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<blockquote data-quote="Distracted DM" data-source="post: 9604129" data-attributes="member: 6894926">OK so I've now heard Dungeon Crawler Carl a number of times over the last few years, but your likening of it to Discworld has piqued my interest. Could anyone familiar with the series elaborate on it a little? I guess that's an easy trap to fall into: &quot;stuff was better back in my day!&quot; I certainly didn't grow up with Conan (I did grow up reading Discworld!), I only went back to read stuff like Conan and Elric when I got interested in TTRPGs as more than a casual hobby, got interested in the history etc., and I wanted to read some of the stuff that originally inspired it.Personally, I don't think they're better than modern offerings- but I do have an appreciation for the stuff that gave rise to the things we now enjoy. Looking down through the &quot;on the shoulders of giants&quot; line of history.But again, I guess that's leaning towards more of a historian point of view; should modern audiences HAVE to read the originals? No! Folks' time is limited, let them read what interests them, and we should enjoy the product of advancements in the genre, again &quot;standing on the shoulders of giants.&quot;Honestly it's enough for me that folk are writing/reading/enjoying fantasy fiction... I'm kind of jealous, I grapple with ADHD-media addiction tendencies, smartphones n social media capitalizing my time over reading books. Blah. That's a whole tangent, and I guess exposes my personal gripes with modern issues <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😅" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f605.png" title="Grinning face with sweat&nbsp; &nbsp; :sweat_smile:" data-shortname=":sweat_smile:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Distracted DM, post: 9604129, member: 6894926"] OK so I've now heard Dungeon Crawler Carl a number of times over the last few years, but your likening of it to Discworld has piqued my interest. Could anyone familiar with the series elaborate on it a little? I guess that's an easy trap to fall into: "stuff was better back in my day!" I certainly didn't grow up with Conan (I [I]did[/I] grow up reading Discworld!), I only went back to read stuff like Conan and Elric when I got interested in TTRPGs as more than a casual hobby, got interested in the history etc., and I wanted to read some of the stuff that originally inspired it. Personally, I don't think they're [I]better[/I] than modern offerings- but I do have an appreciation for the stuff that gave rise to the things we now enjoy. Looking down through the "on the shoulders of giants" line of history. But again, I guess that's leaning towards more of a historian point of view; should modern audiences HAVE to read the originals? No! Folks' time is limited, let them read what interests them, and we should enjoy the product of advancements in the genre, again "standing on the shoulders of giants." Honestly it's enough for me that folk are writing/reading/enjoying fantasy fiction... I'm kind of jealous, I grapple with ADHD-media addiction tendencies, smartphones n social media capitalizing my time over reading books. Blah. That's a whole tangent, and I guess exposes my personal gripes with modern issues 😅 [/QUOTE]

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