tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post6650572020043094308..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: Dragon by Dragon - November 1981 (55)John Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-22617756416614068102017-05-02T11:39:23.007-07:002017-05-02T11:39:23.007-07:00My pleasure - excellent to hear from you!My pleasure - excellent to hear from you!John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-5818942202955571522017-05-01T21:18:22.311-07:002017-05-01T21:18:22.311-07:00Thanks for the nod in discussing The Creature of R...Thanks for the nod in discussing The Creature of Rhyl.<br />It is indeed the same Kevin Knuth as<br />http://knuthlab.rit.albany.edu/<br /><br />I wrote this adventure when I was in High School. It is my first publication!<br />Thank you again!<br />Kevin KnuthKevin H Knuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435500536099192508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-22093267196051394862017-04-29T00:10:28.212-07:002017-04-29T00:10:28.212-07:00Mine too!Mine too!SCE DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473859875347172757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-87370878325014934392017-04-18T12:14:40.458-07:002017-04-18T12:14:40.458-07:00Cool - not yet up to my first dragon, but I'm ...Cool - not yet up to my first dragon, but I'm getting close to some of the issues I checked out from the library.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-7031731200446462192017-04-18T07:17:11.187-07:002017-04-18T07:17:11.187-07:00This was the very first issue of the Dragon I ever...This was the very first issue of the Dragon I ever owned! I've been waiting for you to get to it... =)Unlikely Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291023035573369845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-89547785465539235172017-04-11T00:42:39.464-07:002017-04-11T00:42:39.464-07:00Arneson came up with ability scoresArneson came up with ability scoresHolly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-68927568412231676332017-04-11T00:41:29.514-07:002017-04-11T00:41:29.514-07:00"treating monsters as creatures in a fantasy ..."treating monsters as creatures in a fantasy world, not as constructs in a fantasy game"<br /><br />This is actually what I prefer about older editions over newer ones — it feels like I'm playing in a fantasy world rather than just some tabletop game that superficially resembles fantasy. I definitely wouldn't describe it as serious, though, as things can get quite silly and we&Holly Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703437987958922954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-38844521287525359132017-04-09T15:32:49.511-07:002017-04-09T15:32:49.511-07:00Regarding "heroes", ability scores, and ...Regarding "heroes", ability scores, and OD&D: after years of chasing my own tail trying to figure out how D&D is supposed to handle genre emulation, I read the Chainmail rules and realized that the incoherence of D&D -- its original sin that loosed incoherence into the system -- was the doubling up of overlapping indicators of ability. Chainmail has Heroes and Superheroes, Picadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01244353406711565712noreply@blogger.com