[Zoltar.Delgado]

I just read Sergio's review and all 7 pages of the following Sorcerer & Sword review discussion. The reviewer does understand Sorcerer and even has some good things to say about Ron Edward's core RPG. However, Sergio did not see the worth in Sorcerer's supplement, Sorcerer & Sword.

The reviewer makes his claims clearly and logically. He only gets exasperated towards the end of the 7 page back and forth, and I can understand his frustration at being told "No, you just don't see it the right way" and then basically being called an idiot for not understanding certain portions of S&S nonsense. Many people here try to make him see reason... their reason. To Sergio (and I must agree), a lot of Sorcerer & Sword tries to make the reader believe that 2 + 2 = 5. Many rpg.net posters insist that indeed 2 + 2 does equal 5, yet still Sergio will not see "reason"... The fool! The heretic!

If you don't agree, then that's fine. Everyone entitled to their own opinion, etc. Mistaking his analysis of this product as a bashing of someone's gaming politics or off-beat RPG paradigm, however, is totally missing the point. Sergio knows the sword and sorcery genre well and has proved it with his knowledgeable, insightful critique. Read his review on its own merits, isolated from other pro or con reviews of Ron Edward's books. You may be surprised that Sergio has a point...


Zoltar Delgado

p.s. I was just over at The Forge, reading the thread about this very review. Of course, the comments were totally dismissive. Also, I found Ron Edwards and company's comments a little distasteful. Things like, "Hey, at least he spent money on the books." Are we going to eventually be forced to wear masks, post youtube videos with a computer generated voice, and protest against those Sciento... I mean, Ronologists? The enlightened Temple of G/S/N is now accepting converts. Hey, Tom! Where are you going?