tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post1709876576739096135..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: Examining Role-Playing Mastery by Gary Gygax, Part IJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-65008503756132024692009-01-02T21:04:00.000+02:002009-01-02T21:04:00.000+02:00Assistant Professor Wendy Hennequin teaches course...<I>Assistant Professor Wendy Hennequin teaches courses in medieval literature, British literature, world literature, and composition.</I><BR/><BR/>Heh, figures a professor would buy a book on "Role Playing Mastery".David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-53121027238995598942009-01-02T03:43:00.000+02:002009-01-02T03:43:00.000+02:00I love synchronicity. You write this, and I write...I love synchronicity. You write this, and I write what I wrote...and I had no idea we would conflict.<BR/><BR/>Very funny.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-67339089149948672172009-01-01T19:06:00.000+02:002009-01-01T19:06:00.000+02:00As it goes, I unexpectedly received a copy of this...As it goes, I unexpectedly received a copy of this book as a Christmas gift, though I am yet to read it. I look forward to the rest of your thoughts on the text.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-63254246195413740492009-01-01T16:51:00.000+02:002009-01-01T16:51:00.000+02:00"'Role-Playing Mastery' isn't sel..."'Role-Playing Mastery' isn't self-congratulatory advice to have great fun, it's a process one undertakes in order to gain the greatest benefits from the hobby one has chosen to undertake."<BR/><BR/>I think Nabokov called this the pursuit of 'aesthetic bliss' -- which sounds a bit too tea-&-crumpets maybe. I do agree that the goal should be to make the game experience richer. This is a lot more complex than throwing scads of 'cool shit' at the players. We should be trying to provoke them rather than seeking ways to constantly appease them.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285645317925993821noreply@blogger.com