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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 3911526" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>Dear D&D,</p><p></p><p>What can I say about you? You've been there for me since 1975, even though sometimes our relations have been rocky. You were the one hobby that brought together all of my interests -- history, mythology, storytelling, improv acting and, yes, even cooking. You brought forth from the benighted, argumentative world of miniatures wargaming into something happier and more cooperative. </p><p></p><p>It's been a long trip, yet a fruitful one. May your days grow ever longer,</p><p></p><p>Angus MacDonald</p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>Dear RuneQuest,</p><p></p><p>Yes, I know I started with D&D, yet you brought me to a new place, one where worlds, cultures, and individuals mattered, where skills were important, where character classes were simply a broad concept rather than a tether. You showed me how different magic could be, how important religion was to various peoples, and that even trolls have culture, albeit hard for humans to grasp. While I have not played you in many years, I remember you fondly and will every time I introduce someone to a game that is <em>not</em> D&D.</p><p></p><p>Go forth in the light of the Sun,</p><p></p><p>Angus MacDonald</p><p></p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Dear Paranoia,</p><p></p><p>The Computer is my friend. He maketh me walk down corridors and if they are of the wrong Security Clearance, it is my own treasonous fault. He brings me unto the land of Research and Development, for my own edification and the glory of Alpha Complex. Yea, though Commies and Mutant Traitors abound, he is with me, for his is the glory and the Confessional Booth and, hopefully, I will have one more clone on tap.</p><p></p><p>The Computer is my friend!</p><p></p><p>Angus MacDonald</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>Dear Ars Magica,</p><p></p><p>I found you when I was in Santa Barbara while I was intensely studying Medieval History and, like a breath of fresh air, you entered my life. You understood many things that other games simply did not -- the importance of community, the sense of time and history, the fact that both reality and folklore could be mined for inspiration in equal measure. You helped me to teach my players that the passage of time, even aging, is as much a part of a game as is accruing experience points. </p><p></p><p>I have gamed with you now under your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions; I have also used the 5th edition and been allowed to be involved in playtesting this, your latest incarnation. Each edition has had changes, and yet the core notion is the same -- tribunal, covenant, magus, consors, custos. I know you Mysteries and your Houses, your Auras and your Regiones -- each is sweet to me in a different way. I know I shall game you for many more years.</p><p></p><p>Yours in deepest affection,</p><p></p><p>Angus MacDonald</p><p>sometimes known to you as Julia Peregrina filia Cerebus Facto of House Merenita</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 3911526, member: 8447"] Dear D&D, What can I say about you? You've been there for me since 1975, even though sometimes our relations have been rocky. You were the one hobby that brought together all of my interests -- history, mythology, storytelling, improv acting and, yes, even cooking. You brought forth from the benighted, argumentative world of miniatures wargaming into something happier and more cooperative. It's been a long trip, yet a fruitful one. May your days grow ever longer, Angus MacDonald -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear RuneQuest, Yes, I know I started with D&D, yet you brought me to a new place, one where worlds, cultures, and individuals mattered, where skills were important, where character classes were simply a broad concept rather than a tether. You showed me how different magic could be, how important religion was to various peoples, and that even trolls have culture, albeit hard for humans to grasp. While I have not played you in many years, I remember you fondly and will every time I introduce someone to a game that is [I]not[/I] D&D. Go forth in the light of the Sun, Angus MacDonald ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Paranoia, The Computer is my friend. He maketh me walk down corridors and if they are of the wrong Security Clearance, it is my own treasonous fault. He brings me unto the land of Research and Development, for my own edification and the glory of Alpha Complex. Yea, though Commies and Mutant Traitors abound, he is with me, for his is the glory and the Confessional Booth and, hopefully, I will have one more clone on tap. The Computer is my friend! Angus MacDonald ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Ars Magica, I found you when I was in Santa Barbara while I was intensely studying Medieval History and, like a breath of fresh air, you entered my life. You understood many things that other games simply did not -- the importance of community, the sense of time and history, the fact that both reality and folklore could be mined for inspiration in equal measure. You helped me to teach my players that the passage of time, even aging, is as much a part of a game as is accruing experience points. I have gamed with you now under your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions; I have also used the 5th edition and been allowed to be involved in playtesting this, your latest incarnation. Each edition has had changes, and yet the core notion is the same -- tribunal, covenant, magus, consors, custos. I know you Mysteries and your Houses, your Auras and your Regiones -- each is sweet to me in a different way. I know I shall game you for many more years. Yours in deepest affection, Angus MacDonald sometimes known to you as Julia Peregrina filia Cerebus Facto of House Merenita [/QUOTE]
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