Russ “Morrus” Morrissey
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I think that's excellent. I think looking at that table of contents and saying how to prep a session, how to run a game right at the start of the book.
I think that's excellent. I think looking at that table of contents and saying how to prep a session, how to run a game right at the start of the book.
Does it talk about homebrew campaigns at all in the intro?
Does it talk about homebrew campaigns at all in the intro?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
And one of them is having a chapter of game masters advice in it.
And one of them is having a chapter of game masters advice in it.
I guess they come from the point of view that their business is selling those published adventures, though. So maybe they kind of assume that that's, I don't know.
I guess they come from the point of view that their business is selling those published adventures, though. So maybe they kind of assume that that's, I don't know.
I guess part of that, though, is because the way people learn how to play a game now isn't so much by reading games.
I guess part of that, though, is because the way people learn how to play a game now isn't so much by reading games.
I want to say 11. When I was 11, we and four of my friends started playing D&D. We didn't know anyone else who played D&D. There was no such thing as the internet. We couldn't go and look up how to play D&D. There was no advice anywhere. At all. So basically you had to pretty much come up on your own with what a D and D game. You don't even know what a D and D game looks like. Right.
I want to say 11. When I was 11, we and four of my friends started playing D&D. We didn't know anyone else who played D&D. There was no such thing as the internet. We couldn't go and look up how to play D&D. There was no advice anywhere. At all. So basically you had to pretty much come up on your own with what a D and D game. You don't even know what a D and D game looks like. Right.
I mean, you know, if that's from a really broad perspective, unless someone shows you.
I mean, you know, if that's from a really broad perspective, unless someone shows you.
Nobody really knew what to do with these things. Yeah. I mean, my first role-playing experience was, because I didn't get D&D first of all, I got a Warhammer Fantasy Battles boxed set bought for me by my dad, I think, for my birthday or Christmas when I was 11. And I took it to school to show my friends. And I was like, look at this thing, this game my dad's bought me.
Nobody really knew what to do with these things. Yeah. I mean, my first role-playing experience was, because I didn't get D&D first of all, I got a Warhammer Fantasy Battles boxed set bought for me by my dad, I think, for my birthday or Christmas when I was 11. And I took it to school to show my friends. And I was like, look at this thing, this game my dad's bought me.
And they're going, what is it? And I go, I'm not really sure. But that's a little... So we opened it and there were these three black and white books in there and some dice and things like that. But it was a tabletop battles game. Now, Why are we saying that you don't necessarily know what a role-playing game looks like if no one's shown you?
And they're going, what is it? And I go, I'm not really sure. But that's a little... So we opened it and there were these three black and white books in there and some dice and things like that. But it was a tabletop battles game. Now, Why are we saying that you don't necessarily know what a role-playing game looks like if no one's shown you?