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Jonathan Tweet: Prologue to Third Edition, Unpublished Magic Game, Arx Magica, more..

Started by Mistwell, June 05, 2019, 02:16:40 PM

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Mistwell

June 05, 2019, 02:16:40 PM
Jonathan Tweet wrote a short article detailing some of the history leading up to D&D Third Edition,  Ars Magica, an unpublished  faux-Greek-myth RPG, an unpublished RPG set in the world of Magic: The Gathering and using streamlined rules derived from the AD&D rules with ways to use cards, and other details. I thought it was interesting enough to mention here. You can read it at this LINK.

Shasarak

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June 05, 2019, 07:06:04 PM
It will be interesting to see what he has to say about designing 3e.  Considering he stopped playing DnD in 79 he should probably just stick to what he knows.
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grodog

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June 12, 2019, 11:12:15 PM
Quote from: Mistwell;1090722Jonathan Tweet wrote a short article detailing some of the history leading up to D&D Third Edition,  Ars Magica, an unpublished  faux-Greek-myth RPG, an unpublished RPG set in the world of Magic: The Gathering and using streamlined rules derived from the AD&D rules with ways to use cards, and other details. I thought it was interesting enough to mention here. You can read it at this LINK.

Thanks for the pointer---I wouldn't have seen this otherwise!

Allan.
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June 14, 2019, 12:55:30 AM
Quote from: Shasarak;1090798It will be interesting to see what he has to say about designing 3e.  Considering he stopped playing DnD in 79 he should probably just stick to what he knows.

You could argue that a lot of us stopped playing D&D around 1979 simply because, according to Gygax's own pontifications, anyone not playing his version of D&D was not playing D&D. And, as his version was largely unplayable as written, the house rules we all created meant we weren't playing D&D.

3E might have had its faults but I'm glad it sounded the death knell for Gygaxian non-sequitur design.
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