Comments on Game Design Icon Brenda Brathwaite Co-Launches an "Old School RPG" Kickstarter - and Explains How Old School Can Be Better Than New SchoolTypePad2012-10-03T17:29:39ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/10/brenda-brathwaite-rpg-kickstarter/comments/atom.xml/Iggy commented on 'Game Design Icon Brenda Brathwaite Co-Launches an "Old School RPG" Kickstarter - and Explains How Old School Can Be Better Than New School'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017c324ea124970b2012-10-04T00:34:32Z2012-10-04T00:34:32ZIggyhttp://iggyo.blogspot.comI'm with Emperor Norton on this. To me, "Old-School" is "Nerd Night" a few hours each week with some of...<p>I'm with Emperor Norton on this. To me, "Old-School" is "Nerd Night" a few hours each week with some of the same dudes I've known since 1977, when we picked up the first three D&D books (the boxed Gygax/Arneson set).</p>
<p>And despite that, we all have lives.</p>
<p>Perhaps VWs appeal to me because I never used modules in tabletop gaming. You drew your own maps and for NPCs you "rolled your own" (a nice 70s reference there).</p>Arcadia Codesmith commented on 'Game Design Icon Brenda Brathwaite Co-Launches an "Old School RPG" Kickstarter - and Explains How Old School Can Be Better Than New School'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017ee3f19641970d2012-10-03T21:15:53Z2012-10-03T21:15:53ZArcadia CodesmithThere's a lot of tech and technique in old text and 8-bit RPGs that has been abandoned and forgotten. I...<p>There's a lot of tech and technique in old text and 8-bit RPGs that has been abandoned and forgotten. I hope going retro brings some of those things back into the spotlight.</p>
<p>Parsing comes to mind as something that modern MMOs ought to pick up and run with.</p>Emperor Norton commented on 'Game Design Icon Brenda Brathwaite Co-Launches an "Old School RPG" Kickstarter - and Explains How Old School Can Be Better Than New School'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017d3c7c27cc970c2012-10-03T21:07:42Z2012-10-03T21:07:42ZEmperor NortonOld school RPGs is a dinning room table and some books.<p>Old school RPGs is a dinning room table and some books. <br />
</p>shockwave yareach commented on 'Game Design Icon Brenda Brathwaite Co-Launches an "Old School RPG" Kickstarter - and Explains How Old School Can Be Better Than New School'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef017d3c7be16c970c2012-10-03T19:59:56Z2012-10-03T19:59:56Zshockwave yareachMy D&D game consists of players around the country. We use Skype for verbal communications and MapTool for the mapping...<p>My D&D game consists of players around the country. We use Skype for verbal communications and MapTool for the mapping and dice rolling. </p>
<p>If you created an all-in-one gaming system that a) can have people put themselves on a PickUp list who are looking for group, b) combine Maptool with Skype, and c) have a wide selection of modules and games precreated and ready to go on a server, you'll have no shortage of people eager to pay a few bucks a month for your program. </p>