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I don't think that I disagree with your overall point here, though it is important to keep in mind that 'Continental philosophy' is much broader and varied than 'postmodernism'. One of my colleagues works on Husserl and Heidegger (and Kant), but her method is distinctly 'analytical' in nature...

'Slippery talk'? I'm sorry, but I don't see how this comment is related to the passage you quoted at all. I certainly did not mean to suggest that the various accounts of consciousness on the table right now should not be taken seriously -- anything but that. Um, okay. Well, yes, to a...

Great analogy, Shadowslayer. :)

Warning: this post is a TANGENT. I’m not sure what you’re claiming here. There are many interesting positions concerning ‘consciousness’ being advanced by contemporary analytical philosophers of mind. None of these positions have clearly emerged as the most plausible one – but at least they...

Both the RC and C&C are great games. Either one would be fun. Yup, the faster play time and lower prep requirements are precisely what led me to decide to switch from running 3e to C&C one year ago. Nostalgia played a small role -- especially the opportunity to run some old D&D and AD&D...

Thank Zeus I work in analytical philosophy and do not have to deal with 'postmodernism' rubbish. Why one would even read Derrida in one's spare time is a mystery. The stuff is torture. I couldn't be paid to look at that, let alone post about it on some RPG message board. As for the FORGE, I...

I was about to make the same recommendation. ;)

In many respects, I think that this is the golden age of gaming (despite being an unrepentent grognard). It may not be a 'golden age' for publishers (given persistent market decline). But for gamers, it's pretty amazing (assuming, of course, that you can find other gamers). The OGL is largely...

Though for the most part you're right, it is worth noting that the line of kings married into different families, thus spreading the 'elvish influence' through the population. In addition, there were two other unions between men and elves during the First Age (Beren and Luthien; Tuor and...

Myself, I think that the dual-class rules in CZ are fine, and would simply use them (and just not bother with 'multi-class' PCs at all, unless, as I've said, I had a small party.)

There are actually 10 volumes in the series. The last volume is great simply because it contains two (incomplete) stories that Tolkien wrote after the LotR, one of which takes place in the Fourth Age (in Gondor, after the death of Aragorn). IIR, it's called 'The New Shadow'.

Thanks. I'll have to dig through that book again. I've read a tonne of Tolkien, and the notion that he ever thought that 'elves' should have simply been 'humans' runs in the face of pretty much everything I've ever read by him. It violates his mythology -- which he developed over the...

With all due respect, I don't think you do. At no point in the LotR does Tolkien 'retcon' Elves into humans. That's rubbish. Sorry, but it is, and it was never part of his mythology. In the Silmarillion, the first sketch of which was outlined when he was an infantryman during WWI, the...

I agree, and do not like the multi-class rules in CZ -- except for small parties (1-3 PCs), in which case they are great (something like a milder version of 3e UA's 'Gestalt' classes). I'd recommend the 1e AD&D system as well for C&C multiclass characters in a 'normal' party. Gary Gygax...

Please excuse my ignorance, but what is 'the Skaff Effect'?

I'm sorry, but you have no idea what you're talking about. The elves were always elves...

Strange. I would not make that assumption at all. Rather I would interpet it as: 'If you are curious about a skill system, you might want to look at x ...' For what it's worth, I think the skills themselves are quite good, but I don't like the system proposed for allowing PCs to purchase...

Yes, that does make things clearer, thanks. It seems that the disagreement here has largely proceeded from differences in the use of words. No doubt (early) Wittgenstein would be amused. What I understood 'ad hoccing' to involve was precisely coming up with rules in a system that had no (or...

I think it's clear that there are at least 2 different understandings of the term 'ad hoc' floating around here, which probably reflects the different professional backgrounds of the people using the term in question. Perhaps there is no point in continuing to beat this particular dead horse...

I think I agree with this, and if people are using 'ad hoc' to mean the application of general rules to specific cases, then I have no problem with it. However, it does strike me as a somewhat strange way to use the term, as judges apply general laws to specific cases all the time, and yet we...