D&D General Extra Credits: The History of D&D Hasbro Refused to Learn

[overgeeked]

Ye cats are second hand copies expensive, though.

It’s a niche book that was a small print run and is now out of print. Ebooks are wildly cheaper.

 

[deganawida]

I just want to chime in to same that Secrets of Blackmoor is fantastic.

 

[darjr]

Look, if you’re going to make a detailed video about learning from history it’s important that you get the history correct.

 

[overgeeked]

Regardless of the details, the central thesis does hold some water. I am interested to see who will fill the gap this time, though.

I’m not sure any one company will. I know it’s often used pejoratively, but I think this is the era of the heartbreaker or a resurgence of folk D&D. Especially with the CC-BY release of the core 5E rules. We’ve had what…two $1 million+ Kickstarters for 5E-adjacent games since January. One an OSR 5E game (Shadowdark) and the other a crunchier version of 5E (Black Flag). OSR games seem to be becoming more popular, which is amazing for my tastes.

 

[overgeeked]

Look, if your going to make a detailed video about learning from history it’s important that you get the history correct.

Exactly. Make history entertaining all you want, but you still need to get the history right. If you change history to make it entertaining, you’re not doing history.

 

[Parmandur]

Regardless of the details, the central thesis does hold some water. I am interested to see who will fill the gap this time, though.

Not interested in wat hing the click bait, so what's the thesis? What gap?

 

[Parmandur]

Look, if you’re going to make a detailed video about learning from history it’s important that you get the history correct.

Ah, but it's not so important if you are trying to get ad revenue with provocative clickbait.

 

[Cordwainer Fish]

It’s a niche book that was a small print run and is now out of print. Ebooks are wildly cheaper.

There isn't an ebook edition (or if it is it's not on Apple Books, and that is the only place I will buy ebooks from (I have reasons; no, I will not talk about them.)).

 

[AmandaBarbarian]

There isn't an ebook edition (or if it is it's not on Apple Books, and that is the only place I will buy ebooks from (I have reasons; no, I will not talk about them.)).

I normally start by checking local libraries then I ask my sister if her college library has it.

 

[Parmandur]

I normally start by checking local libraries then I ask my sister if her college library has it.

Interlibrary loans can be amazing: around these parts, Link+ means my local Library can get basically anything, worth checking if your local library can plug into something like that.