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<blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4566694" data-attributes="member: 62992">I actually agree with Sinecure here; roleplaying, as most people understand it, was NOT invented by Gary Gygax.&nbsp;The more I read his writings, the more I become convinced that his idea of roleplaying was closer to Raven Crowking's idea of &quot;Smart-Play&quot; than my idea of roleplaying.&nbsp;However, I also agree that one of the most fun parts of D&amp;D is ROLEplaying; by which I mean the act of creating and inhabiting a character with an emotional and spiritual makeup that is quite different from my own. I enjoy STORY although I do also agree with Sinecure that plot and story are entriely unnecessary in D&amp;D, and in fact Gygax appeared to not to use them much. &nbsp;His games appear to me to have been giant sand-box dungeons that did not level or alter challenge depending upon party resources or level and that rewarded &quot;smart-play&quot; type roleplaying.&nbsp;This is what the D&amp;D rules were meant to reward, which is why I find it interesting that SO many people (incl myself) use the game in such a very different way. In a very real sense, Gary did not invent roleplaying; WE, the D&amp;D community did!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ydars, post: 4566694, member: 62992"] I actually agree with Sinecure here; roleplaying, as most people understand it, was NOT invented by Gary Gygax. The more I read his writings, the more I become convinced that his idea of roleplaying was closer to Raven Crowking's idea of "Smart-Play" than my idea of roleplaying. However, I also agree that one of the most fun parts of D&D is ROLEplaying; by which I mean the act of creating and inhabiting a character with an emotional and spiritual makeup that is quite different from my own. I enjoy STORY although I do also agree with Sinecure that plot and story are entriely unnecessary in D&D, and in fact Gygax appeared to not to use them much. His games appear to me to have been giant sand-box dungeons that did not level or alter challenge depending upon party resources or level and that rewarded "smart-play" type roleplaying. This is what the D&D rules were meant to reward, which is why I find it interesting that SO many people (incl myself) use the game in such a very different way. In a very real sense, Gary did not invent roleplaying; WE, the D&D community did! [/QUOTE]

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