tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4057132695276263893..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Dungeon MasterJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57012997411085748132022-01-27T15:32:54.982-05:002022-01-27T15:32:54.982-05:00Perhaps the alignment was meant to underscore the ...Perhaps the alignment was meant to underscore the arbitrary and capricious nature of the Dungeon Master as presented here.John Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123235797335728124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78527599793921529202022-01-26T12:45:50.231-05:002022-01-26T12:45:50.231-05:00Many people attracted to D&D don't care fo...Many people attracted to D&D don't care for it's actual rulesLance of Countersonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17572628311538950632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-31217076542944902762022-01-26T02:25:46.780-05:002022-01-26T02:25:46.780-05:00Alignment “Tends to chaotic evil”? No, this will n...Alignment “Tends to chaotic evil”? No, this will not do. Lawful evil or lawful neutral, sure, but I suspect that most genuine devotees of the chaotic alignments wouldn’t be attracted any game so rules-bound as D&D. At best, a chaotically aligned DM’s game would be a sort of table top RPG version of Calvinball.L. Beauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652846614886274866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35314968856930276422022-01-25T19:19:55.754-05:002022-01-25T19:19:55.754-05:00Well, it was April. Silliness is kind of expected...Well, it was April. Silliness is kind of expected in April Fool's issues. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8247377204760493222022-01-25T17:44:12.441-05:002022-01-25T17:44:12.441-05:00Pulsipher seemed much more down on simulationism t...Pulsipher seemed much more down on simulationism than on absurdism, though the larger point stands.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-2916287939329677492022-01-25T17:37:54.610-05:002022-01-25T17:37:54.610-05:00I think it's ironic that this appeared in the ...I think it's ironic that this appeared in the same issue as an article complaining about 'absurdist' approaches to D&D.Sir Harrokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064391207365006286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17405401604480857182022-01-25T15:18:11.522-05:002022-01-25T15:18:11.522-05:00Aw, look at that Zip-a-tone! How nostalgic. Doin...Aw, look at that Zip-a-tone! How nostalgic. Doing that sort of thing with computers has taken all the fun out of comics these days. :)Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.com