In Chapter 5, I was surprised to discover that the early use of the term "move" in a way that tracks pretty well with the modern PbtA meaning of the term (at least broadly). I assumed it was a modern invention.
But that kind of tracks with all the revelations in The Elusive Shift so far. It isn't exactly that nothing new has been made over 5 decades, but it is true that people have been discussing many of the same problems for that long, and reinventing the same solutions too.
I kind of love that as early as 1976 people were lamenting that D&D was sucking all of the air out of the room.
But that kind of tracks with all the revelations in The Elusive Shift so far. It isn't exactly that nothing new has been made over 5 decades, but it is true that people have been discussing many of the same problems for that long, and reinventing the same solutions too.
I kind of love that as early as 1976 people were lamenting that D&D was sucking all of the air out of the room.
