Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Martial arts affecting your GMing style
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Galloglaich" data-source="post: 4757267" data-attributes="member: 77019"><p>It hasn't worked that way for me, quite the opposite. Understanding more about things has increased my appreciation for the <em>good </em>movies, books, games etc., and helped me find more of the kind I liked.</p><p></p><p>Yes, and those stories are called Mythology <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>Do you seriously think that is what I was suggesting?</p><p></p><p>Nobody wants to impress you, I'm certainly not trying to. I'm trying to get a point across, probably badly. I wouldn't ever suggest you are supposed to "like" an author because they did a lot of work... that would be really daft. I'm suggesting the reason their books were good (and successfully popularized the Fantasy genre...leading to games like DnD) is partly because of their command of History and Mythology (and literature). There are plenty of good writers who can't write good fiction, a lot of them do sit coms for TV<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Since you are guessing a little about who I am, I hope you will forgive me for guessing that you are pretty young? I also think we are talking past each other, but let me be clear if I can: if a book (or a game) doesn't stand on it's merit, you should <em><strong>not</strong></em> like it just because it's "supposed to be" good. Either it's good or it isn't mate. And not all Literature is as good as people make it out to be, no arguments there.</p><p></p><p>Bottom line, I think different strokes for different folks, I suspect you and I have very different tastes, no harm in that, and I apparently did a bad job of trying to get my point across, so I'll leave you to your opinions.</p><p></p><p>G.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Galloglaich, post: 4757267, member: 77019"] It hasn't worked that way for me, quite the opposite. Understanding more about things has increased my appreciation for the [I]good [/I]movies, books, games etc., and helped me find more of the kind I liked. Yes, and those stories are called Mythology ;) Do you seriously think that is what I was suggesting? Nobody wants to impress you, I'm certainly not trying to. I'm trying to get a point across, probably badly. I wouldn't ever suggest you are supposed to "like" an author because they did a lot of work... that would be really daft. I'm suggesting the reason their books were good (and successfully popularized the Fantasy genre...leading to games like DnD) is partly because of their command of History and Mythology (and literature). There are plenty of good writers who can't write good fiction, a lot of them do sit coms for TV:) Since you are guessing a little about who I am, I hope you will forgive me for guessing that you are pretty young? I also think we are talking past each other, but let me be clear if I can: if a book (or a game) doesn't stand on it's merit, you should [I][B]not[/B][/I] like it just because it's "supposed to be" good. Either it's good or it isn't mate. And not all Literature is as good as people make it out to be, no arguments there. Bottom line, I think different strokes for different folks, I suspect you and I have very different tastes, no harm in that, and I apparently did a bad job of trying to get my point across, so I'll leave you to your opinions. G. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Martial arts affecting your GMing style
Top
