tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post2336422430560301280..comments2024-03-24T18:59:07.813-07:00Comments on ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: 1978 AP D&D articleZenopus Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-87278255538195929072013-10-03T10:29:45.534-07:002013-10-03T10:29:45.534-07:00Nice find!Nice find!Grumpy Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087904102183244773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-91838962197552122302013-10-02T10:52:44.101-07:002013-10-02T10:52:44.101-07:00I find the Gygax quote about frontiers very intere...I find the Gygax quote about frontiers very interesting. D&D and the fantasy genre, Star Wars and the sci-fi renaissance, video games, PCs, action figures - all of these things were gateways out of a real world that had been poisoned by the massive upheavals of the '60s. <br /><br />My theory is that the geek subset of our generation was defined by the imaginative effort required to manage these new head games. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-43608303148167709932013-10-01T22:05:17.404-07:002013-10-01T22:05:17.404-07:00You think? Well, you may have had different experi...You think? Well, you may have had different experiences. When I was 17 we had a group that included a jerk of a stuck-up DM and this one holy-roller PC (a Paladin) who was his best bud. He used to detect evil on the other characters and essentially arrest any he didn't like. He tied my character up in a dungeon room for acting "chaotic" (not "evil"). Me and the other gal bode our time till I was 5th level and got Fireball. We waited till we were on a precipice along a rockface only 10 inches deep single file. Put a 10' pole behind the paladin, knocked him off. We demanded all rolls be done for all 7 of us to see, so his buddy DM couldn't save him. When he started to get up, I thew 5 magic missiles at him, then finished him with a fireball. Using a helm of telepathy and my scroll of dimension door, we left and never played with them again. How's that for early PvP conflict resolution?Keena Nightelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00549579007070498050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-84077091821723142882013-10-01T14:02:40.576-07:002013-10-01T14:02:40.576-07:00That PvP conflict snippet was pretty intense! All...That PvP conflict snippet was pretty intense! All the best game tropes were there early on!bliss_infintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433733609487959653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-83460140787052805662013-10-01T12:07:14.812-07:002013-10-01T12:07:14.812-07:00I wondered what became of the BGC. I never put tho...I wondered what became of the BGC. I never put those two pieces together.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006976826851198428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-61343036055341278092013-10-01T10:37:43.815-07:002013-10-01T10:37:43.815-07:00I'm sure it is. Thanks for that great video li...I'm sure it is. Thanks for that great video link. Part way through I noticed a sign for Balboa Game Company near the ceiling. I checked and The War House and BGC shared the same address. I'd guess BGC is the same company mentioned in the article. And they published The Complete Warlock in 1978.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-81871908301678830822013-10-01T10:00:00.389-07:002013-10-01T10:00:00.389-07:00Ah, yes: the annoying habit in the past of referri...Ah, yes: the annoying habit in the past of referring to the fantasy genre as "sci-fi". That always vexed me. It says on the back of my vintage Fritz Leiber books that they're "sci-fi": at least the author knew differently, as he coined the phrase "swords & sorcery". Perpetual Rolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01329782325401479458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-37611626603453676422013-10-01T09:49:08.171-07:002013-10-01T09:49:08.171-07:00Steve Lucky of The War House Games in Long Beach, ...Steve Lucky of The War House Games in Long Beach, I presume?<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0H2LytGCEE#t=1m11s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0H2LytGCEE#t=1m11s</a><br /><a href="http://thewarhousegames.com/" rel="nofollow">http://thewarhousegames.com/</a>Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006976826851198428noreply@blogger.com