Invoking pride certainly seems an appropriate fit for the quality of your rejoinders thus far. You are also going to have to put in some work on the bants though, my initial divine wrath at your smudgy, uncouth vandalism of my pristine, lordly and blessed comment's section is turning into weary apathy at the rate this is going. I understand that for a person of your normally parasitic demeanor this might not come as second nature but I remain eternally optimistic, as well as unusually charitable.
W.r.t thanks; Don't mention it lad. Have a good time, play a few games with them. Try the high level adventures too, they are pretty good and its good fun if you can find a DM with the brain cells. And while you are at it, donate a few bucks to help me fight Aids and Artpunk.
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Yes I am certainly doing extremely poorly having just released the third volume of this grand series to the joy of me and mine, and inspiring the creation of similar contests :D
https://princeofnothing.itch.io/no-artpunk-iii
This has been your second failed attempt at commentary. First, obviously myself and the defenition of pretentious are well acquainted, old friends, soul-mates if you will. Second, a defenition does not possess intelligence and memory, therefore it cannot actually get acquainted with me.
Perhaps a clearer explanation will help you in the future; This is a comment section, for the exchange of ideas and experiences, the airing of questions, the meeting of great minds and the engagement with the substance of the product. This is not your personal diary, nor is it a digital litterbox for the explusion of ugly, malformed, unintelligable pariah-caste thought-pellets. At this point I must recommend you consider the possibility that commentary might simply not be for you, and you should instead pursue a career in subsistence farming. Then, if during Kwanza, the local warlord allows you a few hours of free time and a stable internet connection, you may download my work, and if you like it, say, 'Thank you Prince' and then go back to farming, les the irate warlord make an example out of you.
So remember; It's 'Thank you, Prince.' Now back to work.
Stating that arguments centred around an entertainment medium have a degree of subjectivism to them is pointing out the blearingly obvious at best, meaningless blather and cope for lack of substansive commentary at worst.
Whining that you do not like the tone is, if possible, even less substansive. And yet you compound this intriguing mixture of adolescent defiance and absolutely humiliating failure to comment meaningfully in any way shape or form with grudging acknowledgement that there might be a point after all. Well gee, you could have skipped to the end without boring us with your personal diary.
Whether there is a discussion to be had or no, this is not for you to decide. Eat your free food and be grateful, piggy.
If you find yourself getting through material at such astonishing speeds that no mortal writing can match I will suggest plunking down a few hundred bucks and obtaining a full 10 volume set of the unabridged Mahabharata after you are done with this one. The 808-page penguin abridged edition is spectacular, and has many complete excerpts and translations, but one cannot help but feel that one is only scratching the surface.
There are plenty of good ideas and concepts in this collection to feed the appetites of many a gamer, but they are best enjoyed by actual play.
Dig in! Enjoy! And let me know how you liked them.
[Blog]
Its not my blog. Its a good series though. This is my blog.
https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpress.com/
[High Level]
I think its definetely not meant for everyone, certainly not for newcomers, but its easier and more fun then it looks. If you ever get deeper into oldschool D&D its worth a shot. Fwiw when I ran Slyth Hive, some of my playtesters were totally new to AD&D, especially high level AD&D and they loved it.
[More focused OSR]
I see it as a correction. It used to be more focused, now its grown so broad it has become meaningless, so its time to refocus and go back to what it was all about when it began.
[Rules-lites]
Hahah I wrote a medium-vicious diatribe about rules-lites that I named 'the Rules-Lite Sickness' or something along those lines.
https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpress.com/2023/04/26/the-rules-lite-sickness-ga...
I started one game earlier then you, with 2nd edition. I like the lighter nature of the OSR over 3.5e too, but I do think the current rules lite trend is a little ridiculous, and there is definetely a point where you start to seriously cut into the substance of the game. I too enjoy the game part of rpgs much more then the narrative or role-playing part.
[Preferences]
I like my D&D to be challenging, versatile, occasionally complex and about player skill. I think there is an immense wealth of material and experience that has been built up over decades of play that can help people make better stuff.
FYI, if you liked the collection, I have a second one up on Drivethru which is also free. I hope you get some use out of them.
https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/379533/no-artpunk-vol-1
Hi. I am glad you enjoyed it. That is this collection's primary purpose.
The true history of the OSR is by now very tangled and confused. This is a very comprehensive look at it if you have 9000 hours.
https://osrsimulacrum.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-historical-look-at-osr-part-i.html
Simply put, it had an OD&D/AD&D language before it had a B/X language. I would agree there is dilution as a result of an influx of newcomers, but the main problem is these newcomers have not been habituated or 'civilized'. Increasing the pool should increase the amount of good material that is coming out also. This, I think, does not occur in the same measure that it used to.
I think the decay is exacerbated by having neither a culture of practice nor a unifying system which serves as an anchor for that culture. Without it, you go back to square one, stumbling in darkness, endlessly re-invented the wheel. It is a precondition for transcending Sturgeon's law, rising out of the primordial chaos.
I run a fairly popular review blog. I've criticized everything from uber traditional AD&D tournament modules, 5e campaign settings to more Artpunky material. I have a preference, but I've given very positive reviews to works like Deep Carbon Observatory, and negative reviews to, say, The Seven Shrines of Nav'Qar which I find too traditional. My goal is not to destroy innovation. It is to refocus creative energies and encourage engagement with the subject material.
This year it is high level D&D. Keep an eye on the blog if you would like to know more. And happy gaming!
Yes you certainly seem very Zen and level-headed. I don't think you quite understood the essay, but you don't really have to.
I didn't know any of these people before they participated in the contest, and these are labors of love and genuine joy. That you would focus on a single sentence instead of the actual material is, well, it sort of proves the point of that single sentence.
One true way? Who knows. I think I can encourage people to do better work for sure.
Have a pleasant 2023.
Oh yeah no worries. I can take the heat :P
No the map was forgiveable, it was not a death sentence, I meant to say that he missed the map and I would count that against him but is not fatal. The last section was very chunky, and the organization of the elements was not as good as the other dungeons, otherwise it would have easily made the cut. The first section is very strong and he's since rewritten his material I think? Cool guy.
https://thiefofwhispers.wordpress.com/2022/08/26/spears-of-the-northmen-an-adven...
I play about half TotM combat with only a previously noted marching order/formation in my current game. Owlbears makes it pretty easy to do more complex combat. I played ToM a lot when I was into Dark Heresy.
I hope you get some use out of the rest.
This criticism, while idiotic at first glance, does seem to possess a certain unassailable self-consistency. I believe I might direct you to one of the runners-up, by the name of Spears of the Northmen, which might fulfill your werewolf related demands, although I regret to inform you it only appears to have 2 Werewolves. If that is enough to satisfy your insatiable hunger for werewolf cock, I could direct you to the author's blog, where it is made freely available.