"A Look at Dave Arneson's True Genius" by S. Appelcline

[Rafael]

Personally, I think Appelcline is too soft on Rob Kuntz book. I have played and DMed a whole couple of modules written and/or designed by Kuntz, and I think I'm generally predisposed to like the man. - But all that said, this book does worse things to my SAN stats than singing that song from the Naturom Demonto. I appreciate the general sentiment of the book, and I reckon that RJK endorsing Arneson this way is important, but the text itself, argument by argument, is just not convincing. It would need more work, more time spent with it, and, frankly, way less pseudo-scientific mumbo-jumbo.

EDIT: Not looking to make a terribly controversial statement; my opinion on this one has been known for a while, I think. Generally, happy to see RJK continuing to contribute to the RPG scene. I just wish he had thought this one over. The same text, considerably more lo-fi and less convoluted, and probably a few years more down the line could have been awesome. As it was, though - madness.