Gimme that old time marketing religion
In a display of extreme boredom the ENnie Award for Best Game went to Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder role playing game. The ENnie’s are the Oscars of rpgs. Pathfinder is yet another 350 page rule intensive hardback in a generic fantasy setting. This is the equivalent of the Titanic winning best picture. (Did Titanic win the best picture the year it came out?)
In protest to this inanity I bring you this interview with original Dungeons & Dragons designer Frank Mentzer. Frank touches upon all the points that make old school gaming great, and tells some great stories about his early days at TSR. Very inspiring. Thanks to the guys at Roll for Initiative, an amazing resource for all things 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The interview with Frank starts at about ten minutes in.
Frank mentions OSRIC, Old School Reference & Index Compilation, a 1e AD&D clone. Go there. Do it.
More rpg stuff soon!
