rpg@ttrpg.networkEnglish · 3 months ago

D&D is anti-medieval (2016)

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D&D is anti-medieval (2016)

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rpg@ttrpg.networkEnglish · 3 months ago

d&d is anti-medieval

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You can be forgiven for thinking that OD&D is a medieval European fantasy game. After all, Gary Gygax himself says so. He describes the original D&D books as “Rules for Fantastic Medi…

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@sirblastalot @Ziggurat And it’s pretty clear that orcs and goblins and such started out as the stand-ins for those Natives.

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