GoatToucher |
Back in my day, we had Greyhawk, and it was wonderful. Then the other game worlds came, and they were okay, each with their own flavor.
Then came the Forgotten Realms, which was just Greyhawk-nuance-residuals for Gygax+rules bloat+licensed novels ranging in quality from passable to absolutely terrible.
And then came The Divide: Those who were true to the history and tone of Greyhawk, and those who cleaved to gimmicks like dying gods, wild magic, and oh so many others. These latter were and are, of course, terrible people, with tiny brains and tinier genitals, and little to no inclination toward personal hygiene. In the end, as is so often the case, their victory was assured, for painting your world with broad, simplistic strokes and peppering it with shiny objects will draw the larger crowds.
That, and WotC still doesn't want to pay the Gygax family any residuals.
Haladir |
Back in my day, there were no "friendly local gaming stores."
You bought your gaming books and supplies from "hobby shops" that usually specialized in something else (e.g. model railroads, model rockets, wired-remote model airplanes, miniatures wargames, etc). You might occasionally also find a small selection of gaming stuff at general bookstores or toy stores.
None of these spaces ever offered public space to play, and it never even would have occurred to you that they would!
SilvercatMoonpaw |
Back in my day "RPGs" were played on a computer or computer-like box called a console which wasn't as useful as having a computer but wasn't as expensive and where you had to control an entire party yourself none of this "oh, you only have to think about one character's actions" and you absolutely weren't allowed to be creative in any way because the one running the game was a very stupid AI (not like these "GMs" they have nowadays).
So you sat there and you played the way the AI let you, and when you were done you started all over again because that was the only adventure for the entire game. Sure, people complained about them not being fair sometimes but that's because they couldn't change anything themselves not like people today who are allowed to make up their own entire games and yet spend their time saying games by other people are "broken".
Note: The views in this rant are for the purposes of comedy only and are not reflective of the views of SilvercatMoonpaw.