One of those fine folks is Douglas Cole, owner of the Gaming Ballistic blog and writer of GURPS Supplements and articles:
New appreciation for old school revival gaming
So, when +Peter V. Dell'Orto told me that some guy named +Erik Tenkar was looking for extra members for his Swords and Wizardry "B-Team" campaign, I'll admit I more or less had no idea who Erik was when Peter told me to sign up, only that I had had most of the games I played in drop offline...You can read the rest of the post in it's entirety at the Gaming Ballistic blog. Tell Douglas "Some Guy" sent you ;)
Seriously, read it. He makes some great points.
He lost me about halfway down the page, but I loved the comment that the OSR is gaming porn.
ReplyDeleteI believe that was *your* comment, Jason. ;)
DeleteLost you when I mentioned GURPS? Lost you as in "gah, too verbose. Chatter . . . boring . . .interest . . .fading . . " or just "nope. I no longer agree."
DeleteWell I did slog through to the OSR and GURPS sub-heading, and it was a combination of too verbose in a dry and slightly crunchy way like the edge of a turkey and swiss that has been hanging outside the edge of the sandwhich too long and complete and utter disagreement with the main points of your post. But I did love the comparison between defining the OSR and defining Pornography. You kind of peaked too soon.
DeleteThanks for the suggestion. I enjoyed reading it. Game on!
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