tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post6624255259779130999..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: 20,000 Nerds Under the G (Plus)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-33648050747824767192017-04-02T03:16:31.689+08:002017-04-02T03:16:31.689+08:00Approximately a billion percent.Approximately a billion percent.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-85332292596362373502017-04-02T01:30:56.475+08:002017-04-02T01:30:56.475+08:00No, the question was do you know anything OD&D...No, the question was do you know anything OD&D or AD&D as games. What percentage of your rpg gaming has involved those editions?Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-79444063457730221102017-04-01T17:13:01.744+08:002017-04-01T17:13:01.744+08:00Yeah - Gygax distributed OD&D and AD&D for...Yeah - Gygax distributed OD&D and AD&D for free. It wasn't a commodity in those days. In fact D&D never had any relationship to the marketplace when Gygax was running the show. Stop me if I'm wrong about this - I'm clearly not on the same level as you in my understanding and appreciation of O/AD&D. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-83114619299522073572017-04-01T11:00:02.445+08:002017-04-01T11:00:02.445+08:00Do you know anything about OD&D or AD&D ? ...Do you know anything about OD&D or AD&D ? (Gygax's AD&D not what came after)Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-30335891332505557312017-03-30T14:34:04.689+08:002017-03-30T14:34:04.689+08:00Gary Gygax never saw D&D as a commodity, did h...Gary Gygax never saw D&D as a commodity, did he? He distributed it for free. It was all about the marketplace of ideas for him.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-45700826547116007602017-03-30T13:18:59.096+08:002017-03-30T13:18:59.096+08:00What this and Patrick Stuart's post reveal is ...What this and Patrick Stuart's post reveal is that there are two notions of the OSR, let's say the marketplace and the academy.<br /><br />The marketplace (you, Paddy, Zak, Raggi et al.) is not really old school, knows nothing about OD&D or AD&D and doesn't understand why Gygax is respected for his words and ideas, and thinks of rpg material as commodity. The marketplace is divorced from O/AD&D, and so is not Old School in any meaningful sense and the merchants don't engage in forums where opinions have to earn a living and they are more comfortable in a cult of celebrity environment like G+.<br /><br />The academy, before it exhausted itself, used to be those places on blogs and forums where the original O/AD&D ideas were discussed and argued about between people who actually understood and appreciated O/AD&D.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11165997449776226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-60144974153120866222017-03-30T13:10:47.035+08:002017-03-30T13:10:47.035+08:00I too have no idea if I "count" or not. ...I too have no idea if I "count" or not. I purchased your Yoon-Suin book and I just ran with it, 10 sessions so far and planning on many more. I might also run a PbP game with it on EN world... but... I use 5e to do so. Does that count? I can't tell.<br /><br />AncalagonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-62026069948751584102017-03-29T17:05:31.937+08:002017-03-29T17:05:31.937+08:00You can be honorarily into OSR stuff. You can be honorarily into OSR stuff. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-89490927038636856512017-03-29T17:05:14.055+08:002017-03-29T17:05:14.055+08:00Yeah, ACKS seems like its own thing, a bit like DC...Yeah, ACKS seems like its own thing, a bit like DCC. They seem to have their own fanbases and cultures, while there is some crossover into other areas. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-5224946831637994792017-03-29T10:07:28.214+08:002017-03-29T10:07:28.214+08:00I was surprised to find that the Autarch.co forums...I was surprised to find that the Autarch.co forums for Adventurer Conqueror King have ~5400 users; had expected them to be smaller than LotFP's, since it seems to get less buzz in the blogosphere.jedavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08586249502818922886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-955684103945153162017-03-29T09:12:43.169+08:002017-03-29T09:12:43.169+08:00Then you have all of us who dream of having enough...Then you have all of us who dream of having enough spare time to run an OSR game and must be content with just reading the books.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779204591773167119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-66871849680658862142017-03-29T01:41:45.833+08:002017-03-29T01:41:45.833+08:00I subscribe to your RSS feed via blogtrottr. RSS s...I subscribe to your RSS feed via blogtrottr. RSS subscriptions are not necessarily going to be trackable at all, since a traditional RSS client just checks the feed periodically and pulls down new posts.bothroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15480160277324232161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-41804460761626268792017-03-29T01:10:31.210+08:002017-03-29T01:10:31.210+08:00Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I bastardize heavi...Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I bastardize heavily from OSR material but I use more modern editions of D&D to trick my players into thinking they are playing a normal game.<br /><br />Jokes on them though!Connor W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13152164902819709334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-24063749323358213762017-03-28T20:41:55.145+08:002017-03-28T20:41:55.145+08:00Maybe you're right. It is very hard to tell. T...Maybe you're right. It is very hard to tell. Thinking back there was one game group I was involved with for a while of whom almost none were active online. But others where everybody is. There is such wide variation it's very hard to average out.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-88436727783479118692017-03-28T20:40:38.526+08:002017-03-28T20:40:38.526+08:00Interesting. I go purely based on what blogger tel...Interesting. I go purely based on what blogger tells me but that might not include views on feedly. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-85781222540055066782017-03-28T20:40:10.828+08:002017-03-28T20:40:10.828+08:00I think it would be best for somebody with a very ...I think it would be best for somebody with a very big reach to do a poll, like Zak S for instance.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-10801301868244445302017-03-28T14:14:04.035+08:002017-03-28T14:14:04.035+08:00i do not play at all. have not done for 20 yrs or ...i do not play at all. have not done for 20 yrs or so, but read `and buy adventures to get ideas for fiction writing. am i into OSR?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-46559536339464555952017-03-28T12:28:41.023+08:002017-03-28T12:28:41.023+08:00I think the one in three number might be pretty lo...I think the one in three number might be pretty low. I run two campaigns (one DCC and one OD&D) that total about a dozen players between them currently. I have about seven more from my DCC game that for various reasons can't meet anymore. None of my players are engaged online. I barely am myself. I know it is as speculatory as this blog post but I would be surprised if circumstances like my groups are so unusual that the number would be as low as one in three.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073293176525195996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-50975583217528965142017-03-28T12:25:43.564+08:002017-03-28T12:25:43.564+08:00Hopefully this doesn't feel like someone pulli...Hopefully this doesn't feel like someone pulling off your underwear while you stand in the street with no pants.<br /><br />According to Feedly, an RSS reader, the big blogs that you talk about have about 1k subscribers. You have 889, so you might be closer than you think. I don't know if we show up in your logs or not if we don't comment.<br /><br />The biggest one I follow is gnome stew at 3k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-82329013129342043232017-03-28T12:23:21.709+08:002017-03-28T12:23:21.709+08:00Hopefully this doesn't feel like someone pulli...Hopefully this doesn't feel like someone pulling your underwear off while you stand in the streets pantsless. That's not the intent anyway.<br /><br />I don't know if I show up on your usage stats, but feedly, where I subscribe to your blog, shows that you have 889 folks following you on feedly alone.<br /><br />Most of the big blogs that I follow just show 1k readers... you might be closer than you think.<br /><br />The biggest one that I follow is Gnome Stew, at 3k.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-46572103674061345202017-03-28T08:45:44.657+08:002017-03-28T08:45:44.657+08:00It might be interesting to have an informal poll, ...It might be interesting to have an informal poll, because I wouldn't be surprised if a sizeable minority or even a majority of the OSR blog readership plays 5e. I'm like Anon in that I've never run LoTFP or 2e, but if I'm running a premade it's usually something from this constellation of blogs. (Running an ASE game right now) I agree that anyone using the material is probably close enough to call OSR, but it's interesting to think about the edition breakdowns within that label. Self Portrait as a Gianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17548497797378537381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-29198189731742014082017-03-28T05:03:01.247+08:002017-03-28T05:03:01.247+08:00I might include you as having played, then, since ...I might include you as having played, then, since you use some material at the table, but this is why it's a bit of a fool's errand (though fun to think about).noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-56785335500664785622017-03-28T04:59:59.091+08:002017-03-28T04:59:59.091+08:00Limiting it to only people who have played an OSR ...Limiting it to only people who have played an OSR game brings that down quite a bit, too. I would hazard a guess that I'm not the only person who has no history with OSR games, but uses OSR material at the table and reads the blogs associated with the scene. Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13724503732185604374noreply@blogger.com