Dave Arneson Game Day 2018 - Coming soon!

[havard]

A summary of Dave Arneson Game Day 2018!


-Havard

 

[MNblockhead]

I think we can all be fans of both D&D creators

Agree wholeheartedly.

Did you ever play with anyone from Arneson's group up there in the Twin Cities?

-Havard

Unfortunately not. I didn't even know who Dave Arneson was until after years of playing. I started playing in the mid-80s.

I met Gary a couple times at Gen Con and Gen Con-Origins when it was in Milwaukee. Got to play with him once. It was a quick game of Cyborg Commando. Great experience...but not enough for me to buy Cyborg Commando.

 

[havard]

I didn't even know who Dave Arneson was until after years of playing. I started playing in the mid-80s.

This is what we are trying to fix. Not just out of a sense of "justice", but also because I believe Dave Arneson and the Minnesota Gamers had a lot of very cool gaming ideas, not all of which were written down in published rulesets. If people are interested in reading what other people have done in gaming to improve their own games, they could do worse than read up a bit on the Blackmoor Campaign

It was a quick game of Cyborg Commando. Great experience...but not enough for me to buy Cyborg Commando.

I managed to get a copy of Cyborg Commando after talking to Frank Mentzer about it. I think Frank said it was one of the games he was least proud of, but I still think there are some cool ideas in it.

-Havard