tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5060965499125039462..comments2024-03-28T15:30:09.903-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #74James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44444309962852050822023-05-17T04:54:44.709-04:002023-05-17T04:54:44.709-04:00Dragon Warriors introduced me to RPGs even though ...Dragon Warriors introduced me to RPGs even though I've never played it. My school library had a book that seemed a bit like the Fighting Fantasy books with which I was familiar with, but for playing with other people! Alas, the library only had the second book which was unusable without the first in the series. I mentioned it to my older brother, who replied "Sounds like Dragon Warriors, try Dungeons and Dragons - it's better."CShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10901046738135631846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78549645409340852972023-05-16T19:55:50.280-04:002023-05-16T19:55:50.280-04:00Langford's bibliography isn't enormous and...Langford's bibliography isn't enormous and much of it is pretty heavy-handed parody, but he did more-or-less originate the concept of the "basilisk trap" - an image that can cause psychological harm to human minds when seen. Quite a few others have built on the idea and most have credited him with inspiring their own ideas (eg the novel Snow Crash, whose title refers to a mimetic virus that gets into your head through your visual cortex). Eclipse Phase and Transhuman Space also use similar dangers, and there are dozens of "cognitohazards" to be found over on the SCP pages. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29842242378981818962023-05-16T14:31:02.303-04:002023-05-16T14:31:02.303-04:00Ian Livingstone had long since stepped away from d...Ian Livingstone had long since stepped away from day-to-day editorial duties of WD by this time (Ian Marsh had been the de facto editor for some time), but Bryan Ansell formally took over as Games Workshop MD in December 1985, hence the symbolic changing of editorial guard. From that point on - which is when this issue would have been largely put together - Livingstone & Jackson would have little involvement with GW operations and Ansell began moving all GW operations to the Citadel base in Nottingham. Sparks will fly!Andronicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634426691877573649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55186137273151444482023-05-16T13:38:13.991-04:002023-05-16T13:38:13.991-04:00That's a very good point.That's a very good point.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-72482088304093405752023-05-16T13:28:26.005-04:002023-05-16T13:28:26.005-04:00I would point out again that, as Games Workshop wa...I would point out again that, as Games Workshop was the biggest UK distributor and often the publisher of UK-specific editions of these RPGs, White Dwarf was *always* a catalogue to an extent, even before the Warhammer juggernaut.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69308113559906770332023-05-16T13:25:32.340-04:002023-05-16T13:25:32.340-04:00There was also a more recent revised version that ...There was also a more recent revised version that repackaged the game in a more traditional RPG book format.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75229706319324654782023-05-16T11:53:53.003-04:002023-05-16T11:53:53.003-04:00I managed to get my hands on the six Dragon Warrio...I managed to get my hands on the six <i>Dragon Warriors RPG</i> books some twenty years ago. I agree with the assessment, "they're well worth the look" and then some. The first five add character classes, additional rules, and the sixth is the setting book, the world of Legend. All six contain GM adventures that are better than what you typically get in rule and setting books. Give it a look if you get the chance.radnoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006466605445207729noreply@blogger.com