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Old 07-15-2005, 04:41 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Blackmoor, reviewed by clmeier (1/1)

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Originally Posted by Calithena
It is true that a lot of early D&D was played by wargamers, looked like a wargame, and added things primarily to support wargamers' concerns. But to say that role-playing came later, with 'AD&D' is a joke. I was there when AD&D came out, and role-playing was already well-established, and nobody took AD&D as something which was pushing people in a more 'roleplaying' or 'story-oriented' direction. I mean, nobody at all.
Quite, my group had already been roleplaying for several years when ADnD came out.

That said I recently got a copy of this too and the reviewer IMO is spot on, it's dreadful.
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