I've been thinking about my observation that the five-or-do silos comprising the #ttrpg scene are ideological in nature.'nOne of the characteristics of ideology is that it totalises...
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*tuts*
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@Printdevil @Taskerland Guess it's time to pick up my satchel, staff and cloak and start carrying news from one silo to another. Have to say I was hoping for warmer weather.
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@Printdevil @RogerBW @Taskerland I never see The Traveller in Black referenced in discussions of gaming influences. Too weird and impersonal?
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@Printdevil @RogerBW @Taskerland I never see The Traveller in Black referenced in discussions of gaming influences. Too weird and impersonal?
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I've been thinking about my observation that the five-or-so silos comprising the #ttrpg scene are ideological in nature.
One of the characteristics of ideology is that it totalises... It's not just a school of thought but a vision of the world and you don't necessarily realise you have an ideology until you encounter someone who rejects it.
I've noticed a few people claiming that 'Gamism' isn't a thing anymore but I would argue that it is about 80% of the hobby and *growing*
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Those were some of my favourite fantasy writings growing up, I am always surprised how little they get referenced by RPG peeps.
The pay off at the very end. You knew it was coming but... ooof...
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Those were some of my favourite fantasy writings growing up, I am always surprised how little they get referenced by RPG peeps.
The pay off at the very end. You knew it was coming but... ooof...
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Is it that long? I must have read that when I was very young really.
A staff of curdled light...
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@Taskerland @Printdevil @BigJackBrass I don't think that can be quite right; ISFDB lists various editions of The Compleat Traveller in Black through the 1980s (and an ebook in 2014).
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@Taskerland @Printdevil @BigJackBrass I don't think that can be quite right; ISFDB lists various editions of The Compleat Traveller in Black through the 1980s (and an ebook in 2014).
@RogerBW @Taskerland @Printdevil The collection I had was certainly an eighties paperback.
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@RogerBW @Taskerland @Printdevil The collection I had was certainly an eighties paperback.
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Either way I was certainly very young reading it. I just love the concept of the instigator, the one who turns the wheel in it all.
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Either way I was certainly very young reading it. I just love the concept of the instigator, the one who turns the wheel in it all.
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The Traveller has a goal, and an end, and the whole thing sort of ages in seasons. It's quite sad really. Certainly if you're 13
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