08-11-2017, 05:57 PM
FWIW, I think the recent discussions on behalf of that, over on OD&D '74, were profoundly misguided: As one user there, "ritt", pointed out, reading too much into it seems sort of contrary to the spirit of the hobby. D&D is "oral literature", but it did not start as a meta-literary exercise, or anything alike. I also don't think it's very wise to think of th St Pauls group as "game designers", as per the modern understanding of the word - or that humor of all sorts was not one of the main goals of their get-togethers. - Actually, I find the thought that these were just a couple of friends who wanted to have a good laugh pretty good; that's the same reason me and my folks get together, after all... 