Comment "I have become Brahma, the Creator of worlds" (Score 1) 512
I doubt Gary said it when he saw the first copy of the brown box come from the printer, but he could have.
He wasn't the only one to create RPGs. Arguably they'd existed for a bit in the miniatures community in various half-finished states, such as ruler driven campaigns. But he was the one with the vision to write it all down and say "let's do it this way", combining all those ideas into one coherent work (even if the text didn't quite convey that coherence).
And with that text he made us all creators of world.
Yesterday a friend and I were exchanging emails on gaming and concluded that tabletop RPGs are one of the most accessible forms of creativity in the modern world.
I can't thank him enough for that gift. All I can do is pass it on.
He wasn't the only one to create RPGs. Arguably they'd existed for a bit in the miniatures community in various half-finished states, such as ruler driven campaigns. But he was the one with the vision to write it all down and say "let's do it this way", combining all those ideas into one coherent work (even if the text didn't quite convey that coherence).
And with that text he made us all creators of world.
Yesterday a friend and I were exchanging emails on gaming and concluded that tabletop RPGs are one of the most accessible forms of creativity in the modern world.
I can't thank him enough for that gift. All I can do is pass it on.
