tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post115894379256504491..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: in defense of bog standard fantasyJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-36485400063635961802010-09-26T01:58:57.908-05:002010-09-26T01:58:57.908-05:00Yup, Eberron set alarm bells ringing in my head th...Yup, Eberron set alarm bells ringing in my head that said, "hey, the guys in charge of D&D seem to be jaded with D&D's tropes, and think the themes of games like Adventure! are cooler. No good can come of this."<br /><br />Sure enough...<br /><br />When robots and airships are cooler than elves and dragons to you, it's time to step away from the D&D core rules design document, fellas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-82333219481904108342008-10-18T07:31:00.000-05:002008-10-18T07:31:00.000-05:00I have been gaming since the OG Runequest and to t...I have been gaming since the OG Runequest and to this day, Tolkein fantasy is still the most intriguing to me. A twist here and there is ghreat though. Kudos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-5247024552348269622008-10-16T04:58:00.000-05:002008-10-16T04:58:00.000-05:00Jeff - I've been digging around my "blog posts of ...Jeff - I've been digging around my "blog posts of note" archive and this one stands out. I think I've forwarded this on to at least 1/2 a dozen gamer friends of mine to make a certain point with them. Would you consider submitting this to the <A HREF="http://thecoremechanic.blogspot.com/2008/10/open-game-table-clarification-and.html" REL="nofollow">Open Game Table RPG Blog Anthology</A>? Especially considering its age (forsight?) and how so many people are sliding back into OD&D, I think it would make a great addition. Of course, lots of your posts would... =DJonathan Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133232985480734844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1159138048146966892006-09-24T17:47:00.000-05:002006-09-24T17:47:00.000-05:00I feel the same way about fantasy games. I prefer ...I feel the same way about fantasy games. I prefer just a little local color at the appropriate junctures rather than a radical departure from the fantasy standard.<BR/>This, if anything, is the only major problem I have with Great White Games' Savage Worlds line. <BR/>They only release their "standard" setting material as high-priced PDFs, while printing the hell out of weird-assed hybrid settings that just don't appeal to me: Victorian-horror-cyberpunk? Swords-and-Aliens? Why?<BR/>I understand that there's a market out there for that stuff, but hey,ther's a reason that the standards are standards: people like 'em.Matt Staggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891067785725540392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1159009928392323862006-09-23T06:12:00.000-05:002006-09-23T06:12:00.000-05:00What Rotwang said. Twice.And what Paul McCartney s...What Rotwang said. Twice.<BR/><BR/>And what Paul McCartney said:<BR/><BR/><I>Youd think that people would have had enought of silly love songs.<BR/>But I look around me and I see it isnt so.<BR/>Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.<BR/>And whats wrong with that?<BR/>Id like to know, cause here I go again ...</I><BR/><BR/>But with a mental search-and-replace applied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1158975262781240082006-09-22T20:34:00.000-05:002006-09-22T20:34:00.000-05:00Y'know what I like about bog-standard fantasy? I ...Y'know what I like about bog-standard fantasy? I have not yet exhausted its possibilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1158974623466314852006-09-22T20:23:00.000-05:002006-09-22T20:23:00.000-05:00Y'know what I like about bog-standard FRPG? I hav...Y'know what I like about bog-standard FRPG? I haven't exhausted its possibilities yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-1158961696627527862006-09-22T16:48:00.000-05:002006-09-22T16:48:00.000-05:00Though it's been sometime since I DMed a game that...Though it's been sometime since I DMed a game that was the conclusion I came to. A little local color added to standard D&D worked pretty good. Everything would get strange enough anyway. Also this method allows new players to come and go since I always found that the core group of players would be a lot smaller than what you could get for special occasions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com