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<blockquote data-quote="Metroido" data-source="post: 9670185" data-attributes="member: 7048824">Sure, and that's part of the Art Historian's job.&nbsp; And you'll find just as many people who think Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is worth teaching in English class as you will people who think it should be banned or burned. But, ideally, the people making such decisions are people who are actual artists themselves.&nbsp; You may have found the Sistine Ceiling to have been underwhelming, but every Classically trained artist knows why it's interesting, important, and groundbreaking.&nbsp; Every artist I've ever known, including myself, was stunned to silence and awe upon walking into that room.Similarly, any writer worth their salt knows why Mark Twain or Dostoevsky are important.&nbsp; A train musician understands better than I why Bach or Miles Davis are important and worth preserving.No one else has put forth much of an effort to preserve TTRPGs in any serious way besides Joe Goodman.&nbsp; And Joe Goodman and Michael Curtis are serious designers.&nbsp; They have a better understanding than most as to what was groundbreaking, historically significant, and worth preserving.&nbsp; They're also some of the few that actually see this stuff as &quot;art.&quot;&nbsp; Most people see this stuff as mere disposable &quot;content.&quot;&nbsp; And to be fair, most TTRPG products are.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Metroido, post: 9670185, member: 7048824"] Sure, and that's part of the Art Historian's job. And you'll find just as many people who think Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is worth teaching in English class as you will people who think it should be banned or burned. But, ideally, the people making such decisions are people who are actual artists themselves. [I]You[/I] may have found the Sistine Ceiling to have been underwhelming, but every Classically trained artist knows why it's interesting, important, and groundbreaking. Every artist I've ever known, including myself, was stunned to silence and awe upon walking into that room. Similarly, any writer worth their salt knows why Mark Twain or Dostoevsky are important. A train musician understands better than I why Bach or Miles Davis are important and worth preserving. No one else has put forth much of an effort to preserve TTRPGs in any serious way besides Joe Goodman. And Joe Goodman and Michael Curtis are serious designers. They have a better understanding than most as to what was groundbreaking, historically significant, and worth preserving. They're also some of the few that actually see this stuff as "art." Most people see this stuff as mere disposable "content." And to be fair, most TTRPG products are. [/QUOTE]

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