tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post2541924130109487536..comments2024-01-06T04:13:41.492-07:00Comments on A Paladin In Citadel: ODnD: A Product Of Its TimeAaron E. Steelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07789462075611254929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-77443537526055722122010-03-16T10:39:16.413-06:002010-03-16T10:39:16.413-06:00To me Gygax is alot like Tolkien ... he wasn't...<i>To me Gygax is alot like Tolkien ... he wasn't a professional author/writer/game designer ... he was a passionate fan who turned his hobby into a profession. Which to me accounts for some of the quirky things he did.</i><br /><br />I think this just confused me further. It seems that in Tolkien's case (as a professor of literature) it's more like the other way around.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997164906328234122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891509519427970698.post-35875651567226114482010-03-14T18:46:55.174-06:002010-03-14T18:46:55.174-06:00Just a small aside along the same lines regarding ...Just a small aside along the same lines regarding dungeon ecology. I've noticed that several of the cherished modules that I loved being a PC in as a kid ... when revisited ... are really not at all the kind of thing I'd enjoy as an adult. I remember the dungeons where you go in one room and it has a monster type that would never exist with the monster type in the next room ... let alone the rest of the dungeon. RPGs have matured substantially in many ways since the early days. While I find myself occasionally waxing nostalgic ... wanting to play a "classic" style D&D game ... too much of that would likely irritate me. To me Gygax is alot like Tolkien ... he wasn't a professional author/writer/game designer ... he was a passionate fan who turned his hobby into a profession. Which to me accounts for some of the quirky things he did. That isn't a criticism just an observation.The Lord of Excesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844701226225155792noreply@blogger.com