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<blockquote data-quote="Maggan" data-source="post: 6010294" data-attributes="member: 6616"><p>That could be the case. But there are instances in other countries where the hobby exploded from a set or rules other than D&D, where the rules didn't feature Gygax's style of writing.</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking of Sweden, where "Drakar och Demoner" (a BRP translation originally) dominated in the same way D&D did in the US, and of Germany, where "Das Schwarze Auge" was the foundation of the hobby (if I'm correctly informed).</p><p></p><p>In the states, it was D&D that ruled supreme. In other parts of the world, others lay claim to the throne. And many were as successful in their markets as D&D was in the US, even though they didn't share all characteristics of D&D.</p><p></p><p>My take on that is that it wasn't the rules or the prose that was vital in helping D&D becoming a social phenomenon, but rather that it was the essence of the idea of roleplaying games that was what caught on.</p><p></p><p>And that essence came garbed in many guises, some more verbose than others.</p><p></p><p>/M</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maggan, post: 6010294, member: 6616"] That could be the case. But there are instances in other countries where the hobby exploded from a set or rules other than D&D, where the rules didn't feature Gygax's style of writing. I'm thinking of Sweden, where "Drakar och Demoner" (a BRP translation originally) dominated in the same way D&D did in the US, and of Germany, where "Das Schwarze Auge" was the foundation of the hobby (if I'm correctly informed). In the states, it was D&D that ruled supreme. In other parts of the world, others lay claim to the throne. And many were as successful in their markets as D&D was in the US, even though they didn't share all characteristics of D&D. My take on that is that it wasn't the rules or the prose that was vital in helping D&D becoming a social phenomenon, but rather that it was the essence of the idea of roleplaying games that was what caught on. And that essence came garbed in many guises, some more verbose than others. /M [/QUOTE]
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