Re: (TFT) Blub-dub.... taking a pulse on the list

["David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>]

  Thump... Thump... ... Thump... Thump...

  There is a heart beat, but I don't know if the patient is breathing.


  AD&D3e is the heart of the notorious "Open Gaming" or "D20" system.  It 
was argued by one of its proponents (an exec at Wizards of the Coast WOTC) 
that every dollar spent advertizing other game systems (no matter what 
system) wound up selling more Player's Handbooks.  So there was no harm in 
allowing anyone to make adventures with the AD&D system.  He went further 
stating that "the decline in popularity of role playing games" came from the 
proliferation of games.
  The D20 system generated a lot of excitement and stimulated a lot of 
expectations.  Now a year and a half later there have been some shifts in 
perspective.  While there are a few decent products out under the D20 
system, by other companies, WOTC had to take some legal actions against 
others who were, in effect, republishing the Player's Handbook.  After this 
shake out one writer noted that "Some of the more sophisticated players 
enjoy figuring out new systems."
  One D20 product I saw that caused me to laugh out loud in my local game 
shop is "Hack Master."  A blatant hack & slash sytem.  The cover art was 
great.  Pure satire of the old AD&D cover art.

  David Michael Grouchy II


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