Spelljammer Spelljammer, Jeff Grubbs Ruminations

[darjr]

I’m certain this has been posted before but he just shared it again.

Here is a bit of it.

1) The original concept of Spelljammer came out of a now-legendary designer pitch session at Augie’s in Lake Geneva, near the Horticultural Hall (Augie’s became Cactus Club, and is now Ryan Braun’s according to the Google Maps). Manager Jim Ward called the get-together to discuss the boxed sets for the next year. From the table conversation, the waitstaff thought we were location scouts from Hollywood (and that Jim’s assistant manager, Warren Spector, was Steve Spielberg).
2) One of the things that I came into the pitch session with was the idea that I wanted to push the envelope on what D&D fantasy was. Yeah, we had done FR and DL, but those had been written down as typical fantasy worlds. Vanilla fantasy. Default fantasy. Background static. Here was a chance to go out on more of a limb and push the envelope. So this was the chance to do D&D in space. I’m sorry – Innnnn Spaaaaaaace!

Spelljamming (Innnn Spppaaaaaace!)

After doing entries about the Forgotten Realms and Marvel Super Heroes , I had every intention to talk about some of the other games and ca...

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[not-so-newguy]

pigs innnn spppaaaaaace!

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[darjr]

Jeff posted this.

I suppose that with all the sudden attention on Spelljammer and Space Hamsters, I should point out that the (ongoing) origin of the Space Hamster can be found the essay "Hamster Trek: The Nature of Co-Operative Creation", to be found in the new Kobold Guide to Worldingbuilding: Volume 2. Just thought I'd mention it.

Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2 - Kobold Press Store

Learn to Build Worlds with Titans of Fantasy and Tabletop! The Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding, Volume 2, features 15 stars of tabletop roleplaying games and fantasy fiction, such as Gail Simone, Keith Baker, Veronica Roth, Ken Liu, Kate Elliott, Mike Shea, Tobias S. Buckell, Shanna Germain, Gabe...

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[darjr]

Newbiedm interviewed Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb go to 38:50 for Spelljammer and more

 

[darjr]

Jeff Grubb answered a few questions with "Harbs Narbs" and he goes over Jeffs answers in this video. Interesting things like Jeff Grubb had a cyber punk game and he designed a game in college that became the TSR Marvell game.

Spelljammer - Spelljammer, Jeff Grubbs Ruminations

I’m certain this has been posted before but he just shared it again. Here is a bit of it. 1) The original concept of Spelljammer came out of a now-legendary designer pitch session at Augie’s in Lake Geneva, near the Horticultural Hall (Augie’s became Cactus Club, and is now Ryan Braun’s...

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Note near the end he talks about the 5e version.

 

[darjr]

I too love Larg Luigi

 

[overgeeked]

Jeff Grubb answered a few questions with "Harbs Narbs" and he goes over Jeffs answers in this video. Interesting things like Jeff Grubb had a cyber punk game and he designed a game in college that became the TSR Marvell game.

Spelljammer - Spelljammer, Jeff Grubbs Ruminations

I’m certain this has been posted before but he just shared it again. Here is a bit of it. 1) The original concept of Spelljammer came out of a now-legendary designer pitch session at Augie’s in Lake Geneva, near the Horticultural Hall (Augie’s became Cactus Club, and is now Ryan Braun’s...

www.enworld.org

Note near the end he talks about the 5e version.

Sorry, but what video? That's a link to this thread.

Did you mean this:

 

[darjr]

Sorry, but what video? That's a link to this thread.

Did you mean this:

Yup. Sorry, the last post in the thread has the video. It was late.