Game WizardsJon Peterson
Game Wizards
by Jon Peterson · first published 2021
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I would specifically recommend "Game Wizards" by Jon Peterson. Gygax comes across as a pretty huge jerk, though Arneson isn't entirely sympathetic either.
on “The Dungeons and Dragons’ OGL 1.1 Tightens Grip on Competition” ↗…creativity in favor of profitability, TTRPGs could have been part of the public domain, with gamers free to build and expand on whatever ideas they wanted, either their own or ones drawn from other sources. > Game Wizards is not just a captivating story about how one man lost control of his dream. It’s also an object lesson in the way capitalism invariably strips even our leisure activities of their communal joy. The…
on “Dungeons and Dragons Is a Case Study in How Capitalism Kills Art” ↗