tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748717096127069765.post7244417988659508229..comments2023-11-10T05:55:58.450-08:00Comments on The Fantasy Game: Rolling abilities (Reading OD&D from cover to cover)The Creatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906302439863860854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748717096127069765.post-55782631741222357032011-05-24T12:53:31.206-07:002011-05-24T12:53:31.206-07:00I've been thinking about that one line in Men ...I've been thinking about that one line in Men & Magic a lot. <br />The best idea I can come up with is that when oD&D was written, the concept of an ROLE PLAYING GAME wasn't totally developed yet. I think that at that point Gygax and Arneson may have still be seeing their developing game as a supplement (or companion) to a Wargame. So maybe the idea of a character wasn't quite what we imagine today. Maybe those first oD&D characters were seen as little more than imaginary "chess pieces" the players used to explore the dungeon.<br />Maybe the first challenge the player meet was playing a character rolled up by the referee.tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970063276917823644noreply@blogger.com