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Except, marketing aside, trailers always signal the way.

Erm. Jackson signed on to produce three movies on an epic trilogy that had (by then) sold 80 million copies world wide (it's now over 150 million). If lots of people expected it to fail then they were smokin' better stuff than I've ever had. Jackson was gifted with the best piece of Fantasy...

I knew that, just having fun. In any case I'm not shy at stating my opinion and I absolutely hate that the first D&D move was ever made. iI is a stain upon the game specifically and upon Fantasy generally. Hopefully this outing finally prevails at telling a story unlike the first one which was...

Sure. If one is judging things by how bad they are, the first D&D movie shines by comparison to SS! ;)

I agree with this and your other posts. D&D's creation was possible due to Fantasy's existence, thus it should return the favor by being a great slice of Fantasy story-telling bar none. We didn't become rapt in the play-tests for any other reason than to discover the realms of Fantasy, no such...

So did the Golden Raspberry Awards...

Logical fallacy #1: Written rules are superior to verbalization of same. Chicken or Egg? Upon the advent of basketball (let us assume) that a single person one day threw a ball through a hanging hoop, intentionally or otherwise. An idea occurred! That's a point! Ball through hoop =1 Point...

You're a rather insincere chap in your closing remark that I argue your negative, that the burden of proof is upon me to disprove your unprovable argument! Tell you what, when you can prove to me that all teachers, teacher's assistants and program assistants, worldwide and since the...

I'd rather not "argue the negative" here, for that is what you are suggesting: Your premise states a bias, in fact, that you cannot trust anyone else except what, for yourself, is the only valid view point. This view, totally unassailable by you as expressed, even though it is statistically...

Not mine, Arneson's nor Gary's experience, in games preceding RPGs nor during the play-tests or afterwards. The solemn and sacred rule of impartial adjudication goes back centuries in games and I will stand with that history and mode rather than theorizing upon the intricacies of bias, which in...

Pretty much; and there's still a lot of latitude to be considered with it all and what could be added. I have no clue what the op meant by "playing the DM". DMs are neutral, and humans being humans they will always be seeking advantage, even in today's 5E RPG. Being clever and resourceful were...

Nice. Ever hear of quitting when you're behind? Anywhoo, happy trails... pard...

We, that is, Gary and myself as play-testers, co-designers and co-DMs, made no mistakes, whatever that means. Gary standardized the rules for 3 reasons: 1) In a move to extricate Arneson from AD&D and thus from the initial concept, which TSR lost in an out of court settlement; 2) To sell...

Essentially Adventurers League is the 5E incarnation of the old RPGA, then. So standard rules would be the norm and expected.

Well it was just my two coppers and the interjection was not meant as a condemnation of its use by you or others; I also oppose the OSR moniker. I am generally opposed to most labels and "groups" or "schools of thought", etc. I try to avoid calcification of thought that inevitably originates...

Well, it all got standardized; and, unfortunately, as @Sacrosanct points out, Gary lead the charge with that, even though he personally never DMed that way. WotC has continued with the standardization started with AD&D and perfected it.

I utterly reject, and have rejected since its use in the hobby, the term Grognard as it relates to myself. As a designer I promote and recognize OD&D-tenants (and by extension other games & systems espousing its implicit philosophies) as a crucible for creative design trajectories far...

Dave [Arneson] and I disagree on how to handle any number of things, and both of our campaigns differ from the "rules" found in DandD. If the time ever comes when all aspects of fantasy are covered and the vast majority of its players agree on how the game should be played, DandD will have...

Unfortunately and due to France's travel restrictions to<>from USA I will not be attending Garycon, that and due to some very urgent writing deadlines that came up as well. I wish you attenders all the best and hope that this settles out for next year. --- RJK

The OSR is but a simple codification of an unstated and still ill-defined philosophy which is more intuitive and far ranging in application than can be put to paper. This is what we discovered during the play-tests, even though there could have been some samples put in OD&D that illustrated...