02-15-2016, 10:10 AM
I'm really sad to hear about this whole thing. I bought and played the TSR version of EPT back in the 1970's and think it's a wonderful world. Although a bit strange for me to run as a GM, I read all of the articles in Dragon magazine and still own my boxed set of EPT to this day. I like EPT enough that I set aside a portion of my OD&D Discussion board for the game and I think that Phil Barker's campaign was a huge part of the development of RPGs and support ways to expose newcomers to that setting.
In that way I was really happy to see that the Tekumel Foundation was gaining traction as a national group, and that lots of folks were gaining exposure to EPT. How nice to hear that this world would be supported and that gamers could experience the thing. This news that the Tekumel Foundation has been acting poorly reflects in a negative way upon our entire hobby-industry and I'm sad that they would crush an event that sounded like a really fun and amazing experience at GaryCon. The Tekumel Foundation may be doing some great things for EPT, but based on this story I will not be buying any of their products and will not attend any of their events. That's just a crappy way to treat people.
One of the biggest problems that our hobby-industry has nowadays is that folks don't show enough respect for the "I was there" crowd. Folks who played in Dave's game and Gary's game and Phil's game and Jim Ward's game (and so on) are a resource to be treasured. Folks like chirine ba kal spend hours of their own time to spread the word about a product (in this case Tekumel) and some suit decides that it's "not official enough" unless he can have his hand in the pot. Rubbish. :evil:
In that way I was really happy to see that the Tekumel Foundation was gaining traction as a national group, and that lots of folks were gaining exposure to EPT. How nice to hear that this world would be supported and that gamers could experience the thing. This news that the Tekumel Foundation has been acting poorly reflects in a negative way upon our entire hobby-industry and I'm sad that they would crush an event that sounded like a really fun and amazing experience at GaryCon. The Tekumel Foundation may be doing some great things for EPT, but based on this story I will not be buying any of their products and will not attend any of their events. That's just a crappy way to treat people.
One of the biggest problems that our hobby-industry has nowadays is that folks don't show enough respect for the "I was there" crowd. Folks who played in Dave's game and Gary's game and Phil's game and Jim Ward's game (and so on) are a resource to be treasured. Folks like chirine ba kal spend hours of their own time to spread the word about a product (in this case Tekumel) and some suit decides that it's "not official enough" unless he can have his hand in the pot. Rubbish. :evil:
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Member of The Regency Council
Visit my Blackmoor OD&D board
OD&D since 1975
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
- Dave Arneson