, no matter how sterling the rest of their body of work might be.

Doctor Jest · July 19, 2014, 09:02:28 PM

It's late. We had been playing for roughly 28 hours. There are two empty cases of Mountain Dew on the table. I'm so tired I'm beginning to hallucinate goblins.

Which was great and loads of fun, but some of us have jobs and lives now.

crkrueger · July 20, 2014, 11:05:23 AM

Quote from: Doctor Jest;770671It's late. We had been playing for roughly 28 hours. There are two empty cases of Mountain Dew on the table. I'm so tired I'm beginning to hallucinate goblins.

Which was great and loads of fun, but some of us have jobs and lives now.

and...?

Will · July 20, 2014, 11:09:31 AM

and kids.

Man.

(Though if there were gamers in my town I could probably do tabletop again, it's just that 45+ minute drive + kids + jobs = sigh)

cranebump · July 20, 2014, 12:07:43 PM

Yeah, I've been playing this game a LOT of years (over 30 now). Never ran 28 hours. Guess I've always had something approximating a life.:-)

Phillip · July 20, 2014, 12:19:36 PM

I don't recall ever doing 15+ hours without a break. During a long-weekend 4e marathon, I think we were playing it for 8 to 10 hours total (not continuous) on one or two of the days . In the 1970s-80s, when I was a kid in school, it might sometimes have been 12 to 14.

Zachary The First · July 20, 2014, 05:41:33 PM

When I was in the Air Force, we did a few 15+ hour mega-sessions.

robiswrong · July 20, 2014, 10:28:12 PM

Quote from: Phillip;770623Dani Bunten and Jenelle Jaquays probably do more for transgendered gamers by designing great games.

Case in point: MULE.

In addition to Jenelle, I'd also add her partner (I believe) Rebecca Heineman, also in the computer game space.

RPGPundit · July 23, 2014, 06:43:54 PM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;769942Good article. Anyone complaining about it is a commie mutant traitor.

But 28 hours straight of play? Dear god.

Bah. I once did 60. Mind you, I don't remember most of it after the first 12 hours or so.