Re: yesterday's link to the article on Gary Gygax
The thing I found most interesting is that Gygax himself had reached basically the same conclusions about the games and rules that most of us long time gamers had also reached: don't let the rules get in the way of having a good time. There was a time when D&D and most other games had reached a point where you it felt like you had to carry a library to play and there was a rule for just about every occasion. And the trend since the mid 90's was away from that, and it is comforting to see that even the Great Gygax had reached the same conclusion.
Also, it is fitting to note that my favorite fictional series: The Malazan saga by Steven Erikson, apparently started life as a long time D&D campaign world, run by the author. Which explains so much as far as how in depth the world is, and why the characters seem so much like players in a role playing game.
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