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Article on D&D and ToEE at Kuro5hin

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by NewsPro, Apr 14, 2004.

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    (Originally posted by chevalier)

    Kuro5hin have posted a long article looking into the details of D&D rules implementation in computer roleplaying games, particularly the Temple of Elemental Evil. Here's a snip:

    The problems experienced by TOEE users might be best described as systemic, rules based problems that were not developed by Troika, but by RPG rules publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC), a bastardized version of what TSR used to be in its hey-day, prior to the removal of a very important figure from the company: The Father of RPG, Gary Gygax, first created Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of people who hung out with him regularly, and it was through this intensive and subjective process that the rules of all future video games were spawned. Hit points, stats, skills and all were first developed by Gary using Tolkien's work as a solid base for story and development, following the footsteps of military styled board games, yet significantly altering the process to suit a whole new genre of gameplay: the Pencil & Paper Role Playing Game (PPRPG).

    Read the whole thing at Kuro5hin.
     
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