"Ten feet, twenty feet, thirty feet south. Passage turns east and west. Which way do you go?"
"We go South."
Stupefied look and momentary pause. "Okay. Bump, bump, bump."
-E. Gary Gygax to adventurers in Greyhawk Castle, circa 1972
You have now entered the realm of the LORD OF THE GREEN DRAGONS -- a "Classic Gaming" blog.
*g* Is that what I get for appropriating "legendarium" (more commonly used for Tolkien, of course), for M.A.R. Barker on Wikipedia and elsewhere? Or just a co-incidence... ^^
@LotGD: Thanks for noticing. :) You and many others have inspired me. I will be continuing.
@grodog: ...& speaking of inspirers ;) I was encouraged by your website long ago and often wondered why there weren't more like it. Than I thought, why not make one also. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, "Be the change you want to see in the world".
@irbyz: Honestly, it is a coincidence. I was sorting some boxes of books, came across my copy of Tolkien's Legendarium and his son Christopher's History of Middle Earth series and BANG! I thought, how cool would it be to see a History of Oerth or Castle Greyhawk, etc.
There are alot of writings, fragments, & interviews that not everyone can find in one place. Some are hard to find, have been out of print, or even vanished from the internet over the years.
I want to do my part in keeping the fires burning.
@Grendelwulf: heh, heh... Good call! Had come in from a different angle as I'd used that word informally in the past for various people, but I couldn't resist borrowing it more formally for Phil once his "The Forgotten Tolkien" article appeared in Der Spiegel.
> There are alot of writings, fragments, & interviews that not everyone can find in one place. Some are hard to find, have been out of print, or even vanished from the internet over the years.
And those that are around almost invariably have (c) issues to a degree that makes it a very time consuming issue to word around in a fair use manner, or by précising.
Iceberg syndrome seems to be pretty widespread (and almost worse for the likes of Barker, for example, despite enthusiastic archiving and resource pooling there as his original players didn't even have access to the background/historical material and he has never really gone into depth on that) but there's a /lot/ to be said for attempting coalesce the remaining 10%. Thanks! :)
Looks like Grendelwulf's been busy ;)
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*g* Is that what I get for appropriating "legendarium" (more commonly used for Tolkien, of course), for M.A.R. Barker on Wikipedia and elsewhere? Or just a co-incidence... ^^
ReplyDeleteNice link. :)
@LotGD: Thanks for noticing. :) You and many others have inspired me. I will be continuing.
ReplyDelete@grodog: ...& speaking of inspirers ;) I was encouraged by your website long ago and often wondered why there weren't more like it. Than I thought, why not make one also. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, "Be the change you want to see in the world".
@irbyz: Honestly, it is a coincidence. I was sorting some boxes of books, came across my copy of Tolkien's Legendarium and his son Christopher's History of Middle Earth series and BANG! I thought, how cool would it be to see a History of Oerth or Castle Greyhawk, etc.
There are alot of writings, fragments, & interviews that not everyone can find in one place. Some are hard to find, have been out of print, or even vanished from the internet over the years.
I want to do my part in keeping the fires burning.
Ciao!
Grendelwulf
Grendelwulf: I had no idea at first that the site was yours. Very nice. Keep up the good work. :)
ReplyDelete@Grendelwulf: heh, heh... Good call! Had come in from a different angle as I'd used that word informally in the past for various people, but I couldn't resist borrowing it more formally for Phil once his "The Forgotten Tolkien" article appeared in Der Spiegel.
ReplyDelete> There are alot of writings, fragments, & interviews that not everyone can find in one place. Some are hard to find, have been out of print, or even vanished from the internet over the years.
And those that are around almost invariably have (c) issues to a degree that makes it a very time consuming issue to word around in a fair use manner, or by précising.
Iceberg syndrome seems to be pretty widespread (and almost worse for the likes of Barker, for example, despite enthusiastic archiving and resource pooling there as his original players didn't even have access to the background/historical material and he has never really gone into depth on that) but there's a /lot/ to be said for attempting coalesce the remaining 10%. Thanks! :)
> "Be the change you want to see in the world".
That's a good quote for the hobby in general. :)
ReplyDelete> "Be the change you want to see in the world".
That's a good quote for the hobby in general. :)
Excellent points, on both fronts! I'm looking forward to your project in 2010, Grendelwulf: another beacon in the "points of light" darkness ;)
Allan.