tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post1500194642116585150..comments2023-10-30T09:58:01.179-04:00Comments on Tankards & Broadswords: RPG Design Journal, Part I: Setting the StageJack Badelairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-84225308053640917872008-04-28T12:33:00.000-04:002008-04-28T12:33:00.000-04:00Thanks! :)Thanks! :)trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-87934369507268038272008-04-28T12:31:00.000-04:002008-04-28T12:31:00.000-04:00Yeah, the fever of pretension and angst that swept...Yeah, the fever of pretension and angst that swept through Indie Gaming might be out there somewhere (The Forge is a big concentration of it), but a lot of us who aren't so wrapped up in it are more focused on just having a good time keeping the fun foremost.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I've browsed over your blog - some great stuff! Definitely added to my blogroll.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-11233926109115780502008-04-27T06:01:00.000-04:002008-04-27T06:01:00.000-04:00I definitely agree that the age of "art" has ceded...I definitely agree that the age of "art" has ceded to a focus on fun. Frankly, I'm loving the fact that we can bounce ideas around, and in the past month I've found more neat new systems than I have in the decades of playing that came before.<BR/><BR/>Congrats also on being added to Jeff's blogroll!trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-32406827471707978942008-04-26T12:03:00.000-04:002008-04-26T12:03:00.000-04:00Swords of Fortune looks interesting - I will defin...Swords of Fortune looks interesting - I will definitely have to print it out and give it a look. I also need to get off my duff and buy Broadsword & the setting doc as well. Washburn's Barbarians of Lemuria game is, I think, a great little "pick up and play" game and I've been dying to give it a try for a while now, especially since I have (and am getting through) the Thongor novels - cheesy but really fun stuff if you aren't so peevish you can't handle a few Conan parallels.<BR/><BR/>As for what drives us, all I gotta say is pass me some more of it! I think that since (in my opinion) we're now over the "Indie Gaming Boom" of the late 90's and early Oughts, there's a lot less pressure out there to put your game on the bleeding edge of alternative game design. I'm not making this game because I think all other games like it suck and mine will be in any way "revolutionary" - I'm making it because tinkering with this sort of thing in my spare time is fun, and I like to try my hand at it. And, if I can share this with others and enjoy their works as well, so much the better.<BR/><BR/>Carry on!Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646163054327608765.post-36279545856315064822008-04-26T07:41:00.000-04:002008-04-26T07:41:00.000-04:00Ye gods, how many of us are working on something l...Ye gods, how many of us are working on something like this?!? I'm currently flipping through Dr. Samsara's "Swords of Fortune" (http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dg95ng3s_11cvg67f), and of course there's the Evil DM's Broadsword game as well, and I recently finished skimming the Barbarians of Lemuria game (http://www.1km1kt.net/rpg/barbarians-of-lemuria).<BR/><BR/>Which is not in any way meant to discourage you from going ahead with your own design! Reading all of these has only inspired me to continue on with my own project. I'm just curious what it is in the air or the water that's got a lot of us middle-aged gamers attempting to bottle the Sword & Sorcery magic in an RPG?<BR/><BR/>Your blog has been bookmarked, and I look forward to reading more about your design soon. :)<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.com